CELEBRATION NEWS TECHNOLOGYT E C H N O L O G Y • EDUCATIONE D U C AT I O N • PLACEP L A C E • HEALTHH E A LT H • COMMUNITYC O M M U N I T Y Celebrating Community for 20 Years! www.celebration.fl.us November 2016 A LOOK INSIDE Pet Blessings! See Page 37 Now Snowing returns! See Page 39 Smith to represent US See Page 55 INDEX Permit No. 40084 No. Permit 2Town News Orlando, FL Orlando, 19 Parks & Recreation Paid 33 Community U.S. Postage Postage U.S. 41 Groups/Events PRSRT STD PRSRT 55 School Real Estate 2 Tow n News November Meetings Governance Organizations CROA Workshop Celebration CCDD Meeting For detailed descriptions of the entities that play a role in Monday, Nov. 7, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, 6:30 p.m. the governance of Celebration, please visit - November 2016 - November 313 Campus St. www.celebration.fl.us and view the community page. CROA Board Meeting Meeting times subject to change CROA - Celebration Residential Owner’s Association Wednesday, Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m. 407-566-1200 • [email protected] CNOA - Celebration Non-Residential Owner’s Association 407-566-1200 • [email protected] CJC - Celebration Joint Committee 407-566-1200 • [email protected] CELEBRATION NEWS CELEBRATION CCDD - Celebration Community Development District Celebration News 407-566-1935 • FAX 407-566-4128 • [email protected] 851 Celebration Ave. Publisher ECDD - Enterprise Community Development District Celebration, Florida 34747 Steve Waring 407-566-4132 • FAX 407-566-4128 • [email protected] Phone: 407-566-1200 Editor TCC - The Celebration Company e-mail: celebration.news@ J. R. Rupp celebrationtownhall.com 407-566-1900 Art Director Celebration News is the official Scott Zwiebel Celebration Board of Directors newsletter of Celebration and Advertising & Sponsorship Vanessa Winter, President Leonard Timm, Director At Large is published monthly. Mary Pleban, 407-433-2992 Jack McLaughlin, Vice President Debie McDonald, Director At Large [email protected] Back Issues Tim Swisher, Secretary Eric Oppegaard, Director At Large Visit the communications Paul Collins, Treasurer section of the Front Porch [email protected] website at www.celebration.fl.us to view back issues of Emergency Phone Numbers Celebration News. Town Hall Emergency Number: 866-621-4337 (after hours) New To Celebration? Emergency: 911 Celebration Town Hall Osceola County Sheriff: 407-348-2222 (non-emergency) Monday – Friday, 9 a.m.– 5:30 p.m. Saturday–Sunday, 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. Trash Schedule Recycle Day 851 Celebration Avenue Trash needs to be within Wednesday for all villages 407-566-1200 4 feet of the alley or curb 1) Plastics [email protected] before 7 a.m. on the scheduled (#1 and #2, no caps) Here you can obtain these necessities: day. Recycle bins are to be 2) Metal cans, tin cans kept in your garage except 3) Aluminum Cans • Forms to request changes to your property • Resident’s pass 4) Newspaper • Community website access • Community newsletters on the scheduled trash day. 5) White paper (print paper) • Parks & Recreation information • Veterans Memorial Bricks Call Celebration Sanitation 6) Please place all cardboard • More Services (trash) at 321-939-1805 to arrange out with your normal Celebration Parks & Recreation for bulk pickup or for more recycling Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.– 5:30 p.m. information on trash totes and 851 Celebration Avenue recycle bins. Thank you for *Absolutely NO Glass* 407-566-1200 your continued cooperation! [email protected] Stop in for your: Trash Pick-up Yard Waste Day · Community Directory Mondays and Thursdays Wednesday for all villages ·Welcome Packet for North Village, · Memorial Garden Celebration Village, Yard waste must be tied up 610 Sycamore St., Suite 110 · Foundation Scholarships Lake Evalyn, West Village in a plastic bag and not (in the Seminole building behind · Concert Series Information and parts of East Village exceed 50 pounds. Branches SunTrust Bank from Celebration Ave.) and Tickets and limbs must be tied up and Tuesdays and Fridays · Information on WINGS, less than 4 feet long. No logs Monday– Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. for Aquila Reserve, parts New Urbanism and Campus Express or tree trunks. (You must be Phone: 407-566-1234 of East Village, Artisan Park, · Thriving In Place Information able to close the lid.) Fax: 407-566-1264 South Village and Spring Lake and Membership 3 HOA Assessments Due NEWS CELEBRATION Celebration Residential Owners Association assessments are due on the first day of every January, April, July and October. After the last business day of those months, payments not posted to accounts will begin to accrue late fees and interest. Please allow 10 business days for mailing and processing. Statements are mailed out 30 days prior to the due date. If you do not receive a statement or if you have a question regarding the balance of your account, please contact Town Hall at 