The oft-argued merits of a connection point between Wesley Chapel’s Mansfield Blvd. and New Tampa’s Kinnan Dr. is set to get a new look, but that won’t be the only route back and forth between Hillsborough and Pasco counties that the Pasco County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) plans on looking at in less than two weeks. The MPO will hold an open house-style meeting … [Read more...]
Nibbles & Bytes
So Much Building In Wesley Chapel! In the past few weeks alone in Wesley Chapel — New Tampa’s neighbor just north of the Pasco County line — we have seen the opening of Florida Hospital Center Ice, the groundbreaking ceremony for the first Crystal Lagoon to be built in the U.S. and the green light given by Pasco County’s Board of County Commissioners for the 7,800-acre … [Read more...]
Emptying The Town Hall Notebook
More than 1,000 parents and students streamed into Wesley Chapel High’s gymnasium Tuesday night, all hoping to convince Pasco County administrators that the recommended plan for school rezoning of their communities – Option 12 -- was a bad one. Did they succeed after the three-and-a-half hour town hall? We’ll find out Friday, when the Pasco School Boundary Committee (SBC) … [Read more...]
Porter/Raymond James Financial Finally Given Permit To Begin Construction
Following almost five years of discussions and anticipation — mixed in with a nice-sized helping of doubt — the long-talked-about Raymond James Financial campus is one huge step closer to becoming a reality at the corner of S.R. 56 and Mansfield Blvd. Wiregrass Ranch developer JD Porter finally received the news two weeks ago that he has been waiting more than two years for, … [Read more...]
Cottage Industry Expo To Be Held At Wiregrass Ranch High July 30
With consumers looking for more locally-sourced food, small businesses offering products made from local produce and meats are becoming more common. Called “cottage food” operations, these businesses produce small-scale, local food, where raw ingredients are processed in a way that adds value to the final product, such as creating cheese from milk or jam from … [Read more...]
