Great Crowd at the Gasparilla Childrens Parade

A fantastic day at the annual childrens parade. Festivities started at 3pm. Lots a little pirates and beads of course. This has turned into a nice family friendly event. The parade had more than 120 entries including marching bands, dance troups and a brand new float from The Rough Riders that was pretty impressive. The [...]

Chamber Meets to Plan 2010

The Davis Islands Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting of 2010 on Tuesday. George Arroyo, president presented a recap of 2009 chamber involvement to the group, which included: The 2009 IslandsFest, The Good Day Tampa Bay Broadcast by Fox13, Octoberween 2009, Training Seminars on Social Media, and discussion of traffic calming in the business [...]

Islanders Turn Out to Hear About Crime

If you were a criminal Davis Islands is the last place you wanted to hang out on Tuesday night. The Tampa Police department brought out the big guns to talk to islanders about a recent burglaries and crime on Davis Islands. It was standing room only at the Davis Islands Garden Club as TPD Chief [...]

DI Dock Repair Begins

Workers began replacing rusted bolts and broken bracing at the Davis Islands Boat Ramp today. The Tampa Parks and Recreation staff met quickly and found contractors available that could get the repair work completed in time for Gasparilla, which takes place on January 30. Estimated cost of repairs is between $32,000 – $37,000 for both [...]

DI Chamber Meeting Wednesday AM – January 20

Hello All and Happy New Year: Let me begin by thanking all of you for your participation in last year’s meetings, seminars and activities. It is with your involvement and participation that the DI Chamber of Commerce serves the community of Davis Islands. This is a new year and a new beginning and expect great [...]

No Garbage Pickup Today

In honor of the Martin Luther King Holiday the city of Tampa has no scheduled garbage pickup today, Monday – January 18th. As per cost saving measures, makeup days are no longer scheduled in the city and the next regular pickup day for the island will be Thursday, January 21. Recycle pickup will resume next [...]

Everything You Need to Know About Gasparilla

It’s that time of year again. When level headed islanders begin the transformation, back to a time when swash buckling pirates roamed the seas in search of gold, rum and bounty! Of course in Tampa we celebrate that somewhat mythical Pirate Jose Gaspar. Wikipedia describes him as, “the Spanish pirate, the “last of the Buccaneers,” [...]

CrimeWatch Meeting January 19th

We will have an official Neighborhood Watch meeting on Thursday, January 19th. at 7pm. It will be at the Davis Islands Garden Club.  There will be representation from TPD to answer all your questions and concerns. The primary purpose of the meeting will be to establish an orderly chain for the flow of information so [...]

Councilman Dingfelder Sends Congrats to New Board

Tampa City Council and former Davis Islands Civic Association president John Dingfelder offered his continued support of the civic association this morning. In an email to DI Buzz, Dingfelder pointed out the years of service by people on the islands. “As a past-president of the DI Civic association, I was pleased to see the election [...]

2010 DI Civic Association Board Elected

The Davis Islands Civic Association held its first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, January 5th, at the Majorie Park Tennis Center on Columbia Drive. Association board members elected Walter Hill as president, Denise Cassedy as Vice President, Jeanne Wolfe as Secretary and Pam Colker as Treasurer. In other business: A number of residents [...]

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