Every year Broadwater, a waterfront neighborhood in southwest St Petersburg Florida, has a neighborhood garage sale. It usually generates a lot of traffic because there are so many homes with things set out to sell. It starts at 8, but of course people start arriving between 6 and 7. Today was Broadwater's annual garage sale.
One enterprising homeowner, on the main entrance street, set out a large and a small tent for their wares. The tents were visible blocks away, and generated extra traffic as people came to see what the tents were all about.
Many of the neighborhood children turned entrepreneurs for the day - here selling sodas and grapefruit, one a few blocks away selling coffee and popcorn.
The Broadwater Civic Association is a voluntary group, with an annual fee of $30. They have quarterly meetings, an annual garage sale, an annual Christmas party, an annual picnic at Ft DeSoto Park, and various other events. They also sponsor a Neighborhood Security Patrol, and monitor what's happening in the surrounding residential and commercial areas. They provide a quarterly newsletter and a neighborhood website.
Events like this are a great time to meet the people who live here, and ask questions about the area.
