Anyone driving into Old Homosassa will notice the trucks and trailers parked at the water tower. The first step in the restoration plan has begun!
Bay News 9 came out to visit with Marian MacRae, chairperson of the Old Homosassa Heritage Council and you can check out the report at this link:
More to come!
OHHC worked at the Homosassa Fireworks Festival on Saturday. We had raffle tickets for the golf cart and beautiful NEW t-shirts in many colors and styles. Connie Shaw, the WINNER of the Twisted Oaks Golf Round that was raffled off during the Cobia Tournament a few weeks ago stopped by to visit. She plans on winning the golf cart this year, too!
Thanks Connie for supporting the Old Homosassa Heritage Council!
Connie Shaw, winner of the Twisted Oaks Golf Course round for four.
OHHC had a booth at the Cobia and Big Fish Tournament. Our first event with our new golf cart raffle tickets available! We also had raffle tickets for a round of golf at Twisted Oaks Golf Course.
Volunteers at the OHHC booth, Terry Green, Donna and John Fletcher.
Our next event will be the Old Homosassa Fireworks Festival on June 25th. Along with golf cart raffle tickets, we will also have our new 2016 t-shirts and coozies!
OHHC is holding a raffle for a golf cart donated by Old Homosassa Golf Karts. Perfect for our Golf Cart Community!
From left, Rodney MacRae, Rosey Rendueles, John Fletcher, Kim Bossick, and Doug Bossick
Raffle tickets are available for a $5 donation. The OHHC will have a booth at the Cobia and Big Fish Tournament at MacRae’s of Homosassa on June 11 and 12.
The drawing for the golf cart will be on November 13, 2016 at the Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival in Old Homosassa. Need not be present to win!
The OHHC has a GoFundMe page now,
This is an easy way to donate to help restore and maintain the historical Old Homosassa water tower.
Check it out and Share on Facebook!
We had another clean up day on April 16th.
And the thermometer went up! We’ve raised $20,000 for the restoration and maintenance of the Old Homosassa Water Tower!
In case you missed the April monthly meeting of OHHC, the contract for repairing the water tower was unanimously approved! Restoration will begin soon!
Click here to check out the contract. OHHPS – tower repair contract
The “Access to the River” committee was formed from interested members of three Homosassa community groups–The Homosassa Civic Club, The Homosassa River Alliance, and the Old Homosassa Heritage Council. The committee’s goal is to create two public parks on the Homosassa River.
In January, the committee went to the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners and their approval was unanimous.
In February, Commissioner Ron Kitchen came to our meeting to advise us on how to proceed with funding. We originally thought Amendment One money could be used for purchasing the property.
This month Florida Senator Charles Dean came to our meeting. The group did not make the list that would receive Amendment One money and he suggested we go for a DEP grant. Senator Dean said we have his full support.
Here’s some photos from the session.
Senator Dean, on the left, Roger Cullen in the center, and Rodney MacRae on the right
From the left, Joyce Verce, Senator Dean, and Roger Cullen
Senator Dean and Connie Wright
From the left, Senator Dean, Connie Wright, and Tim Gatto
At our monthly meeting last week, we decided to spend a couple hours on Saturday morning beautifying the Water Tower property. With only a few days notice, 14 energetic members show up with trimmers, pruners, and garden gloves!
Before!
After!
And the crew in action!
$10,000! We’ll be at the Shrimpapalooza on Saturday, March 19th, with OHHC t-shirts and raffle tickets for a round of golf for 4 at Twisted Oaks Golf Course! Stop by and say Hi!