Tag: Mayor Doug Bevis
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Peppertree Drive speed hump request denied by Oldsmar City Council
The Oldsmar City Council rejected residents’ request to install speed humps on Peppertree Drive Tuesday night. A proposal to install speed humps on Peppertree Drive in Oldsmar was cut down under unusual circumstances on Tuesday night, leading some residents to angrily storm out of the city council chambers and another to consider leaving the city…
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Officials salvage Celebrate Oldsmar festivities despite Hurricane Hermine
City officials were able to salvage much of the Celebrate Oldsmar! festivities over the Labor Day weekend despite interference from Hurricane Hermine. With heavy rain and gusty winds from Hermine plaguing the Tampa Bay area last week, the opening of the annual Celebrate Oldsmar! event was pushed from Friday to Sunday, while the once-postponed Oldsmar Days…
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Oldsmar makes short list of potential Pinellas home for Rays
Pinellas County Commissioners recently unveiled a list of 10 potential sites for a Tampa Bay Rays stadium, and the City of Oldsmar was one of the finalists. When we first reported Oldsmar Mayor Doug Bevis’ desire to see the Tampa Bay Rays make his city their new home back in February, he admitted his wish…
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Advocates for horse trails in Oldsmar refuse to give up fight
Advocates for having public horse trails in Oldsmar have been peppering the City Council with pleas to open the trails at Mobbly Bayou Preserve for several months. But despite being rebuffed in their efforts, supporters of the cause have shown no signs of giving up. Ever since dozens of citizens packed the Oldsmar City Council…
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Zipping Jeff: New zipline adventure park officially opens in Oldsmar
Following months of discussion, construction and anticipation, Oldsmar’s newest eco-tourism attraction, located at the Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve, opened to the public on Friday, June 3. Speaking as someone who suffers from an acute case of acrophobia, better known as the fear of heights, conquering something as challenging as a zipline course can be akin…
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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…
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Rain doesn’t dampen Oldsmar’s centennial weekend celebration
While the annual Oldsmar Days parade did get rained out, the rest of the City of Oldsmar’s centennial celebration weekend was full of bright sunshine and starry nights. Perhaps the cries of “rain, rain, go away, come back another day” worked. Either that or it was just the typical, fickle Florida spring weather. After a…
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Horse trails lead to high tension in Oldsmar
Encroaching development has squeezed HorsePower For Kids, a nonprofit farm located on Race Track Road, off the City of Oldsmar’s trails, leading to a passionate group of supporters packing the Council Chambers on Tuesday to express their feelings about the issue. It’s not often you hear the words horse*bleep*, “road apples,” and manure used at…
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Oldsmar holds zipline park groundbreaking ceremony
Oldsmar Mayor Doug Bevis, city council members and other city, county and state officials came out for the zipline park groundbreaking ceremony at Mobbly Bayou Preserve on Thursday. Flanked by a pair of watchful owls and surrounded by acres of natural beauty, Oldsmar Mayor Doug Bevis, along with his fellow council members, ceremonially broke ground…
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Could the Tampa Bay Rays move to Oldsmar?
Could the Tampa Bay Rays move from St. Petersburg to Oldsmar? If Oldsmar Mayor Doug Bevis has his way, the answer will be ‘yes.’ For the past few years, Bevis has made no secret of the fact that he would love to see the Rays move from south St. Pete to his city located at…