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Tampa Woman Found Dead In Apartment
Police are currently wait- ing on a medical report to de- termine the cause of death of a Tampa woman. She was discovered dead in an apart- ment last week.
Emergency personnel re- sponded to 1609 Scott Street, Tuesday, in reference to a woman being unresponsive. It was discovered that the woman, identified as 61-year- old Dorothea Barnhill, had passed away.
The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office re- sponded and took possession of Ms. Barnhill’s body. That office will determine the
MS. DOROTHEA BARNHILL
cause of death.
Police said there were no
signs of foul play and the un- explained death remains an active investigation.
Julia Jackson Appointed As Member Of Encore Board
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
With all of the recent con- cerns with Encore (the for- mer properties that once held Central Park Village), the Housing Authority of the City of Tampa is working diligently to get projects in the development completed.
One of the things that has been done to propel that project is establishing an En- core Community Develop- ment District of Supervisors. The members on the board will oversee the continuing construction and developing of the 3 buildings. Two of the buildings have been com- pleted (The Ella and the Reed). The Trios was sched- uled for completion this past spring, but with the number of problems Tampa Housing has been having with con- tractors, it seems as though it may be spring 2018 before the project is completed.
Last week (August 3rd) by unanimous vote, Ms. Julia Jackson was named to the Encore Community Develop- ment District Board. The En- core Board Chair is Dr. Hazel Harvey.
JULIA E. JACKSON
...Named to Encore Community Development District Board.
Ms. Jackson becomes the 2nd resident to join the Encore Board. Resident Billi Johnson-Griffin is the first. Ms. Jackson will re- place realtor, Ms. Brenda Dorian Hicks, whose term expired.
In the original contract of Encore and the THA Board, those originally named to the Encore Board would serve a specific number of years and as their terms expired, a res- ident would be named to fill the vacancy. The 5-member board will be made up of res-
idents only. She will be sworn in at the September meeting.
Ms. Jackson, an Encore resident, is a graduate of Bethune-Cookman Univer- sity with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communi- cation.
One of the Sentinel free- lance photographers, Ms. Jackson is very active in the community. She is the daughter of Mrs. Julia H. Jackson and mother of one son, Julian, and his wife, Dana Jackson.
Meeting
Tampa Housing Authority Board Meeting
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Tampa is scheduled for Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 8:30 a. m. at the Administra- tion Offices, 5301 West Cypress Street, Tampa Florida 33607.
Susan Johnson-Velez is Chairman of the Board and Jerome Ryans is President/CEO.
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