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 RICK BISHOP
NEIGHBORHOODS
209 AVENUE F NW
WINTER HAVEN, FL
33881
(863) 298-4482
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City of Winter Haven Community
Improvement Awards Recipients |
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Community Improvement Award, 2004 First Quarter Winner,
Brad Downton of 521 7th Street, NE.
Brad Dowton began his home improvement project ten years ago, when he removed
the concrete covering 90% of the front yard and replaced 12 inches of top soil
with two dump truckloads of new soil. Brad then added a new and smaller
driveway. The planting of more than 300 low maintenance shrubs and five trees
followed. Some of the structural improvements he made included: installation of
a new roof, low emittance (E) windows, insulated exterior doors, an
air-condition unit, privacy fence, micro drip irrigation and outdoor solar
lighting. The cost of this entire project is estimated at $15,000.
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Before and after pictures of Brad Dowton's
home at 521 7th Street, NE
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Pictured is the home owner, along with
Community Improvement Judges: Michelle Woods, Code Enforcement Technician
and Tanya Willis, Code Enforcement Officer |
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Community Improvement Award, 2004 Second
Quarter Winners,
Faye and Jeremiah Foster of 1375-10th Street, NE.
Faye and Jeremiah Foster began this project five years ago by resoding their
yard and planting approximately 300 flowing plants, 12 trees and 1,000 African
caladiums. Improvements to their house include: repainting exterior and interior
walls; replacing the air-condition system and roof; installing low (E) energy
windows; stenciling the driveway; replacing all appliances; and installing new
floor tile (imported from Spain) throughout the interior of the house. The above
photographs illustrate the numerous flowerbeds that contain between 5 to 12
different plant species per bed. The Fosters’ estimate they have spent $20,000
thus far.
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Pictured is the home owner, along with Community Improvement judges:
Michelle Woods, Code Enforcement Technician; Kaye Boone, Neighborhood
Coordinator; Rick Bishop, Neighborhood Coordinator; Faye Foster, (kneeling)
Homeowner; Pat Gilder, Executive Director of Keep Winter Haven Clean and
Beautiful and Tanya Willis, Code Enforcement Officer. |
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Community Improvement Award, 2003 First
Quarter Winners,
Alan and Elizabeth Taylor of 170 Lake Elbert Drive, NE
The 2003 first-quarter winners of the Community
Improvement Award are Alan and Elizabeth Taylor, of 170 Lake Elbert Drive, NE.
Pictured from left to right are the award recipient Alan Taylor; judges Tanya
Willis, Code Enforcement Officer; Pat Gilder, with Keep Winter Haven Clean and
Beautiful; Michelle Woods, Code Compliance Administrative Assistant; and Becky
Yost, Fire Department Administrative Assistant.
This ongoing project started more than 3-years ago and included: repainting the
house, replacing old windows with new energy efficient windows and massive
landscape improvements that included outdoor lighting, irrigation, 35 azaleas,
landscaped islands with roses and 10 adult sagos and sable palm trees. The
estimated cost for this project is $16,000.
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Community Improvement Award, 2003 Second
Quarter Winners,
Glenn and Sheila Koch of 1315-11th Street, NE.
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Pictured to the right are the home owners Glenn, Sheila, and Chloe Koch,
along with the Community Improvement Award Judges: (L-R) Becky Yost, Fire
Department Administrative Assistant, Michelle Woods, Code Enforcement
Administrative Assistant, Pat Gilder, Keep Winter Haven Clean and Beautiful
(cosponsor), and Rick Bishop, Neigborhoods. |
Glenn and Sheila Koch began this project five
years ago by removing and replacing the ineffectual brush with more than 200
plants and trees---many of the replacement trees are fruit bearing---such as
plum, peach, and orange tree, in addition, changing the steep slope of the yard,
painting the house and privacy wall, irrigation, and outdoor lighting were added
and the yard was sodded three times, by Glenn "just to get the right look."
Glenn has purchased the vacant lot across the street and has begun landscaping
sections of this area in keeping with the theme of his property with annuals and
fruit bearing plants, e.g., pineapple plants to assist the aesthetics of the
neighborhood.
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The Third Quarter
Winners of the Community Improvement Award are Shannon and Linda Browning of
1980-13th St. NW
(Top Photo, L-R) The judge's
Tanya Willis - Code Enforcement Inspector, Michelle Woods - Code Enforcement
Administrative Assistant, Beck Yost - Fire Department Administrative Assistant,
Pat Gilder - Executive Director of Keep Winter Haven Clean and Beautiful, and
recipient Linda Browning. (Bottom Photo) Shows what Shannon and Linda Browning
have been working on during the past 23 years: replacing the doors, windows,
roof, air-conditioning, insulation, electrical wiring, while adding on 800-sq.
ft., 200-plants, 12-trees, irrigation, outdoor lighting, driveway, and walkway.
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