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Clearwater Beach Newsletter DECEMBER / 2015 ISSUE 36 Photo courtesy of Pinellas County Communications THE PINELLAS TRAIL 25 YEARS LATER ecember is the 25th Anniversary riding places. To get his message D of the opening of the Pinellas out, Valery spoke to groups big and Trail. Before it was built, area small--from homeowners to city walkers, runners, bikers, and skaters councils. He also enlisted the help Bert Valery had to take their chances on our city of the media. He did not care if a streets. Unfortunately, it took the trail was created over railroad Albert Valery death of a young man to jump-start the building of the tracks, power line corridors or on the edges of major Pinellas Trail. His tragic death is what motivated his father drainage ditches - as long as it was safe for cyclists. Valery Bert Valery, to make the trail a reality. found support from many area biking clubs and cycling On April 1, 1983, 17-year-old Albert Valery was killed while shops. riding a bicycle on the Belleair Causeway. He was returning Valery approached the Metropolitan Planning Organization, home from his part-time job. The tragic accident was the who controlled transportation project’s money. With their catalyst to move the concept of The Pinellas Trail forward, by support, he made a presentation to the County Commission. focusing on its need. “By this time, the Commission knew about the concept and it Parents Bert and Patti Valery started a movement to create was well received,” says Valery. “Commissioner Mary Sheen safer areas for bicycling. Their vision was “bicycle pathways” Todd made the motion and helped push it through.” From from one end of the county to the other, 30 miles each way, that meeting, the Commission created the Bicycle Advisory protected from cars. It would take five years of relentless Committee. Each commissioner assigned three people from petitioning and campaigning, numerous presentations to their districts to be on it. The first meeting was attended by dozens of local municipalities and the twisting of many over two dozen citizens and business owners . politician’s arms before their concept of a “linear park,” a In 1988, Pinellas Trails, Inc., a non-profit activist group and green ribbon running through the county as a recreational fundraising organization was created. The organization trail, took form. worked to expand the idea of a linear park. Creating the trail required a vision, but the first steps were “No one really wanted to build this,” Valery recalls. “The unknowingly taken prior to young Albert’s death. In 1980, head of County Parks was ready to retire and thought the AMTRACK pulled out of Pinellas County leaving their tracks project was too big. Even Fred Marquis (for whom the trail unused. The Seaboard Railroad wanted to abandon many of was later named) gave no support in the beginning. He their county lines. State Senator and environmentalist, Mary wanted to use the tracks to construct a $2 billion monorail Grizzle proposed the State of Florida buy the tracks for $20- system. That was nixed by the voters in the late 1980s. 30 million. As a result, in 1983 the FDOT became the owner Others saw Valery’s vision. Brian Smith, head of Pinellas of hundreds of miles of tracks, with no plan for them. County’s Planning Department, thought it was possible. After Albert’s death, his father started his campaign for safer County Commissioner Mary Sheen Todd also liked the idea. It was time to create a real plan. The abandoned tracks seemed out of reach. They were not for sale and some of them were still in use by CSX. The possibility of building the trail on easements under power lines owned by then Florida Power was proposed, but Florida Power did not like it, primarily due to liability issues. Continued inside t n e d i s e R t n e r r u C r O Story by Bob Griffin, Publisher CLEARWATER BEACH NEWSLETTER John Murphy . 813-486-4430 CREDITS CITY NUMBERS ROTARY, Clearwater Beach meets every Thursday, 12:15pm at Carlouel Yacht Club CITY HALL 562-4250 John Funk . 599-3864 112 S. Osceola Avenue www.clearwater-fl.com CLEARWATER BEACH ASSOCIATION Beth Prast . 859-802-6110 MAYOR OFFICE . 562-4050 CLEARWATER GARDEN CLUB MAYOR - George N. Cretekos - Seat 1 Alice Jarvis . 391-3066 CITY COUNCIL . 562-4042 SAND KEY CIVIC ASSOCIATION This newsletter is published by Doreen Hock-DiPolito (Vice-Mayor)- Seat 2 Jay Polglaze - Seat 3 Bill Jonson - Seat 4 Meets first Wednesdays each month at the GRIFFIN PRODUCTIONS, Inc. and is Hoyt Hamiliton - Seat 5 Clearwater Community Sailing Center mailed to every occupied residence CITY MANAGER . 562-4040 AL Zimmerman . 727-593-7379 in Clearwater Beach’s zip code William Horne ISLAND ESTATES CIVIC ASSOCIATION 33767. We are not associated with ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER . 562-4040 Mary Lau, President . 813-335-6770 the City of Clearwater. BUILDING PERMITS . 562-4567 www.MyIslandEstates.org HUMAN RESOURCES . 