Menu

Welcome Home

Cool RacingColonial Oaks is a friendly neighborhood that is conveniently located just west of Cattlemen Road between Bee Ridge Road and Fruitville Road, nestled between two very convenient shopping areas.

Just minutes from Doctors Hospital and right off of Exit 207 on I-75 south, we are an oasis of tall oak trees, quiet sidewalks and friendly neighbors.

Colonial Oaks Park is found within our community, and offers many activities including tennis and basketball courts, a gym, picnic tables with barbecue grills, a fenced children's play area, and walking trails.

 

 

 

Honore Avenue Improvements......Updated!

Construction is under way on the Honore Avenue improvement project from Fruitville to Bee Ridge roads. Motorists are not expected to be directly impacted for at least a month, but they may see activity such as land clearing and directional drilling off the roadway. Additionally, utility work will be performed near the area of Colonial Oaks and Honore.

Work will start at the bridge site. Advance warning signs of construction are posted on Honore Avenue, Webber Street and Colonial Oaks Boulevard.

The entire project will make a new 2.7-mile, two-lane divided road. Improvements include the addition of medians, roundabouts, meandering sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle lanes, drainage improvements, Florida-friendly landscaping, bio-swales and rain gardens to treat stormwater runoff and decorative streetlights in the medians. Construction will be done in three phases, and is expected to be completed in February 2011.

 

Please see our info page for more information and a downloadable flier of improvements.

 

*all info available @ scgov.net

 

New & Coming Soon To Colonial Oaks...

A new playground has been installed in our park.

New trails for walkers.

Community Garage Sale is scheduled for NOVEMBER 21st, 2009

Halloween Hunt in the Park is slated for OCTOBER 30th, 2009

Holiday decorating for the main enterance on Colonial Oaks Blvd & Callteman Rd.

Christmas lights judging will be discontinued, instead there will a Holiday Charity Giveaway. More to come on this..

Membership / Elections for Board Members.

 

Annual Membership / Election Meeting for 2010 Board of Directors

Our annual election will take place February 10th, 2009. If you would like your name to be added to this years ballot,
PLEASE EMAIL THE BOARD WITH A REQUEST FOR NOMINATION.
Otherwise we cannot add your name to the ballot.

All interested parties for being nominated for candidacy on the Board Of Directors will need to have their official ballot submitted for nomination between December 16th, 2009 through January 5th, 2010. All mailed nomination requests that are postmarked after January 5th, 2010 or any email nomination request recieved after electronic timestamp via Yahoo! mail servers, will be inelagible. This rule is enforced to allow enough time to add the nominees to the ballot and prepare for mailing. Ballots will be mailed out along with the Homeowners Association dues sheet before December, 2009.

We will have ballot counters on site to count your mailed in ballots as well as the last minute ballots that will be handed in on that day.

 

WorldWide Monthly Events (FYI)

 

OCTOBER

* Children's Book Week (England) - First Week of October
* National Day (China, People's Republic of) -October 1
* Independence Day in the Republic Of Cyprus October 1
* Independence Day in Nigeria- October 1
* International Day of Non-Violence - October 2
* German Unity Day (Germany) - October 3
* Proclamation of Portuguese Republic (Portugal) - October 5
* International World Teachers' day - October 5
* Independence day in Nigeria - October 6
* Independence day in Croatia - October 8
* National Day of Spain - October 12 (Discovery of America)
* Thanksgiving (Canada) - Second Monday of October
* Health and Sports Day (Japan) - Second Monday of October
* Columbus Day (Most of United States) - Second Monday of October
* World Food Day - October 16
* Constitution Day in Niue - October 19
* Apple Day - October 21
* Remembering the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 - October 23
* United Nations Day - October 24
* Day of the Romanian Army - October 25
* Independence Day in St. Vincent & the Grenadines - October 27
* Independence Day in Turkmenistan - October 27
* Navy Day (United States) - October 27
* Ochi Day (No Day) in Greece - October 28
* Republic Day in Turkey October 29
* Halloween, Samhain - October 31

 

 

 

 

