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Hillsborough County Plans 2016 Neighborhoods Conference
The 2016 edition of Hills- borough County’s annual Neighborhoods Conference is scheduled for Saturday, July 23, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Tampa East Hotel, 10221 Princess Palm Ave., in Tampa.
Registration is now open for neighborhood and com- munity leaders who want to learn how to enhance their leadership skills, as well as to learn new ideas for making their communities more at- tractive, friendly, safe, and sustainable.
Admission is free and in- cludes continental breakfast,
giveaways, access to all ex- hibits, more than a dozen valuable workshops, and the annual Neighborhood Recognition Awards lunch- eon.
New this year is a pro- gram especially for young people ages 12 to 18. The Hillsborough County Office of Neighborhood Relations is partnering with the Hillsbor- ough County Youth Leader- ship Council to present topics of interest to these fu- ture leaders, including money management, social media, career planning, computer literacy, bullying
and anger management, and teambuilding. Like the main conference, there is no cost to attend.
To encourage teens to take an interest in their com- munity, the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County has funded a $2,000 award to- ward a community improve- ment service project. The winner will be announced at the Neighborhoods Confer- ence.
Applicants should in- clude a detailed description and budget of the proposed projects, and explain how the project would make a posi-
tive impact in the neighbor- hood. The deadline is July 15.
For more information and to apply for the 2016 Youth Community Service Project funding, visit Hills- boroughCounty.org/ONR or email Dana McDonald at McDonaldDa@Hillsbor- oughCounty.org.
Also new at the 2016
Neighborhoods Conference
will be a Community Conver- sation - open to all confer- ence attendees, including the teens attending the youth program - to offer opportuni- ties to exchange ideas and in-
formation about shared com- munity concerns and inter- ests.
A few of the other confer- ence workshops include:
Code enforcement ques- tions and answers
Recruiting and engaging volunteers
Updates on legal require- ments and accounting man- agement for associations
Grant writing
Disaster planning and re- sponse
Leadership building
Advance registration is recommended to reserve a seat for various workshops. Participation in the youth program is limited to 150 participants.
The deadline to sub- mit nomination forms for the annual Neighbor- hoods Recognition Awards that will be pre- sented at the conference is Friday, July 8. The form can be filled out online at HillsboroughCounty.org/ON R.
For more information or to register for the 2016 Neighborhoods Conference and Youth Conference, call the Office of Neighborhood Relations at (813) 272-5860, or go to Hillsborough- County.org/Neighborhood- sConference.
FYI
Temporary Road Closure Of 21st Street And 7th Avenue
The intersection of 21st Street and 7th Ave. will be closed on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 10 p. m. and will re- open at 6 a. m. on Wednes- day, July 6, 2016 as part of the 21st St. / 22nd St. road- way improvement project from SR 60 to Hillsborough Avenue.
The contractor will be in- stalling signal poles and mast arms at the intersection of 21st Street and 7th Avenue.
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