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DUNEDIN — City Manager Jennifer Bramley called the celebration May 13 for the city’s acquisition of the Gladys Douglas-Hackworth property a “big day for all of us — the birds, ....
Commissioners got an overview April 13 of Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority s plans for the demonstration. Jeremy Reynolds, chairman of the city s public safety committee, wants to make sure that we demonstrate this is safe to ride and I would love to be the first one to ride it in Dunedin. Get in line, said Mayor Julie Ward Bujalski, amid laughter. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve an agreement for with PSTA for a three-month demonstration of an autonomous vehicle, using federal money and a 50 percent match from PSTA to fund it. The shuttle should be arriving in late May. Jacob Labutka, a PSTA senior planner, said a similar demonstration along Bayshore Drive in St. Petersburg went well. ....
Gladys Douglasâ 44-acre oasis ânow owned by the people foreverâ Dunedin closed on the $10 million purchase Thursday. The land was headed for housing development last year. Â Â Dozens of activists and city officials celebrate on Thursday, May 13, 2021, the day Dunedin closed its $10 million purchase of the 44-acre Gladys Douglas property at the corner of Virginia Avenue and Keene Road. [ MENGSHIN LIN | Times ] Updated May 14 They met near the bank of the freshwater lake that Gladys Douglas loved so much and clinked glasses of champagne in amazement over what theyâd just pulled off. Pinellas County Commissioners, activists and others whoâve agonized over the fate of these 44 acres watched on Thursday evening as Dunedin officials signed a mock deed to celebrate the cityâs official purchase of the land for a public park. ....