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Project LINK’s Community Arts Mural Project Called Innovative
City Of Tampa To Host Foreclosure Workshop
This is the C.A.M.P. Project on the corner of Main Street and Howard Avenue in West Tampa.
Hillsborough County, Fl- Hillsborough County Super- visor of Elections Craig La- timer is holding open houses at each of his elec- tions offices to demonstrate new voting equipment that will be used in the 2016 elec- tions.
The open houses are also an opportunity for members of the community to ask Su- pervisor Latimer and his staff questions, check to see if their voter information is current, register to vote and request Vote By Mail ballots.
The open house dates, times and locations are:
Tuesday, January 26, 9 a. m. - 11:00 a.m., Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elec-
tions (Northwest Regional Office), 4575 Gunn Highway, Tampa, 33624.
Tuesday, January 26, 4 p. m. - 6 p. m., Hillsborough County Elections Service Center, 2514 N. Falkenburg Rd., Tampa, 33619.
Wednesday, January 27, 10a.m.–2p.m.,County Center (lobby), 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, 33602.
Thursday, February 4, 9 a. m. – 11 a. m., Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elec- tions (Southeast Regional Of- fice), 10439 Gibsonton Dr., Riverview, 33578.
For more information about our 2016 elections, visit VoteHillsborough.org.
Project LINK’s Community Arts Mural Project (C.A.M.P.) was to serve 10 youths be- tween the ages of 14 and 18 with summer activities within the fine and practical arts in- dustry.
The program was held dur- ing the summer, from June 2002 until August 2002, and
residents were interviewed as well as stakeholders for his- tory facts of West Tampa.
Project LINK Director, Tina Young, said the next step was to assess the condi- tion, size and structure of the selected surface that was to be painted.
“The information was com-
piled from selected West Tampa residents and creative design sessions were held to be sketched on the designated building.
“The C.A.M.P. Project was an innovative art-based employment program that nurtures the artistic skill set of talented teenagers while teaching them a strong work ethic, sense of worth, and a history lesson on the commu- nity they live in, and at the same time provide a high quality arts education program.”
Young said the experience provided the youth with a lasting sense of their accom- plishments through the pub- lic art program and familiarity of a professional exhibition.
“The contribution of the students gave them a new sense of confidence in their creative abilities.”
The mural design at Sal- cines Park consists of the city’s prosperous beginnings, recognized contributors, and some popular buildings within the West Tampa com- munity. The time spans from the 19th century until 2002.
Some of the establishments shown on the mural are the Cazi Theater, Club 77, Grace’s Place, the 4th of July Café, Cozy Corner, Clara Frye Hospital, and First Baptist Church of West Tampa.
The faces on the mural de- picted include Judge George Edgecomb, Emil- iano Salcines, Hugh C. Macfarlane, Mayor Fer- nando Figueredo, Clara Frye, Moses White, and Jetie B. Wilds.
The arrangement allows the viewer to have insight of what life was like during the emergence of the city. Scenes from seniors playing check- ers, cigar factory workers, children playing in the streets, and an alligator are all a part of the mural.
Chon Mosley, the lone professional on the project, is a high skilled craftsman and artist with over 20 years of experience in mural painting and public art. He has 40 public projects to his credit.
The student artists who painted the mural, along with the schools they attended, were: Tiffany Cooper (Plant); Vanessa Guevara (Blake); Brittany Payton (Blake); Kelly MacDonald (Jefferson); Amanda Pu- choon (Leto); Joshua Davis (Blake), Vanessa Martinez (Blake); Mario Hall (Blake); Ebony Wel- don (Jefferson), and Jason Mosley (Leto).
On Wednesday, February 10th, HOPE NOW, City of Tampa’s, Housing and Com- munity Development Divi- sion, Housing & Education Alliance, CDC of Tampa Inc., Tampa Bay CDC and Neigh- borhood Home Solutions
will host a foreclosure work- shop to help homeowners in need of services that will help with home retention.
The workshop will be held at Career Source Tampa, 9215 N. Florida Ave. Suite 101 Tampa, 33612, 1-7 p. m.
Community Invited To Try Out New Voting Equipment At Elections Open Houses
Open House January 29 To Celebrate Entrepreneurship Partners
The Tampa Bay area busi- ness community is invited to help celebrate the first year of a public-private collabora- tion that provides entrepre- neurs easy access to business service providers, resources, mentorship, and specialty training.
An open house for Hills- borough County’s Mark Sharpe Entrepreneur Col- laborative Center (ECC) pro- gram is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 29, at the ECC facility, 2101 E. Palm Ave. in Ybor City. Activities will in- clude a networking coffee starting at 8 a. m., a special success stories edition of 1 Million Cups Tampa at 9 a. m., and a brief presentation by Hillsborough County leaders and cake cutting at 10a.m.
The public is invited to attend the open house and tour the ECC. Free parking is available in the lot north of Palm Avenue.
The Economic Develop- ment Department’s ECC program was established in December 2014 to create a
one-stop shop for entrepre- neurial resources and infor- mation, collaboration, and mentoring. The center is also the home of the Florida Small Business Develop- ment Center (FSBDC) at Hillsborough County, 1 Mil- lion Cups Tampa, and pro- vides state-of-the-art technology and collaborative space for local nonprofits and agencies to host net- working and engagement events.
Since opening, the center has hosted more than 475 programs and 6,600 partici- pants. The program is sup- ported by more than 40 business and community partners, including numer- ous business chambers and educational institutions, the City of Tampa, Hispanic Business Initiative Fund, Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corp, SCORE, FSBDC, and others.
A calendar of upcoming opportunities and more in- formation about the center is available at Hillsborough- County.org/ECC.
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