Author: Joe Browne

Mandatory HRT training June 23rd 4:00 p.m in River Club

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Mandatory Hurricane Response Team Training is scheduled for Monday, June 23rd at 4:00 p.m in the River Club’s LaVista room, with a request to bring last year’s green folder and permission to take individual photos.

Please

  • Bring green folder with policies and procedures if you have one
  • Attend HRT training
  • Notify Mary Rau-Foster if unable to attend
  • Wear HRT tee-shirts

See Facebook page.

VGRC Annual Community Hurricane Preparation Meeting Held June 2nd

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Each year, the Community Association hosts a hurricane preparation meeting for members of the community. This season’s gathering was organized by our Hurricane Response Team chief Mary Rau-Foster. The 2025 kick-off meeting was again well attended. Questions from the audience were on-the-mark and much appreciated by the speakers. A wealth of new information was presented by our Venice Fire Chief Frank Giddens, Assistant Town Manager James Clinch and Emergency Manager Chief for Sarasota County, Susan Tapfumaneyei. Lessons learned from the 2024 season were highlighted by the speakers.

As a reminder, here is a map of the 2024 hurricanes. See details here.

New 2025 Hurricane Guide & Facebook for Hurricane Corner

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The Venice 2025 Hurricane Guide from the City has been completely revised from past years.

We have created a Facebook site for members of our community, and their families and friends, to be used as a communication tool (in addition to the community emails) for hurricane preparation tips as well as providing post-storm updates. We have found that there is a great need for quick updates and reports of post-storm issues and that this tool may make communication easier. It is a private Facebook site and access has to be approved. The site is “Hurricane Corner-VGRCCA (see https://www.facebook.com/groups/hurricanecornervgrcca). Please sign up for it, as we anticipate that you will be instrumental in providing valuable information after any hurricane has impacted our area.