In order to protect the health and safety of our residents and visitors, the City of Largo has decided to host some public meetings using electronic communications technology. This means that members of the public who wish to tune in or comment during the meeting will have several options. Not every public meeting will feature public comment.

The Recreation, Parks and Arts Department’s grant funded by the “No Child Hungry” program will begin the week of August 17. Staff and volunteers will assemble 100 food bags each Monday for distribution to children at two sites: Highpoint Family Service Center (beginning August 25) and Lake Villa Park (beginning August 20). Food bags (50 each site) will be distributed on Tuesdays at Highpoint and Thursdays at Lake Villa from August through the end of October. This program has been made possible through a grant from the Florida Recreation and Park Association. Once the grant ends, the department is planning to continue free mobile recreation programming at these two sites to begin building relationships in these two communities.

Only 59.8% of Largo residents have completed the 2020 Census and each person that goes uncounted results in less funding for our community (school funding, medical services, highway projects, etc.) in addition to impacting Florida's political representation. The new deadline to respond to the Census is September 30. Representatives from the Census Bureau are conducting door-to-door responses starting in August.

Help us #MakeLargoCount! How can you help?

(Complete the Census before September 30 at My2020Census.gov or by phone at (844) 330-2020 #MakeLargoCount)

The City hosted a Showered and Empowered event on Thursday, August 13 at Largo Public Library. Showered and Empowered is an organization that provides free showers and laundry service to people experiencing homelessness. This event is one of several efforts that has come out of a City homelessness task team, a collaboration across City departments including team members from Largo Police, Fire Rescue, Parks, Library and Housing Division. The task team works to discuss and implement improved efforts to address homelessness in the community, including a new initiative that pairs a Largo police officer with a social worker to directly connect individuals to services. Learn more at Largo.com or view the Fox 13 news feature.



Community Health Centers of Pinellas - 14100 58th Street North

On August 12, the City issued an approval memo to allow the applicant to make site improvements to the property. Site improvements will include installing additional landscaping, a courtyard, a pedestrian connection to 58^th Street, a dumpster enclosure, and re-configuring the parking lot.

Mayor Woody Brown is joining other mayors across the country in asking residents to make a commitment to conserve water and protect this vital resource by taking part in the 9th Annual Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation. To participate, enter online at MyWaterPledge.com, and then make a series of online pledges to conserve water on behalf of the City of Largo.

Hurricane season is starting to get active. Prepare for the storm by watching our hurricane preparedness webinar and find information on hurricane kit essentials, evacuation zones, special needs shelters, tips and more at Largo.com/Emergency.