The Lake Sarasota Community Blog

 Bring a coat to the LSCG January 16th meeting in Hina Point Park at 3 pm. See the attached map. It will be sunny and brisk, but it's COVID compliant. The park has some seating, but bring a camp chair JIC. Any business is welcome, but our agenda:  Repairs are needed to Hina Park and schedule a work day We also need to find a way to keep the LSCG operating Any news on the development across Bee Ridge Hina Point Park

Lake Sarasota - come out for the July 4 Picnic at Hina Park - where Palau meets Hina Dr. FREE hot dogs and hamburgers on America's Birthday! What could be better than that? Good neighbors. We still have plates and napkins and utensils and condiments left over from Fall Fest. If any of you want to bring a cooler and some drinks, that could round it out. No need for sign-up or anything. 4 - 9 pm

On Saturday, our pocket park could use a little help. Come out to Hina Park on Saturday, Feb. 25th at 9 a.m.  Hina Park is the little park where Palau and Hina come together. Neighbors will be replacing rotted wood posts and doing some planting and mulching.   For the facelift, folks have already arranged for the materials. Please bring a rake, a shovel, a post hole maker if you happen to have.  Bring water and a hat and gloves. Hope to see you Saturday at 9 am!

Anyone who wishes from Lake Sarasota may attend Thursday's regularly scheduled meeting of the community at Sarasota Alliance Church, opposite Chaucer, at 6 pm on Thursday Sept. 10 in Room 106 . (Confirmed) Agenda Lake Sarasota Community Group 0. Treasury Report - Ellie 1. Follow-up: For folks who didn't attend, a summary of the special meeting with County in August: We had a special meeting to discuss crime , code violations, and empty houses some with squatters living in them. The sheriff 's office, code enforcement, neighborhood services and Parks and Rec. were all present. They gave out a lot of information for us to think about and follow up. Participation by the home owners is encouraged. Some possible measures to follow up on: 1. Seeking a neighborhood grant to place motion-detecting cameras at strategic locations; 2. Learning the formal procedure for contacting banks and landlords whose property is in disrepair, housing criminal act...

After learning that we still had a bit of money left from a County grant from a few years ago, we contacted the County and asked about it. Turned out there was enough there to buy some mulch, some posts, some epoxy and a few other things to give Hina Park a bit of a makeover. Thanks to all who turned out to help -- including Preston, Logan, Zack, Josh, and Sawyer --  a great bunch of kids from the neighborhood. And thanks to Sarasota County Neighborhood Services, and in particular to Grants Coordinator Kathlyn Clayton (who alas is leaving her position) for going beyond the call of duty to make this a success!

Sat, Mar 28, 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Hina Park at Hina Drive and Palau With the help of a Community Grant we plan to restore, re-mulch, and re-chain the tiny park at the intersection of Palau and Hina on Saturday Morning, March 28. Joanna Kilmer will be on hand, and we're renting an auger to dig holes for new posts. This is not the first fix-up for the park - see here : http://lakesarasota.blogspot.com/2012/03/restoring-our-little-park.html and here : http://lakesarasota.blogspot.com/2012/03/restoring-our-little-park.html

The Lake Sarasota Community Group voted unanimously to go forward with a Neighborhood Grant Application that would be used to beautify Mauna Loa Boulevard and create a children's ecological walkway from Mauna Loa to the school crossing at Hand Road. The group -- a non-profit, all-volunteer association that collects no dues and does not impose deed restrictions -- took the action at its regular Sept. 12th general meeting. Sarasota County is currently accepting applications for neighborhood grants for up to $10,000. Proposals must be in by November and those that are accepted for funding will hear in early 2014. The focus on Mauna Loa evolved over the course of a lengthy brainstorming session that considered other options. What made it most appealing was the potential to tie in the planting of attractive trees and plants along the length of Mauna Loa with the prospective new landscaping that the County intends to install along Bee Ridge Road when that road is widened. The ide...