The American Humane Association created Be Kind to Animals Week in 1915 to encourage compassion toward animals. Every year, animal shelters throughout the country hold special events during this time to raise awareness about animals in the community and to celebrate the bond between humans and animals.
This year the Humane Society will be offering a special adoption gift package with every shelter adoption from May 4 to May 10, 2008, according to Executive Director, Joanne Schoch at the Humane Society located at Wiscon and Mobley Roads.
For more information on Be Kind to Animals Week click here
On Thursday, May 8, 2008, the House passed a homeowner rescue plan that will provide cheaper, government-backed mortgages to half a million borrowers and has plans to bolster an economy crippled by the housing crisis.
Ignoring the veto threats from President Bush, the House approved the measure by a vote of 266-154, with 39 Republicans supporting it.
It would let the Federal Housing Administration take on up to $300 billion in new mortgages so that financially borrowers facing foreclosure could refinance.
For more information on the homeowner rescue plan click here
The Nova 535 art lounge in St. Petersburg, Fl opens its doors every Monday from 6 to 10 p.m., for artists, jewelry designers and filmmakers to show off their latest work, listen to music, play a game of chess and have a drink. The lounge is at 535 Martin Luther King Jr. Street N (Ninth Street)., St. Petersburg Fl.
Cinco De Mayo Zombie Pub Crawl starts at the Dirty Shame and continues on to other bars like the Reservoir and the Crow Bar, The Zombie hordes will be taking to the streets on Ybor City starting at 5:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $6.00. For more info please visit www.myspace.com/deaditeempire.
Sheryl Crow is coming to Ruth Eckerd Hall tonight, April 29, 2008. The show starts at 8:00 p.m. at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater, Fl. Ticket prices range from $46-$60.50. For more information please call (727) 791-7400.
In March of 2006 the home sales in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater were taking a plunge of 26 percent. During that time, Ocala, Tallahassee, Gainesville and Jacksonville were still on an upward rise of home sales.
However, those cities couldn’t keep themselves from the drop of the housing market forever. They’re now feeling the impact of the Housing Crisis.
March home sales in Ocala were down 50 percent. Gainesville suffered a 34-percent drop. Jacksonville’s decline was 37 percent and Tallahassee’s 29 percent.
For more information on the housing crisis in Northern Florida click here
Housing prices dropped in February 2008 at the fastest rate ever recorded, a widely watched index showed on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The index showed that the housing slump is gaining momentum and showing no signs of letting up.
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 cities fell by 12.7 percent in February 2008 as opposed to last year, this is the largest decline since its inception in 2001. Seventeen of the 20 metro areas reported record annual declines.
For more information on the Housing price decline click here
Monday, April 28, 2008 a research study showed that U.S. homes heading for foreclosure more than doubled in the first quarter of 2008 from a year earlier, as weakening property values and tighter lending has left many homeowners powerless to preventing their homes from being auctioned to the highest bidder.
Among some of the hardest hit states were Nevada, Florida and, in particular, California, where Stockton led the nation with a foreclosure rate that was 6.6 times the national average, Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac Inc. said.
For more information on the Housing Crisis click here
Early Cinco de Mayo festivities at the Grand Central District’s monthly 4th Friday party on April 25, 2008 from 5 until 9 pm. The shops in the 2000 and 2100 blocks are the central of the happenings. In Grand Central style, merchants will offer food and beverages to make your browsing even more fun. Enjoy live music with SalsaMania, a salsa dance group. The Grand Central District Stroll is held each month on the fourth Friday. For more information, please contact (727) 328-7086 or visit www.GrandCentralDistrict.org
Mary Babinetz has run ads in the newspaper and held six open houses before she listed her South Tampa condo in the home-swapping section of Craigslist. She’s looking for a three-bedroom, two-bath house priced at around $250,000 in New Tampa or Temple Terrace area and she would take $180,000 for her 982-square-foot condo.
Many homeowners have used the free Web site, Craigslist, in search of house swapping partners in all price ranges.
For more information on House Swapping click here
