YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD HOSTS TEEN DANCE

Sarasota - The City of Sarasota Youth Advisory Board will host a teen dance Fri., April 13, 2007 8pm – midnight at the Payne Park Auditorium, located at 2100 Laurel Street. Teenagers 15 to 19-years-old are invited to attend. Identification is required. Admission is $5 per person. Free energy drinks will be available.

This the first student event the Youth Advisory Board has hosted. The Board hopes to gauge student interest in the possible creation of a teen rec center within the City of Sarasota. “We want to see if we can get the teens out now or after school,” said Rachel Moraca, Youth Advisory Board Vice Chair and a junior at Riverview High School. “We really hope to get a large group of kids. That way, we’ll know they’re interested in having something like a rec center,” said Moraca.

The Youth Advisory Board was established in August 2005 to counsel the City Commission on current issues from a youth perspective. The City Commission directed the Board Members to study the issue of teen loitering in the downtown and develop possible solutions. The Board Members concluded a teen recreation center could be an option.

The Youth Advisory Board is comprised of eleven students from six high schools in the area.

For more information, please contact:
Jan Thornburg, Public Information Officer (941) 954-4160
jan.thornburg@sarasotagov.com