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Every year during the second week of April (April 11-17), Public Safety Telecommunicators across the nation are celebrated for dedicating their lives to public service. The City of Largo would like to honor our Dispatchers for their hard work, passion, and service to helping create the Community of Choice in Tampa Bay. Thank you for all you do!

Would you like to show your appreciation? Visit Largo.com/WOW to share a special note, memory or just to say "Thanks!"

The City of Largo’s electric vehicle charging station at the Central Park Performing Arts Center (CPPAC) is celebrating its 4,000th use this month, with an average of 40 charging sessions each month from June to December of 2020. That is equal to 1,302 kilowatt hours (kWh) 104 gallons of gasoline or about 39 25-gallon full trash bags that will not hit the landfill each month.

These chargers support the City’s commitment to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035 and a 100 percent alternative-fuel light duty fleet by 2030. For a map of the City’s chargers and more on the City’s transition to renewable energy, please visit OurFutureLargo.com.

Largo Recreation is currently hiring for key roles for the summer. Openings include Lifeguards, Snack Bar Attendants, Camp Counselors, Custodians, Party Attendants and Facility Attendants. Visit Largo.com/Jobs to apply.

After 39 years in business, one of the City’s long-time non-profit partners has changed its name to clearly define their mission. Tampa Bay Community Development Corporation has changed its name to Suncoast Housing Solutions. The City contracts with the agency to provide free housing counseling, home buyer education and foreclosure counseling for Largo residents. The agency is also one of the providers for the City’s Sold-on-Largo down payment assistance program.

As an ongoing effort to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows in the City of Largo, the Engineering Services Department will be conducting a sanitary sewer pipe replacement project on the western portion of Crescent Drive from 8th Avenue SW north to the entrance of the cul-de-sac. The work is expected to begin on Monday, April 19, 2021 and is expected to be complete by the end of July 2021. Notification letters have been provided to the appropriate Crescent Drive residents.

Starting April 19, construction on Rosery Road from Missouri Avenue to the Walmart truck entrance is expected, pending FDOT permitting. Improvements include mill and resurface of the pavement, median reconstruction, and curb reconstruction. Construction is expected to last 4-6 months.

The Special Events Team is looking for board games (complete game with all pieces) for the Play Express (mobile recreation trailer). This trailer will be visiting neighborhoods and neighborhood parks throughout Largo to bring recreation activities to those who may not be near one of the City’s recreation centers. If you have any games laying around that you would like to donate (complete with all pieces), please contact Kara at 727-587-6740 x5014.

The City of Largo will be hosting its free ShredFest on Saturday, April 17 at the Starkey Road Collection Center (1551 Starkey Rd) from 9am-12pm, or until full capacity has been reached. This easy, drive-through event allows residents to bring up to five boxes of documents for free and secure on-site shredding and recycling. All patrons are to remain in their cars during the event. The Starkey Road Recycling Center is also a 24-hour facility where residents can drop off their mixed recycling at no-cost, recycle used cooking oil and pick up free, recycled mulch all year-round.

From weddings and receptions, corporate events, graduations, and much more, host your next event with the Central Park Performing Arts Center. Social distancing is easy to achieve in any one of three rental spaces, varying from 2,000 to 4,000 square feet. Visit LargoArts.com/VenueRentals to take a virtual tour and book your next event.