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Ozona, Florida

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Ozona Sunset
Ozona Sunset

Ozona is an unincorporated community in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, located 4 miles (6.4 km) north of downtown Dunedin. Ozona has a post office with ZIP code 34660.

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Ozona, Florida
Mississippi Avenue, Palm Harbor

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N 28.069444444444 ° E -82.775555555556 °
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Mississippi Avenue 427
34683 Palm Harbor
Florida, United States
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Palm Harbor Museum
Palm Harbor Museum

The Palm Harbor Museum (formerly called North Pinellas Historical Museum) is located in the historic Hartley House in Palm Harbor, Florida. The house was built by Thomas W. Hartley, with help from his brother William, between 1914 and 1919, on property bought by his father, James Hartley, about 1880. The house was designed to accommodate the Hartley Family (Thomas, his wife Ida Stanton Hartley and their children Lucy, Clarine, Leonard and Orion). The house was built on a reinforced concrete foundation with concrete block construction. The blocks were poured on-site, made with sand from a nearby scrub. The outside surfaces of the blocks were cast to simulate a stone finish. Each block weighed 84 pounds and the blocks were joined with pink mortar, which is said to have gotten its unusual color from crushed berries. A hall ran the length of the downstairs; walls were reinforced concrete to provide bearing support for the second floor. Downstairs rooms have 10 foot high ceilings and upstairs are 8 feet high. The upstairs rooms were never completed by the family due to shortage of funds. The house was not wired for electricity until the 1940s. Two wooden porches that existed when the house was first built wore out and were removed by the 1950s. The house was acquired in 1996 by Pinellas County as part of the extension of Belcher Rd; as a "satellite campus" to Heritage Village. It serves now as the Palm Harbor Museum which is dedicated to preserving the history of Palm Harbor, Crystal Beach, Florida, Ozona, East Lake, Wall Springs and Curlew. Emphasis is on Florida pioneer history from 1800s to the present, although aspects of Native American history are included. The Palm Harbor Museum opened in 1998. It is operated and maintained by the Palm Harbor Historical Society. It is located at 2043 Curlew Road. Current exhibitions include the history of the Citrus Industry (exhibits within an authentic renovated Grove House), "The Hartley Family", "Lois Oxnam, Ranch Manager of Boot Ranch", "Faith Mission Children's Home", "Where is Palm Harbor", "Ozona, Overfished". The house also highlights the lives of the Hartley Family and how they lived. Many of the downstairs rooms were preserved and along with some original furniture you can see how this family lived during this period. Admission is free. Interactive activities are available to visitors of all ages. Picnic Tables on the grounds can be used by the public. The property belongs to Pinellas County and can be considered as a "pocket park" for public visitation. Native Plants will soon be installed along with outside interpretive signage to augment the historical and environmental usefulness of this landmark site.

Englebert Complex

The Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex is a sports facility owned by the City of Dunedin, Florida. It is used primarily by the Toronto Blue Jays as a practice facility, and is home to their Rookie league affiliate, the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. The facility opened in 1978 and named after City Commissioner and one time mayor Cecil P. Englebert, who lured the Toronto Blue Jays to the area.The facility was renovated in 2002 for $14 million, expanding it from 17 to 23 acres (6.9 to 9.3 ha). The Blue Jays renamed the training facility the Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex in 2003 after Bobby Mattick, who managed the Blue Jays from 1980 to 1981, and was employed by the team from 1976 until his death in 2004. The City of Dunedin objected to the new name, arguing that Mattick had no ties to the City.The site features: training facilities team offices hitting cages five full fields one small fieldThree other baseball diamonds on the north side belong to the Louis A. Vanech Recreation Complex, another city owned facility at 3051 Garrison Road; public parking is available along with access to the Englebert Complex.The Jays' lease of the facility runs through 2017, but they have the option to extend it by an additional five years twice. After investigating possible alternative sites to host their spring training facility, the Jays negotiated an $81 million renovation to the stadium ($33.3 million) and Englebert Complex ($47.8 million), which they would contribute $20 million to (plus any cost overruns) with the rest coming from the state ($13.7 million), county ($41.7 million) and city ($5.6 million) governments. The stadium would be expanded from 5,500 to 8,500 seats. The lease agreement for the stadium lasts for 25 years, with the option to renew for a further 2 years five times. The City Commission approved the deal in November 2017. The club retains all revenue from sales at concessions and parking at the stadium, while they share revenue from naming rights with the city. The plan calls for the county to approve and a funding request to be submitted to the state by the end of 2017, with construction to begin in April 2018.