Pasco County Celebrates Completion of Tommytown Phase I

Pasco County spent $7.5 million in community development block grant money and other funds to pave roads and improve drainage in the neighborhood. More improvements are planned for the north side of Tommytown

County Commission Chairman Ted Schrader speaks to children from Tommytown at the beginning of the ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 10 for the neighborhood’s recently completed improvement project.

County Commissioner Jack Mariano speaks to children in the Tommytown neighborhood before the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

George Romagnoli, Community Development Manager for Pasco County, recognizes Charlene Daprile, Assistant Community Development Manager, for her dedication and commitment to the Tommytown project. Dade City Mayor Scott Black and Commissioner Jack Mariano are also pictured.

Margarita Romo of Farmworkers Self-Help, Inc. speaks to members of the community during the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Pasco County Commissioners, county staff and Tommytown residents get ready to cut a ceremonial ribbon for the neighborhood’s recently-completed road paving and improvement project.

Pasco County Commissioners join county staff and Tommytown residents in the cutting of a golden ribbon, marking the completion of the first phase of the community’s improvement project.

Children from the Tommytown neighborhood carried a banner and held a short parade before the ribbon-cutting.

Robert (Bob) Shepherd with Pasco County Project Management was the Project Manager for the Tommytown project.

The contractor on the Tommytown project was Luis Aguayo with Suncoast Development of Pinellas County, Inc.