Dressing up the new pocket park





TEAM volunteers, armed with gardening tools and poised for action, pause from their labors for a group photo at the pocket park at the corner of Olympia and Taylor. TEAM donated more than 400 shrubs for the beautification project completed inn May 2007. Under the City’s supervision, the volunteers planted the shrubs and helped spread the mulch for the cooperative project. Presseller’s Deli volunteered lunch and drinks for the hungry crew.
 

 

Team’s 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament was a big success.
The March 31, 2007 event at St. Andrews South Golf Club in Punta Gorda saw these folks come out for a day on the links.
 

 

 

TEAM Punta Gorda’s 2nd annual meeting packs the house
 

More than 225 people packed the Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association building on November 9th, 2006, as TEAM Punta Gorda outlined future goals and unveiled a new mission statement during its 2nd annual meeting.



“Moving Forward” was the theme for the night and speakers talked about future projects and summarized recent accomplishments.

CEO Judy Brentano took the audience through a revised mission statement and a renewed action plan. Committees will expand and refocus to improve operations. Recruiting more volunteers and increasing membership is being pursued. TEAM will seek greater collaboration with other community groups and form partnerships where possible. Expanded communication about TEAM’s activities and role is another goal.



Committee leaders outlined activities and plans for grant funding (Nancy Johnson), beautification (John Benande), waterfront projects (Jay Buckley), affordable/workforce housing (Cate Peterson) and more.

Community and Economic Development committee leader Tom Kerr explained TEAM’s involvement in development issues, like the federal grant that TEAM helped write and subsidize by paying a $13,212 matching sum with the city for an economic feasibility study. He talked about TEAM’s collaboration to bring an economic/community development director to the city. Kerr emphasized the importance of economic development to the community’s future and shared a list of projects his committee is following, assisting with, or developing.



And TEAM President Roger Kress bid adieu to one of the organization’s key founders, Dan Brubeck who, among other things, wants to catch up on his golf game.