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Happy Thanksgiving and Holiday Season!

SAVE THE DATE INVITATION!

unday January 26th - Lauderdale Harbors Day at the NSU Art museum. Free
admission with ID. Private area w/ nibbles for our neighborhood courtesy of
SLHIA. Wine available for purchase. Enjoy art while getting to know your
neighbors. Special tours for our Lauderdale Harbors group.
We can almost breathe a sigh of relief as hurricane season is just about over. We
were very fortunate in Fort Lauderdale not to have the wrath of Dorian. Let’s keep
our friends in the Abacos in our thoughts and continue to provide much needed
help to rebuild those islands devastated by the storm.
November 24- 28 is another round of King Tides. Avoid going north on Cordova
thru the low spot at 11th Court during high tides.
Barbara Magill SAFERWATCH – CRIME APP
President,
Lauderdale Harbors With concerns for crime happening in our city, the police force is now using
citizens and technology to help fight crime. The SAFERWATCH app is now available
Improvement Association
to be downloaded on your phone. You can now text a crime in progress, suspicious
TEAM LHIA activity that you may be hesitant to call about since you are not sure if there is a
Officers crime going on. The app also allows the police to send out alerts to you if
Vice-President something is happening nearby that you need to be aware of. You set the range for
Ed Rebholz the area as to how far you want to be alerted on. The area can be all of Fort
Secretary Lauderdale or just Lauderdale Harbors/Rio Vista. But notifications are in real time
Chelsea Krebs and your text could provide important intelligence information. You can report a
Treasurer crime or simply text about something that seems off to you.
Bonnie Rogers
Another bonus to having the app is that Saferwatch is a nationwide program, so if
you travel to another area you can change the setting so that you receive alerts in
Welcome Committee the area or city that you are in. You also have the ability to shut off alerts and
Chairman check it at your own convenience.
Linda Brand
This is also a good time to remind you that the Holiday season always brings an
increase in crime.
• Lock your car doors.Do not leave a purse under the seat of your car.
• Put your car FOB in a closed metal case so crooks can’t hijack the signal.
• Do not load your car with holiday gifts and then go back in to do more shopping.

AHF MICRO UNITS UPDATE
Many of our residents had concerns about the large micro unit project proposed by
the Aids Health Foundation at SE 7th Street and 3rd Ave. The City attorney has
declared the project a Social Services Residential Facility and a type of facility is
not allowed in the downtown Regional Activity Center. The ruling will likely be
appealed as there are several channels to the process.
NEW EMS STATION

While fire station 8 on SE 16th Street will better serve Lauderdale Harbors, there
will still be areas at the far end of the Lauderdale Harbors Isles and most of the Rio

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