New Tampa Neighborhood News

Despite Threatening Weather, Taste Of New Tampa™ Rocks Primrose Park!

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:30:01 +0100

Although the forecast for the 20th annual Taste of New Tampa™ on March 24 called for about a 70-percent chance of rain — and despite winds that gusted to 30 miles per hour — the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce that co-hosted the event with the Primrose School of Tampa Palms in the adjacent Primrose Park was happy with just the few sprinkles of rain that fell throughout the day.

Community Calendar

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:43:34 +0100

New Tampa Community Events, Support Groups and Business Networking Meetings

Freedom, Wharton Girls Fall In Respective District Championships

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:41:03 +0100

Despite having an outstanding regular season record of 17-2, the hopes of a District title have ended for the girls of the Freedom Patriots softball team. But, even though the Freedom girls lost in the finals of the Class 7A-District 9 playoffs, losing 4-2 to the top-seeded Chamberlain Chiefs in the District title game, which was played at Freedom on April 18. Freedom and Chamberlain both had 7-1 records in the District during the regular season.

You Do The Dishes Celebrates 15 Years & Another Summer Of Art!

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:40:45 +0100

A case in point is You Do the Dishes (YDTD), the New Tampa area’s only Paint Your Own Pottery Studio, located in the same Shoppes of Amberly plaza (off Amberly Dr. in Tampa Palms) where our office has been located for more than ten years. Even so, I somehow didn’t remember that owner Cindy Kozlowski has been helping parents in the New Tampa area keep their kids occupied with something other than video games now for 15 years! “This place is like an extension of my house,” says Cindy. “My own children are grown, but I love plants, children and animals and I get to have them all in my ‘house’ here.”

First Impressions Impress Summer Camps Teach Etiquette, Modeling & TV Skills

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:40:45 +0100

When you see WFLA-TV (News Channel 8) news anchor Gayle Guyardo reading the morning news, I’m sure you’ll agree that she always looks glamorous, so it might be hard for you to believe that she was once, “so shy no one who knew me as a little girl can believe I do what I do today.”

Freedom & Wharton Make List Of ‘Most Challenging’ U.S. High Schools

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:40:19 +0100

Congratulations to both Freedom and Wharton High Schools for making The Washington Post’s annual list of America’s Most Challenging High Schools!

New PHCC Porter Campus Provost Named; Campus To Open In Jan.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:40:19 +0100

Local residents soon will have a college to call their own. Pasco-Hernando Community College (PHCC) is nearing completion of its fifth full-service campus — the PHCC Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, located on Mansfield Blvd. at S.R. 56, adjacent to Wiregrass Ranch High, about a mile north of the Pasco County line. Although heavy rains saturated the site and led to delays in construction, the work that began in late 2011 is now moving forward smoothly and the multi-story urban-design campus is on schedule to open for classes by Jan. 2014.

Kowiak Delivers Anti-Hazing Address To Members Of UT Fraternity

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:40:19 +0100

More than four years after her son Harrison’s hazing death, New Tampa resident Lianne Kowiak’s voice does not waver, as she tells her family’s story to a University of Tampa (UT) fraternity. Although heart wrenching and tragic, Kowiak’s speech delivers a short, but powerful message: “If you see something, say something.”

New Tampa ‘Relay For Life’ May 18!

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:39:53 +0100

Three years ago, Trish Walton was asked by a friend on the American Cancer Society (ACS) “Relay for Life” of New Tampa committee to start a Relay team. So, she asked her friend, Ellen King, a resident of West Meadows, to help. They knew it was for a great cause, so they “winged it” that first year. This year, Ellen is the team captain of “Fun Friends Footin’ it for a Cure,” which consists of 28 members, all from New Tampa neighborhoods (including Tampa Palms, Hunter’s Green and even Meadow Pointe in Wesley Chapel).

Freedom Grad Brings Enters Tribeca Film Fest With ‘The Exit Room’