Neighborhood Association Coalition Subcommittees

• Little Free Libraries Subcommittee

  The Little Free Library Subcommittee is tasked with continuing the work toward implementing more Little Free Libraries in our neighborhoods. In the time this project has been in use in our neighborhoods we have seen the neighborhoods embrace the Little Free Libraries. The members of this Subcommittee who will be responsible for continuing the work are:

  Shirley Pickett (Westgate-Central Neighborhood Association)
  Tonya Rogers  (Historic Dixieland Neighborhood Association)
  Michelle Lanier (Hillside Manor Neighborhood Association)
  Raymond Winterhalt (Crystal Lake Neighborhood Association)

  We look forward to seeing great things from this group! 

  

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  Second Little Free Library Workshop 

  Hosted by Family Worship Center 

  07.31.2021

  

  See full gallery here: 2nd Little Free Library Workshop
  Check out this step-by-step guide to assembling our very own Little Free Library kits!
  Click here to watch video tutorial

   

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  First Little Free Library Workshop

  Hosted by Cleveland Heights Neighborhood

  04.17.2021

  

  Check out this step-by-step guide to assembling our very own Little Free Library kits!
  Click here to watch video tutorial

   

   

• SummerWerx

  The SummerWerx subcommittee is in charge of the SummerWerx program for our Neighborhoods. This Subcommittee will work to make the SummerWerx program the best it can be, to provide a much needed help to our youth. This program helps find jobs for our neighborhoods youth during the summer months. It is an integral part of our neighborhoods. The members of this team are: Veronica Rountree (Valencia-Pinehurst Neighborhood Association); Morris Chestang (Gladys Leggett Neighborhood Association); Lorenzo Robinson (Paul A. Diggs Neighborhood Association); Lolita Berrien (Webster Park South Neighborhood Association); and Kimberly Schell (Biltmore-Cumberland Neighborhood Association). 

  

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  Events and Announcements:

  NAC Informational Session with CareerSource Polk:   

  Youth Summer Internship Program | 03.14.2022

  

  Click here to watch a recording of the virtual session. 

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• LIFT Lakeland Subcommittee

  This subcommittee's goal is to serve as a conduit of the NAC to identify partnerships between neighborhood associations and LIFT Lakeland goals (Education & Careers, Mentoring, Law Enforcement, Business Growth, Community Unity, and Youth Sports). Through this Subcommittee we are looking for new ways to help our neighborhoods by identifying new creative ways we can tackle some of the issues our neighborhoods have and improve the quality of life of all our neighborhoods. The team for this subcommittee is:

  • Michael Joseph (North Lake Wire Neighborhood Association)
  • Gwen Allen (Cleveland Heights Neighborhood Association)
  • Walter Jenkins (Jewel Avenue Neighborhood Association)
  • Tonya Rogers (Historic Dixieland Neighborhood Association)
  • Raymond Winterhalt (Crystal Lake Neighborhood Association)
  • Lorenzo Robinson (Paul A. Diggs Neighborhood Association)
  • Michelle Lanier (Hillside Manor Neighborhood Association)

  We are very excited to see what opportunities to help our community this team can find

  

• Community Garden Subcommittee

  The Community Garden Subcommittee is tasked with new and innovative ways of implementing community gardens across the neighborhoods in Lakeland. Community Gardens are a good way to not only bring neighborhoods together but also to give them a way to improve the  neighborhood. The members of this team are the following:

  • Jeremy Moses (Historic Lake Hunter Terrace Neighborhood Association)
  • Morris Chestang (Gladys Leggett Neighborhood Association)
  • Michael Joseph (North Lake Wire Neighborhood Association)
  • Ryan Birt (West Kathleen Neighborhood Association)
  • Veronica Rountree (Valencia-Pinehurst Neighborhood Association)
  • Shirley Pickett (Westgate-Central Neighborhood Association)

  We can't wait to see al the amazing work our Community Garden Subcommittee will do!

  

• Communications Subcommittee

  The Communications Subcommittee is tasked with finding better more appropriate ways to establish communications between neighborhoods in Lakeland. Oftentimes Neighborhoods tackle similar problems to another neighborhood. Other times the solution to a problem lies in working together with other neighborhoods. In order to facilitate this the Communications Subcommittee was established. This team will focus on finding ways to facilitate the conversations that need to be had between neighborhoods in order to work more efficiently at solving the issues that arise. The members of this Subcommittee are:

  • Michael Joseph (North Lake Wire Neighborhood Association)
  • William Wainwright (Parker Street Neighborhood Association)
  • Janet Pultz (Lakeshore Neighborhood Association)
  • Christel Graham (Crystal Lake Neighborhood Association)
  • Lolita Berrien (Webster Park South Neighborhood Association)
  • Lee Robinson (Camphor Heights Neighborhood Association)

  

• Nominating Subcommittee

  The Nominating Subcommittee is tasked with handling the nomination and ballot process for the N.A.C.'s elections of new board members every year. 

  The 2022 Nominating Subcommittee is:

  • Michael Joseph (North Lake Wire Neighborhood Association)
  • Shirley Pickett   (Westgate Central Neighborhood Association)
  • Billy Townsend  (Historic Lake Morton Neighborhood Association)

  We thank them for taking on this task and we know they will do a fantastic job!