There are two meetings this month on the potential expansion of the Hyde Park Local Historic District to include the area that was once the African-American community of Dobyville.
On August 10, Dennis Fernandez, manager of Architectural Review & Historic Preservation for the City of Tampa, will field questions in a question and answer session. The meeting, co-hosted hosted by the Historic Hyde Park Neighborhood Association and Hyde Park Spanishtown Creek Civic Association, is scheduled from 6:30 p.m.-7:45 p.m. at the Lighthouse for the Blind and Low Vision, 1106 W Platt St.
On August 30, the Historic Preservation Commission public hearing on the requested expansion is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 315 E Kennedy Blvd.
For prior stories on the Dobyville community go to Dobyville residents revive history of Hyde Park's historic Black neighborhood and Dobyville legacy lives on in family.