Roser Park Art Festival: Nov 7 and 8!

Hope to see you all this weekend! The weather should be amazing. :)

Roser Park Art Fest: Call for Artists!

Coming up very soon is the much anticipated Historic Roser Park Art Festival 09! If you are an artist and interested in getting a booth at the big event or becoming a sponsor please click on the link "Art Festival" on the left menu for more details.


Over 70 artists, painters, craftsmen and an estimated 10,000 visitors from all over! Live music, food and drinks, historic walking tours, wine tasting booth and an atmosphere of celebration in the beautiful and scenic backdrop of the Historic Roser Park Neighborhood.

Music by Karen Benjey Trio and Henry Ashwood, Jr. on Saturday, Paul Wilborn & Blue Roses and The Acho Brothers on Sunday.

A portion of the proceeds go to Brookwood Home for Girls and neighborhood preservation.

The event is also sponsored by the City of St. Petersburg, The St. Pete Times, Creative Loafing, Watermark.

In the News: Historic Booker Creek Trail Project

Read about Roser Park and plans for the Historic Booker Creek Trail Project initiated by our own Kai Warren. Click here.

2009-2010 HRPNA Board Officers

Your new board officers are:

President - Larry Biddle
Vice President - Catherine Nivens
Treasurer - Debra Camfferman
Secretary - Kai Warren (send Kai items to be forwarded to the community email list via kaistpete@gmail.com)

April Porch Party!

After this weekend's hard work for the tour of homes, we all need to kick back, relax and enjoy this coming weekend. So don't miss this coming Saturday's Porch Party (April 18th)!


You can click on the image for a bigger view. See you at 820 9th Ave. S at 7PM.

Another successful Tour of Homes

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This weekend just concluded another successful tour of homes for the neighborhood. Kudos to the chair, Deb Camfferman, for organizing the whole event months in advance along with her team and making it all happen last Saturday. Thanks to Carolyn (great brochure!), Kai, Catherine and Brian. To all the homes on the tour, thank you for opening your doors to the many visitors we had and sharing your beautiful abode. Thanks to all the neighborhood volunteers (you know who you are) who cleaned up the streets and parks, spread the word to their friends and family, set up the booths and signages, guided the people from home to home, and gave us an inspiring outdoor museum tour.

Lastly, we thank all our sponsors who helped make this event possible. Please do support our advertisers in return. You can click on their names below to visit their websites.
America's Business Manager (taxes and accounting)
Cardinal Pool Care (pool service and maintenance)
Savannah's Cafe (fine southern cuisine and juleps!)
Let Them Eat Cake (pastries and cakes)
Twigs & Leaves (Florida native plants and landscaping)
Peg's Cantina (fresh Mexican food and a wide array of beers)
Carolyn Pavonetti (photography and graphic design)
Planning Works (consultancy)
Scott Wagman (candidate for Mayor of St. Petersburg)
Vista Insurance Alliance (all kinds of insurance)
Rearden Killion Communications (creative communications firm)

Below are a few photos from the event. Please send us some of your photos to share with everyone if you have any. Email them to info@roserpark.net.


Again, thank you to everyone who came and visited our wonderful Historic Roser Park Tour of Homes. We are looking forward to seeing you again next year when we have another set of homes open for your visit!

March Porch Party

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See you this Friday at 7PM at 909 Prospect Court South (Catherine and Michele's)!!!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Tour of Homes Soon: Early Bird Tickets for Sale Here!

The 7th Annual Roser Park Tour of Homes takes place on Saturday, April 11, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in St. Petersburg, Florida. So make sure to mark your calendars! It's definitely going to be quite a discovery especially for those who have never been in through the Historic Roser Park Neighborhood.

To buy tickets at a reduced price, use your credit card here, then print your receipt and exchange it for your ticket(s) at Home#1 - Ronald McDonald House West - 702 8th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Click here to buy your tickets online and read more about the upcoming tour of homes.

Root/Cause Benefit at Twigs & Leaves This Saturday!

This Saturday will be one full year to the day from the launching of the Bartlett Park Community Garden at 1443 Highland Street South in St Petersburg. We are celebrating with root/cause, a party this Saturday hosted by Twigs and Leaves, A Florida Garden Center.

We will have live music, homemade fresh food from the garden, a fantastic silent auction with affordable works of art by local artists like Zen Glass, and the awarding of the first St. Petersburg's Gardeners' Best Friend Award. The party will be outside in the spring air at beautiful Twigs and Leaves nursery. It will be a special event you won't want to miss!

Let's all show our support for our neighbors and neighborhood businesses by coming to this event on Saturday! Check out the invite for more details. Spread the word to your friends as well.


If you have a facebook account, you can also RSVP to the event on there. Click here.

CONA Nite at the Trop

Tuesday, April 14
Rays vs. NY Yankees
Tickets (upper deck)* - $14 each (Pick up at CONA’s March 18th meeting)

Celebrate Neighborhood Nite with your family and friends
Root for the Rays

SAVE $2 on each ticket* purchased.
FREE Parking 4 or more in a car. Carpool.
FREE Giveaway AL Championship replica ring.

*Tickets available on a first come, first serve basis. This is the game after Monday night’s 2009 season opener. For tickets, call Cass Rael 727-321-2653 or email cvraelsr@hotmail.com

February Porch Party

Below you can check out the details for this month's porch party at Kris Caskey's house. See you there! You can click on the image to enlarge.

Red Mesa is now downtown

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Does the place look familiar? It should be unless you missed that old post about Latin bar/bistro De Santo, which closed some time last year. Well, the place is open again. But this time, it has been replaced by Red Mesa Restaurant. And yes, it is the same owner as the Red Mesa on 4th Street.

We chanced upon the place last night while driving downtown looking for a place to eat at. And it turned out to be a really good chance encounter. The food was just great. One of the better Mexican (fusion?) restaurants around town. From appetizers, to entrees, dessert and even the margaritas they served on tap were perfect. To top it all off, service was impeccable. I think that's all good for a place that's just been open two weeks.

What more could you ask for? Maybe that they don't close down anytime soon? I think they'll do alright. Check it out.

Red Mesa
128 3rd Street South

Porch Party this Friday!

It's not exactly Roser Park, but Ralph and Shannon have fast become honorary members of our neighborhood. This Friday, January 16th, they will welcome us to their home.

HRP General Community Meeting

January 15, Thursday
Food 6:30 p.m.
Meeting 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

All Children's Hospital Education Center - 701 4th Street S (entrance and parking in the back of 4th Street side - across from Ronald McDonald House)

COME AND PLEASE BRING A NEIGHBOR - Especially someone new (renters welcome)

Program Highlights Include:
Presentation to Ronald McDonald House
Update from City Councilman, Karl Nurse
Reports, including discussion of new neighborhood surveillance system
New Directories
Opportunity for your input

If you have an item for the agenda or questions, call Larry Biddle at 813-417-1225
PLEASE BE THERE! Your presence is important.

Homes and Land in Roser Park

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822 8th Ave. S
Wonderful Craftsman style. Fully restored in authentic detail. Beautiful heart-of-pine woodwork and floors. Huge master suite and oversized kitchen with updated appliances. Spend leisure hours on the full length front porch. High efficiency heat and cooling system plus energy efficient windows. Lovely native plants and low maintenance landscaping complete this great find!
This 2 bedroom, 2 bath is listed at $295,900. Contact realtor for a tour of the house and more info.
Bill Stokes, Tourtelot Brothers, Inc.
bstokes4@juno.com
727-403-3571