Vice-Mayor Julie Scales Praises Proposed Improvements
for Dunedin Isles Country Club Neighborhood

In late May, the City sponsored a public meeting at the Dunedin Community Center to present a number of infrastructure improvements to the Dunedin Isles Country Club neighborhood. Long plagued by flooding issues during heavy rains, the neighborhood will first and foremost benefit from [describe project]. Ancillary work will include gutters and street resurfacing and replacement.

“This is a terrific project,” said Vice-Mayor Scales. “After I saw the presentation, I realized that this is also a Neighborhood Enhancement project. I can’t help but think the residents in this neighborhood [bounded by Palm Blvd. on the north, Michigan Blvd. on the south, Greenway on the east and Alt. 19 on the west] will see their neighborhood a little differently after these projects are done.”

Vice-Mayor Scales has long focused on neighborhoods as being key to the City’s overall health and viability. She called for the Neighborhood Enhancement Matching Grant Program which was initiated in 2004 and which has thus far benefitted 15 neighborhoods. She has also pushed for beautification of the area around Causeway Blvd. She was also a strong advocate for putting a priority on fixing the flooding issues in Dunedin Isles Country Club area. “Now that I’ve seen what this project is going to do, I realize how needed infrastructure improvements are vital to the vibrancy of our neighborhoods,” she said.