Next member's meeting,
Date: September 16, 2009
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 5919 Main St.
Remember...
VOLUNTEER IS THE NAME OF THE GAME!
Special Guest:
TO BE ANNOUNCED...
It is our job, with CONA,
… to make sure that we are giving you accurate information at all times, through monthly newsletters, the CONA web-site and blogger, flyers and notices, monthly meetings and guest speakers, now WE NEED YOUR HELP! We produced a SURVEY for you to fill out so we could reconnect, establishing communication, giving us your comments and questions, as well as your accurate information. It seems as though WE ARE NOT having the response we had hoped for. We are also having trouble coordinating with our members to update us with accurate information, such as correct mailing addresses when a member moves, for the individual members, and official position changes from the board of directors for the association members. We have NO WAY of acquiring this information unless YOU the MEMBER informs us. PLEASE HELP US, fill out the SURVEY (if your survey has been misplaced you may go online and submit one) inform us of any changes as they come about so we may update our records. Thank you !
FEATURED PRESENTATION...
Holiday Appreciation Breakfast!
Breaking News . . .
Recycling
Pasco County’s “Blue Bag" Curbside Recycling Program is a voluntary program. Please use a blue bag to collect clean and rinsed recyclable items such as, #1 and #2 plastics, aluminum and bimetal cans, and clear, green and brown glass. Please remove caps and/or lids.
Blue bags may be purchased at area grocery and department stores. If assistance is needed in locating blue bags, please contact the Recycling office for the nearest location to you,
The recyclables are serviced by one of the 9 licensed garbage haulers. Residents need to sign up for service with one of the garbage haulers below. If a resident pays the Home Owner’s Association (HOA) for garbage/recycling service, please contact them (the HOA) directly to find out the contracted garbage hauler that services the whole subdivision. The recyclables will be picked up bi-weekly by the garbage hauler.
The garbage hauler is required by county ordinance to provide a calendar to show the designated collectiondays for twice a week garbage and bi-weekly recycling service. The recycling day is determined by the hauler and residents should contact them for a calendar. After the bags are filled with recyclables, place the bags at curbside the night before the designated pick up day.
The blue bags are brought to the Pasco County Material Recovery Facility for processing. The materials are sorted, baled and sold to markets to be made into new products. Recycling conserves trees, water and other natural resources by reducing what people throw away, and it returns valuable material to the industry for reuse.
-- Jennifer Seney, Pasco County Recycling Cooridinator
Florida Home-buyer program a big plus!
I would like to applaud the leadership and perseverance of lawmakers during the 2009 legislative session.
This year’s session had immense challenges, but state leaders made the tough decisions in the best interests of Florida taxpayers.
One major victory was the creation of the Florida Homebuyer Opportunity Program, sponsored by Sen. President Pro-Tem Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and Rep. Gary Aubuchon, R-Cape Coral.
With the establishment of this program, state leaders had the good judgment to turn the $8,000 first-time homebuyer federal tax credit available to Floridians into down-payment assistance. This move has the potential to help thousands of citizens become first-time homeowners and simultaneously inject a $4.3 billion stimulus into the Sunshine State’s sagging economy.
The program, included in Senate Bill 2600 as a loan through the Florida Housing Financing Corp., will make sure the greatest number of Floridians will be able to take advantage of the tax credit before it expires on Nov. 30, at no cost to taxpayers.
Stay in the News . . .
Water restrictions tightened to conserve
our water supplies
By: Neil Combee
Governing Board Chair
Southwest Florida Water Management District
The Tampa Bay region continues to suffer from the effects of a three-year drought, moving from a "severe" to an "extreme" status. We need your help to conserve water and protect the environment.
Pasco County Updated Water Schedule
FILL OUT THE 2009 SURVEY AND SUBMIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
IF YOU ARE A
REPRESENTING AN
ASSOCIATION AND THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN THE BOARD PRESIDENT PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY TO UPDATE OUR RECORDS. WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING ACCURATELY UNLESS YOU CONTACT US!
GET INVOLVED!...WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, CONA, THE COUNTY, OR AT LEAST KEEP BRAINSTORMING WITH YOUR FELLOW NIEGHBORS AND BRING YOUR IDEAS TO A MEETING!
Member's TO DO list!
CONA Blogger
To find out what is going on with CONA, updates, NEWS, Member's Meeting & guest speaker information, please click on the link below: "RIGHT AROUND THE CONA!"
NOW YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH CONA NEWS AND YOUR TV SHOWS AT THE SAME TIME! This added feature is purely for your entertainment; you can't just come to the CONA web-site for business! This feature allows you to watch TV right here from this site- from your computer...COOL Right! All you have to do is click on one of the channels listed here and then click on whichever show you would like to watch. IT'S A LOT OF FUN, TRY IT OUT!
The May 20th Member's Meeting was a SUCCESS!
CONA would like to thank Florida State Senator Mike Fasano for his brilliant presentation, and his abundance of information on the new legislative session.
REMINDER: CONA will meet back up again
September 16th.
Enjoy your Summer!
Council Of Neighborhood Associations
Praise goes to the coalition of consumers, home builders and real estate agents who helped put this plan into action on behalf of consumers.
With the magnitude of home-price declines and the low mortgage rates available, homes are more affordable now than ever. There has never been a better time to take advantage of this opportunity to revitalize our housing market.
Many states, including Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Delaware, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, recently initiated similar programs. As the fourth-largest state, we soon will make this a reality in Florida.
As SB 2600 reaches the desk of Gov. Charlie Crist, thousands of Floridians will have the opportunity to realize the American dream of home ownership.
Walter Dartland is executive director of the Consumer Federation of the Southeast.
Green Industries Best Management Practices 2009 / Monday, May 18, 2009
Brooker Creek Environmental Education Center
Educational Program Workshop
�� This workshop is designed to provide training in Best Management Practices (BMPs) for anyone working in the lawn, landscape, pest control, or municipal grounds areas.
�� The Best Management Practices are focused on reducing non-point source pollution resulting from fertilization or pesticide application.
�� At the end of this training you will be given a post-test to determine knowledge learned. If the post-test is successfully completed, you will be mailed a Green Industries BMP certificate of completion.
�� Some cities & counties require this certification before you can bid on jobs or have commercial customers...
Florida Gulf Coast Chapter –
US Green Building Council Calendar of Events and Newsletter:
Green industry to benefit from federal stimulus, too!
The $787 billion stimulus package emphasizes funding for energy efficiency, sustainable building and renewable energy.
Green proponents hope that the stimulus package will help push the movement further into the mainstream as the public and private sector realize the environmental and fiscal benefits. “I’ve seen [LEED building] exponentially catch on in Florida in the last year,” said Mary Tappouni, Breaking Ground Contracting Co. president. “But the stimulus bill is going to further it where it is not just the federal government, but local and state governments” doing sustainable building.
It isn’t a market demand yet, but larger corporations that plan to stay in their facility for more than a decade can see the advantages. The recession may have stifled the market’s appetite for new building, but White doesn’t expect America’s enthusiasm for green initiatives to wither.
SUMMER TIME!
LET'S HAVE FUN, BUT BE RESOURCFUL !
