Neighborhood Partnership	Modified: Feb 22, 2008 06:10 PM

Fossil Park

Amenities/character

The Fossil Park Neighborhood consists of a variety of home sizes and styles. These are new homes and homes built back in the 1950s. A variety of small businesses border our neighborhood, including the Sunrise Plaza, where the Sunrise Community Resource Center is located, Fire Station #7, the St. Petersburg North Branch Library and the Willis S. Johns Recreation Center. The center renovation is a $1,219,000 project that is funded by the Penny for Pinellas. Fossil Park FLML baseball has more than 600 participants ages 4-14 in its youth program. Gateway Mall is our northern most boundary.

Architecture

Housing styles consist mostly of single level masonry and frame homes with many styles.

Organizations/programs

Fossil Park Crime Watch is one of the city's most active and successful. We were the first neighborhood to start an active Community Child Watch Program. Plans are in progress for our 6th annual block party. Last year more than 300 good neighbors came together to enjoy live music, food, and to celebrate the great neighborhood in which we live.

Some of our special guests have included Mayor David Fischer, Council member Connie Kone, former Police Chief Darrel Stephens and other speakers from St. Petersburg Police Department. The neighbors look forward each August to National Nite Out and our annual garage sale in the fall.

We are very proud of the Sunrise Community Resource Center. It offers a variety of city information and serves the community as a police substation. It is staffed by volunteers and maintained entirely by community donations.

Neighborhood grant projects

Fossil Park received a neighborhood partnership grant for improvements in and around the park. We planted many native elm trees, installed picnic tables and benches throughout the park, and put in billboards for posting neighborhood association and crime watch news. The funding for the project came from a neighborhood grant. We matched the funds with both money and time spent implementing and maintaining the project. Last year we were approved for a grant to install neighborhood signs featuring our logo. We also plan to do a neighborhood survey to gather information about issues concerning the residents of our neighborhood.

Boundaries

62nd to 77th Avenues North from 4th to 9th Streets North.