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Tampa Man Dies In Single Car Accident
This is the overturned truck involved in the fatal accident in Davenport on Thursday.
LORENZO GREEN
... Killed in traffic accident
A 45-year-old Tampa man died on Thursday after being involved in a single-ve- hicle accident. The accident
took place in Davenport, Florida.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the accident took place at ap- proximately 11:15 a.m. Lorenzo Green, the driver of a 2006 Freightliner truck, was carrying a trailer loaded with a mixture of limestone and sand. Green was head- ing eastbound on Deen Still Road near U. S. Highway 27.
Investigators said Green was attempting to negotiate a left turn when for undeter- mined reasons, the tractor- trailer left the roadway, slid, and then rolled into a ditch.
The vehicle landed on its roof, crushing it. Green, who was wearing his seatbelt, died at the scene.
Attorney Named Director Of Administration For Strategic Property Partners
Recently, Jeff Vinik, of Strategic Property Partners, announced the hiring of a new Director of Administration.
Attorney Kimberly Madison, a partner in the Tampa Office of Adams and Reese, LLP, will assume the re- sponsibilities of the role. She will report to SPP Chief Oper- ating Officer Jim Shim- berg.
In her role with the organi- zation, Attorney Madison will be responsible for manag- ing overall office operations, negotiating contracts, manag- ing vendor relationships, and overseeing the office operating systems. She will also utilize her experience with issues of land use and real estate on var- ious legal projects as assigned
ATTY. KIMBERLY
J. MADISON
... Director of Administration
by Shimberg and General Counsel.
Attorney Madison will
lead the organization’s diver- sity outreach and inclusion campaigns while overseeing compliance agreements rele- vant to the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County.
A Tampa native, Attorney Madison is the first African American to join the firm on this level.
Attorney Madison grad- uated from the University of Florida with a B. A. Degree in Spanish and Juris Doctorate Degree. She was named a Ris- ing Star in 2012 by the Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, and recognized by the Who’s Who: Leading African American At- torneys in major corporate law firms. She was also named by the Power Brokers Who’s Who Tampa Bay in 2009.
Services Contributing To Decrease In Street Homelessness
These homeless people are waiting in line outside of the Salvation Army for a meal and a place to sleep.
Hillsborough County Homeless Services has made a positive impact on the 2015 Point in Time Homeless Count. By working with the Tampa Hillsborough Home- less Initiative (THHI), Hills- borough County has provided a foundation of successful and sustainable programs and funding that contributed to the decrease in street homeless- ness by 31%.
Since January 2014, more than $3 million has been in- vested by the department to assist over 1,300 homeless in- dividuals, families, and veter- ans to receive emergency bridge housing and rapid re- housng assistance to support transition to permanent hous- ing.
“We are making progress,” said County Commission Chair, Sandra Murman.
“These strategic incremen- tal strides are exactly the steps we need to be taking to reduce homelessness in our county.”
Hillsborough County’s partnership with Metropolitan
ANTOINETTE D. HAYES-TRIPLETT
Ministries, Salvation Army, Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office (DACCO), Community Housing Solutions Center Agency for Community Treatment Services (ACTS), and the Mary and Martha House provides a total of 165 beds 16 apartments and 54 rooms to help reduce the over- all street homeless population.
As a result of the Emer- gency Solutions Grant funding, Homeless services provided $287,361 to assist homeless clients with rapid rehousing assistance which provides fi- nancial assistance to support
their transition to permanent housing.
“The data from the count indicates that as a community, we are moving in the right di- rection,” said Antoinette D. Hayes-Triplett, Chief execu- tive Officer of Tampa Hillsbor- ough Homeless Initiative.
There are many factors that contributed to the significant reduction in the unsheltered (Street) homeless population and slight reduction in the overall count. Since the 2014 PIT homeless count, there has been an infusion of funding from Hillsborough County, the City of Tampa, the U. S. De- partment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
“A significant number of the homeless residents are able to seek shelter and services, rather than sleep on the streets. These programs pro- vided 519 new opportunities for emergency shelter and per- manent supportive housing in the community.”
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