Today Commissioner Mason, or "Miss Carolyn" as kids call her here on the block, stopped by. She had called a meeting in Newtown a few months back for everyone to come together and talk about how Sarasota can respond to violence occurring in this community, and so I shared with her a little bit about the many positive contributions of our neighborkids, which are making our neighborhood a homey, friendly place. She stopped by today to meet some of our neighborhood scavenger hunters and maybe catch a glimpse of the magic.
The kids helped me tidy up and then prepared some tea and pretzels for her visit. When she arrived, we all chatted for a bit about what life was like for Commissioner Carolyn as a kid, when she was growing up about 10 blocks down Central Avenue. She also told us about what it was like living next to the railroad tracks, a few blocks up the road from us, when she lived here in Central-Cocoanut several years back. She shared some helpful hints about how we might get our garden to grow this summer as well.
Since the JAQS Dinner for James, Amorie, Quan and Semaj was this past weekend, we showed her the slideshow made in their honor which was premiered at their dinner. This hopefully gave her a sense of all the great things neighborkids are up to in Central-Cocoanut these days.
Thanks for dropping by, Commissioner Carolyn!
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