This Week in Quotes

“The residents of Temple Terrace are the real stars here. We were surprised and delighted with the number of people who participated in the collection.”
Coleen Garner, a member of the , which raised $2,500 in pet supplies thanks to help from the community

“I see a lot of men and women that work for the City of Temple Terrace, and I think they should be awarded,” he said. “… I look at this as just a part of my job.”
Tom Borroni, the city’s , on his thoughts about the award

“We need to be able to complete this sentence: Our city is the only blank that blanks. And whatever those blanks are, that’s what we need to get at to be able to turn around and create a brand for this community. It’s really that simple.”
Margie Martin, of Martin Communications, on the brand development process the city is undertaking as part of its

“Here in the Sunshine State it makes sense to tap into solar power… I enjoy experimenting with small scale solar projects to get a feel for their capabilities.”
Blogger on using solar energy

Comments of the Week:
“Thank you to everyone who came out to participate and a big hand goes out to Marsha Macon and Marshall Dunbar for their beautiful music that could be heard drifting down the river and to Jurika, Latin Jazz band led by Dr. Julio Maya for keeping us energized after the races!”
Cheri Donohue, president of the Temple Terrace Rotary Club, which put on the with the City of Temple Terrace on Oct. 15

“I was really looking forward to attending this event with my daughter; however, I had prior commitments with the King High School Homecoming event that night. Hopefully they will have this event again in the future.”
Joey Affronti on

“This is very much needed, last marketing campaign was in 1950! We're a great community but largely unknown outside the city limits.”
Grant Rimbey on the city’s new