Category: Government
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Horse trail wars heat up in Oldsmar
A newly formed committee has taken up the cause of opening the horse trails in Mobbly Bayou Preserve to the public. So far, city officials are dead set against the idea. But that hasn’t deterred the group. The issue of whether to allow horseback riding on public trails in Oldsmar’s Mobbly Bayou Preserve has been…
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Oldsmar Cares still changing lives after 20 years
Oldsmar Cares, the nonprofit organization that offers everything from food and clothing to legal, medical and job placement services, has been helping Oldsmar area residents for the past 20 years. The headquarters of Oldsmar Cares is in a small, nondescript house hiding in plain site on a busy stretch of State Road 580. But don’t…
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Council members praise USF students for downtown development concept
A group of USF students tasked with coming up with a new vision for Oldsmar’s downtown redevelopment project presented their final design concepts to the City Council on Tuesday night. A group of USF students tasked with coming up with a new vision for Oldsmar’s downtown redevelopment project presented their final design concepts to the…
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Oldsmar’s Centennial celebration continues this Friday
Dinner dances, car shows, concerts and festivals have highlighted Oldsmar’s centennial celebration so far in 2016, and the Oldsmar100 festivities continue this week with the latest Fifth Friday concert at R.E. Olds Park. Oldsmar’s yearlong centennial celebration has already featured everything from dinner dances to custom car shows. Yet there’s still plenty more to come before…
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Oldsmar mural project still on hold due to structural issues at R.E. Olds Park
A structural issue with the concrete facades at R.E. Olds Park has continued to keep Oldsmar’s first public art project on indefinite hold. When the Oldsmar City Council approved the city’s first public art project in January, officials had hoped the project would be completed in time for the city’s special centennial edition of its annual Oldsmar…
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Concerns arise about students’ plan for downtown Oldsmar development
Following a public presentation of the conceptual plan for the development of Oldsmar’s downtown district, city officials raised a number of concerns about the viability, and direction, of the project. TECO Hall was lined with rows of drawings, diagrams, data and displays on Monday afternoon, as students from USF’s School of Architecture and Community Design…
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Oldsmar invites public input on downtown development project
Oldsmar officials, in conjunction with USF design students, will host a Community Concept Display of the Redevelopment Master Plan of State Street on Monday afternoon at the library’s TECO Hall. Oldsmar’s plan to redevelop its downtown district has been through several variations, the most recent of which involves a $55,000 partnership with the University of…
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Oldsmar to pay $50K for centennial concert in October
The City of Oldsmar will cap off its yearlong centennial celebration with a special concert featuring a lineup of rock legends at Tampa Bay Downs on October 1. The City of Oldsmar’s centennial festivities have already featured a concert by the Black Honkeys, a swanky dinner dance at Nielsen, and a classic Oldsmobile car show amid the…
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Beverland renews call for a dedicated arts council in Oldsmar
Soon after Jerry Beverland was reelected to city council last month, he promised to bring a dedicated arts committee back to Oldsmar. Last week, officials formally addressed Beverland’s idea. Stating he believes art is an important part of a community, Beverland called for the immediate formation of committee that is dedicated to promoting the arts…
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Officials reschedule annual Oldsmar Days parade for September
When the annual Oldsmar Days parade was rained out last weekend, many questioned whether it would be rescheduled. It has. It is now planned for September 3, 2016, during the annual Celebrate Oldsmar! festival. When rain forced the cancellation of the annual Oldsmar Days parade last weekend, many people in the community were saddened by what…