562-4870 ISLAND ESTATES WOMEN'S CLUB PUBLISHER PLANNING & ZONING . 562-4567 Lynne McCaskill, President . 430-1911 Bob & Becky Griffin PUBLIC SERVICES . 562-4950 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ART DIRECTION PUBLIC UTILITIES . 562-4600 Anne Garris . 446-4410 PUBLIC UTILITIES EMERGENCY462-6633 CLEARWATER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Becky Griffin CLEARWATER GAS. 562-4980 Bill Wallace, President . 446-2676 SALES ------------------------------------------------- SOLID WASTE . 562-4920 PINELLAS COUNTY INFO . 464-3000 727-517-1997 PIER 60 . 462-6466 COMMISSION OFFICES. 464-3000 CONTACT INFO MARINA. 462-6954 Dave Eggers, Beach/Island Estates 464-3276 P.O. Box 1314 BEACH REC CENTER . 462-6138 Karen Seel, Sand Key. 464-3278 BEACH LIBRARY . 462-6138 Indian Rocks Beach, Fl 33785 STATE: VISITOR INFO CENTER . 442-3604 Senator Jack Latvala . 727-793-2797 517 -1997 ~ 517 -1 998 FAX BEACH AQUATIC FACILITY . 462-6020 Republican, District 20 www.BeachNewsletters.com POLICE NON-EMERGENCY. 562-4242 26133 Hwy 19 N., Ste 201, Clearwater FIRE DEPARTMENT . 562-4334 We’d like to hear from you. Is there [email protected] POLICE HOTLINE. 562-4080 Representative Larry Ahern 727-395-2512 something you would like to see NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON . 562-4554 Republican, District 66 included in this newsletter? Tell us ------------------------------------------------- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . 447-7600 8383 Seminole Blvd, Suite B, Seminole what you think at 333 South Gulfview Blvd, Clearwater Beach [email protected] [email protected] POST OFFICE ISLAND ESTATES449-8732 Governor Rick Scott SAND KEY PARK . 588-4852 [email protected] © 2015 Griffin Productions, Inc. Shelter Reservations,PinellasCounty.org/park FLORIDA UNITED STATES SENATORS: MARINE AQUARIUM . 441-1790 Marco Rubio . 202-224-3041 249 Windward Passage, Island Estates www.Rubio.Senate.gov CLEARWATER SAILING CTR . 517-7776 Bill Nelson . 202-224-5274 1001 Gulf Blvd, Sand Key www.BillNelson.Senate.gov JOLLEY TROLLEY . 445-1200 AREA UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: CLEARWATER BEACH CLEARWATER YACHT CLUB. 447-6000 David Jolly. 727-392-4100 NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER 830 Bayway Blvd South 9210 113th St, Seminole, Fl 33772 www.house.gov/jolley Inside, you will find articles and local CARLOUEL HOMEOWNERS ASSN information about the nearby area Kris Hampsey, President . 441-4188 inside. We call it a Neighborhood LITTLE LEAGUE Newsletter because it is primarily about your neighborhood, Clearwater CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS Beach. It is mailed to the entire 33767 DECEMBER Backwater’s Chili Cook-off 31 zip code including Island Estates and Indian Rocks Lighted Boat Parade Sat 19 Blast Friday Cleveland Street 29 Sand Key - a total of about 5,000 Santa and Suds Run-Walk 20 Beach Walk-Walk 30 households - six times a year. Winter Begins 21 FEBRUARY Public School Close Holidays 21 Ground Hog Day 2 You can pick up another copy at the CBA Christmas Caroling 22 Florida State Fair Opens 4 Beach Chamber Office, The Beach Carlouel Holiday Golf Cart Parade 23 Crusader Gallop 5k Run 6 Rec Center, Island Estates Print Shack, Christmas Friday 25 Island Estates Annual Garage Sale 6 Shorty’s Gourmet Deli or the Island Kwanzaa Begins 26 Uncorked’ Food and Wine Fest 6-7 Estates UPS store. St Pete Bowl 26 Super Bowl 7 Dog Parade Botanical Gardens 27 Chinese New Year 8 We want your input. How did you like Outback Bowl on the beach 30 Fat Tuesday 9 this issue? What suggestions do you New Year’s Eve 31 Ash Wednesday 10 have for future issues and articles? Fireworks Sand Key Park 31 Little League Opening Day 13 We hope you enjoyed this issue. Call JANUARY Valentine’s Day 14 or email us with your comments, New Year’s Day 1 Yard Sale St Brendan’s Catholic 13-14 Outback Bowl 1 Presidents Day Publics Schools Closed 15 Bob & Becky Griffin, 727-517-1997, Public Schools Reopen 5 Voter Registration Deadline 16 [email protected] IECA Memorial Causeway Clean Up 9 Clearwater International Regatta 18-21 Dunedin Art Show 9-10 Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival 20-21 Read this issue or others at Gulf Beaches Road Race 17 Fan Fest Tampa Bay Rays 20 beachnewsletters.com. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 18 Sunday Concert in Belleair 21 SEE YOU AGAIN Public Schools Closed 18 Blast Friday Cleveland Street 26 IN FEBRUARY! Folk FestivalHeritage Village 30 Leap Day 29 Gasparilla Invasion in Tampa 30 CLEARWATER BEACH NEWSLETTER CLEARWATER BEACH NEWSLETTER Did You Know... WINTER IS 10 YEARS OLD When she was found stranded on the beach on December 10, 2005, her rescue became one of the most difficult the CMA had ever seen. Today, her story has become world-famous through the blockbuster hit films Dolphin Tale and Dolphin Tale 2 , and her journey is only beginning.
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