NOVEMBER
* All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day), a Christian holy day, is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween. In Sweden the All Saints' official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of November.
* In Ireland, November 1 is regarded as the first day of Winter.
* November 1 is called November Day (Lá Samhna) in Celtic tradition and is thus named in the Irish Calendar, where the month is called Mí na Samhna.
* In the pagan wheel of the year, November begins at or near Samhain in the northern hemisphere and Beltaine in the southern hemisphere.
* In the Roman Catholic calendar, November 2 is All Souls Day. It is known in Mexico as el Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), and the whole month of November is especially dedicated to praying for the dead
* Britain and New Zealand celebrate Guy Fawkes Night, the anniversary of the failed Gunpowder Plot, on November 5.
* Adoption Day - November 1
* In Indonesia, November 10 is known as National Heroes Day
* St. Martin's feast day (Martinmas) on November 11 was formerly considered the start of winter in some places in Europe
* Remembrance Day is celebrated on November 11 in the Commonwealth of Nations and various European countries (including France and Belgium) to commemorate World War I and other wars. It is known as Veterans' Day in the United States.
* In India, Children's Day is celebrated on November 14, the birthdate of first Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
* The Leonids meteor shower reaches its peak around November 17.
* Discovery to the Eastern World of Puerto Rico by Christopher Columbus on November 19, 1493.
* Día de la Revolución, or Revolution Day, is celebrated in Mexico on November 20.
* On 24 November each year, Lachit Divas is celebrated statewide in Assam, India, to commemorate the heroism of the great general Lachit Borphukan and the victory of the Assamese army over the Mughal army at the battle of Saraighat in 1671.
* The United States and Puerto Rico observe Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November.
* For Western Christians, Advent usually begins on a Sunday during the last week of November.
* Scotland celebrates St Andrews Day, its official national day, on 30 November. Since 2006 it has been an official bank holiday.
* International Men's Day is commemorated on the 19th of November.

MONTHLONG OBSERVANCES
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, National Novel Writing Month, Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, American Diabetes Month, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, and the month dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory in the Roman Catholic Church.

It is quite common for some males in Australia (especially in the city of Melbourne), and New Zealand to sport a moustache during the month of November. The custom being known as Movember (Movember is a portmanteau of the words 'Moustache' and 'November'.), and being a fundraising event for men's health issues. One's fashionable appearance often comes second to the calling of Movember. A similar observance in the United States, called No Shave November, involves a full beard as opposed to a mustache.

MOVEABLE EVENTS IN NOVEMBER

First Tuesday
* In Australia, the Melbourne Cup horse race is held annually on the first Tuesday in November.

Tuesday After the First Monday
* In the United States, elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November (between November 2 and November 8). In even-numbered years, members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, and about one third of the U.S. Senate are elected to six-year terms. The President of the United States is elected in years divisible by four. Most U.S. states, counties, and municipalities have some part of their election cycle coincident with this date.

Third Wednesday
* GIS Day is held the 3rd Wednesday of November during Geography Awareness Week.

Third Thursday
* The Great American Smokeout sponsored by the American Cancer Society occurs on the third Thursday of November, one week before Thanksgiving. Smokers are encouraged to quit smoking for these 24 hours, in hopes that they will quit forever.
* International Philosophy Day

Fourth Thursday in the USA
* Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November.

The day after Thanksgiving in the USA
* A famous day for shopping known as "Black Friday."

Monday immediately following Thanksgiving Day in the USA
* Cyber Monday

 

DECEMBER
* Union Day of Romania (1 December)
* World AIDS Day (December 1)
* National Day of United Arab Emirates (December 2)
* Sinterklaas in The Netherlands (December 5)
* Father's Day (King's Birthday) in Thailand (December 5)
* Independence Day in Finland (December 6)
* Constitution Day in Spain (December 6)
* Saint Nicholas Day in Greece (December 6)
* Pearl Harbor Day in the United States (December 7)
* Fukuoka Marathon is held on first Sunday in December.
* Día de la Madre en Panamá (Mother's Day) in Panama. (December 8)
* Day of the Mary Immaculate Conception. (December 8)
* Constitution Day in Romania. (December 8)
* In the Ásatrú religion, Egil Skallagrimsson's Day (December 9) is a day of remembrance for the Viking hero.
* Human Rights Day (December 10)
* Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe, or Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Mexico (December 12)
* Independence Day (Jamhuri Day) in Kenya (December 12)
* Saint Lucy (December 13)
* Honolulu Marathon is held on second Sunday in December.
* Bill of Rights Day (United States). (December 15)
* Zamenhof Day (December 15)
* Day of Reconciliation in South Africa (December 16).
* The solstice called the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on dates varying from December 20 to December 22 (in UTC). See also Yule
* The Emperor's Birthday, a national holiday in Japan (December 23)
* Fictional holiday, Festivus (December 23)
* Christmas Eve (December 24)
* Christmas (December 25)
* Crimbo (Kingdom of loathing December 1 through December 26)
* Boxing Day (December 26)
* Day of Goodwill (December 26)
* Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1)
* Proclamation Day in South Australia (December 28)
* Philippines - Rizal Day (December 30)
* New Year's Eve (December 31)
* Hannukah- [December 22 in 2008]
* Eid al-Adha[December 7 in 2008]

 

JANUARY
* New Year's Day – January 1
* Handsel Monday in Scotland and northern England – First Monday
* Coptic Christmas – January 7
* Plough Sunday in Scotland and northern England – Sunday after January 6
* Coming-of-Age Day (???? Seijin no hi) in Japan – Second Monday
* Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States – Third Monday
* Australia Day in Australia – January 26
* Republic Day in India – January 26
* Makara Sankranthi (Festival of Harvest) in India – January 15
* Auckland Anniversary in Auckland, New Zealand – Monday closest to January 29

*all info available @ Wikipedia