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Article: High Point residents want to see some green.
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- The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2005
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Byline: Shannon Tan
Jun. 26--LARGO -- Families celebrate birthdays and munch on picnic lunches at High Point Community Park. The neighborhood family center has hosted petting zoos and other community events there. One Christmas, the center hauled in machines and made it snow.
But the community will lose the park Aug. 1 when the Pinellas County School District takes back the 3-acre property to build a new High Point Elementary School.
Residents are disappointed that they're losing the only green space in their neighborhood. That's why some people have welcomed an offer by pool supply giant Pinch-A-Penny, which would donate 5 acres to the county ...