407-566-1200 between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., 2016 - November Monday through Friday. Please visit ccmcnet.com to pay your statement online. ID Badge Policy HandymanHandyman The Celebration Residential Owners Association (CROA) Board approved the following resolution to the William Benjamin current ID Badge policy: Carpentry, Painting A passholder may bring no more than four Plumbing & Electrical non-resident guests outside of their immediate family on any 30 years experience given occasion unless under a scheduled event, private party, etc. The passholder must remain with the guest(s) at all times. FREE ESTIMATES In order to avoid conflicts or disappointments, please contact Town Hall if you are having a party in one of the parks or 24 hour service Cell: 321-746-3828 playgrounds. A CELEBRATION LOCK & SAFE “Serving Our Community” Residential • Commercial • Auto • LOCKS • Safes • Door Closers • SAFES • Locks Changed 321-939-1083 • KEYS • High Security • DOOR Locks 1-800-290-2948 LOCKS • Deadbolts Installed Serving All of Osceola County • LOCKOUT • Master Key Systems • Emergency For Over 20 SERVICE Years A Local Exit Devices Resident Quality Service • Reasonable Rates 4 Help give the new dog park a name Vote Early! Vote Often! Voting is easy. Just make a donation for the name or names of your choice; the name that receives the most donations in each category We are in the home stretch of election season and the canines of wins. Whether your vote jingles or folds, you can make a difference. Celebration need your help. Soon, they will be opening the gates Checks are also accepted and can be made payable to: to their new home, but before they do, their home needs a name. Celebration Dog Park. - November 2016 - November After sorting through scores of submissions for the dog park and its Park Naming Finalists Mascot Naming Finalists mascot, our panel of keen canines have narrowed each list to three finalists. This is where you come in. In the lobby of Town Hall there Bow Wow Corral Boomer are six ‘voting’ containers, three representing the final three perspective Canine Campus Champ dog park names and three representing the final mascot names. Celebration Unleashed Maximus CELEBRATION NEWS CELEBRATION Dog Park legacy tile and brick program Granite Legacy Tiles will be engraved in gold and installed at the base Donor Bricks are another way for residents to become part of the park. of the iconic dog sculpture at the entrance to the park. This unique These red clay bricks will be laser lettered and will include the official and special opportunity allows donors to forever be aligned with this paw print logo. Available for $100 each, these bricks will be placed iconic amenity. Legacy Tiles are available for $500 each and can be throughout the park. The Donor Bricks can be ordered using the reserved by completing the order form below and returning it to same method as the Legacy Tiles. Town Hall or by visiting celebrationparksandrec.com. Name: _____________________________ Address: ___________________________ Phone: ____________________________ Email: _____________________________ Check all that apply: J Legacy Tile J Donor Brick Total Donation: $____________________ Credit Card #: _______________________ Legacy Tile Donor Brick Donation: $500 Donation: $100 Expiration Date: _____________________ Security Code: ______________________ This 8 x 8 x ½ inch granite tile will This 8 x 8 x 2 ½ inch red clay brick If paying by check, please make payable to: be engraved in gold and installed at will be laser lettered, and in Celebration Dog Park the base of the iconic dog sculpture addition to including the official that will welcome visitors to the park. paw print logo, donors can add This unique and special opportunity an additional three lines of text. allows donors to forever be aligned with this iconic Celebration amenity. These bricks will be placed throughoutut the dog park, providing a warm Engraving is limited to a and personal feel to those visiting. family name and/or pet name. Donor Brick Text: Legacy Tile Text: ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ Max: 18 characters per line, including spaces. Max: 18 characters per line, including spaces. Two lines only. Three lines only. 5 Honoring our veterans NEWS CELEBRATION SEAL Team IV Member Shannon Rusch • Stop losing money in the stock market • Tax benefits • Prepare for retirement A Warrior’s Mind • Create a lifetime of cash flow • Term and Whole Life Call: Richard Vandermeer Personal and Confidential Attention People talk about success, but don’t talkk about the struggle it takes to get there. Shannon will inspire and motivate fromm 2016 - November age 12 to 120. Discover what led him to Celebration Resident for 16 years Florida Dept. of Financial Services, LIC.# 154088 become a SEAL and how he applies whatat Any discussion of tax benefits is based on your understanding of current tax regulations, which are subject he has learned in every area of his life.