Neighborhood Olympics

LET THE GAMES BEGIN…

March 1, 2008 began the first Neighborhood Olympics Program, created by the City of Hollywood, Florida.

The purpose of the Neighborhood Olympics is to engage residents in their neighborhood associations, encourage working relationships among residents to improve their communities and promote existing city programs.

From March 1 through August 31, residents will work together to earn points for projects like painting a home, establishing a neighborhood crime watch group, complying with code violations, patronizing local Hollywood businesses and restaurants, attending a health and wellness workshop, neighborhoods helping or partnering with other neighborhoods and many other activities. They will also have opportunities to receive points for participating in fun and friendly competitive events like a Neighborhood Field Day, an adult spelling bee and lawn mower races.

Gold, silver and bronze awards will be presented to the top three neighborhoods. The winners will also receive $1,000, $500 and $250 respectively to be used for continued neighborhood programs.

So far, ten associations have registered for the competition. Residents may join their neighborhood team at any time during the six-month period. Neighborhood associations are encouraged to register with the Department of Housing and Community Redevelopment by calling (954) 921-3271.

A formal introduction of the participating teams took place at the March 5th City Commission Meeting. The following is a current list of participating associations:

Neighborhood Association/Team	Coach	Phone Number
Beverly Park	Woody Williams	954-683-4898
Boulevard Heights	Bob Emanuel	954-962-0585
Driftwood	Debbie Kimball	954-445-2616
Highland Gardens	Shirley Stealey	954-923-9109
Hollywood Lakes	Howard Schoem	954-965-9000
Liberia	Henry Graham	954-559-8634
Parkside	Noreen Buchbinder	954-294-6162
Playland Estates	Tammy Priscak	954-479-7209
United Neighbors of South Hollywood	John Maynard	954-557-8353
Washington Park	Ulyses McCrea	954-612-3502