Editorial – If Anyone Tells You That Advertising With Us Doesn’t Work…

An editorial by Gary Nager
An editorial by Gary Nager

One of the things I hear all too often these days — especially from people who have never advertised in the New Tampa or Wesley Chapel Neighborhood News — is that advertising in local print media “just doesn’t work anymore because of the internet.”

To all of those folks, all I can say is, “Yeah, right.”

First of all, I’m not naive. I know that more of our advertisers get far greater results from having business feature articles written about their businesses than they do from any ad in any print or online medium. Sadly, because of the number of advertisers we have (150-200 in every issue) and with a space limit of only four or five business profiles that can run in any issue, those features can only run in the print version of this publication once a year — although those article and issue archives also are always available at NTNeighborhoodNews.com.

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Cory Lake Isles Opens Newly Renovated Beach Club To Residents

By Matt Wiley

Newly renovated Cory Lake Isles Beach Club clubhouse now features twelve different seating areas and a “Bahamas feel.”
Newly renovated Cory Lake Isles Beach Club clubhouse now features twelve different seating areas and a “Bahamas feel.”

Cory Lake Isles just got a whole lot “beachier” since renovations have been completed at the community’s central Beach Club.

The interior of the community gathering spot had retained the same interior since its initial construction back in the 1980s, something that the Cory Lake Isles Community Development District (CDD) decided to change when it accepted a bid six months ago from Blue Waters DĂ©cor, an interior decorating company owned by Mylitta Butler.

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More ‘Outside Of New Tampa & Wesley Chapel’ Restaurant Choices

By Gary Nager

So, the good news is that we’re getting a couple of new Mexican places in Tampa Palms and the perhaps even better news is that Ciccio’s is coming back to the area (see page 50), but the fact is that if you’re the type who, like me, prefers unique mom-and-pop restaurants, you have to take a drive to try places outside of our distribution areas.

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City Could Annex More New Tampa Land For New Development

By Matt Wiley

Taylor Morrison proposed annexation into the city of Tampa
Taylor Morrison proposed annexation into the city of Tampa

The City of Tampa could once again be growing in the New Tampa area, as a housing group has applied to develop an unincorporated parcel of land behind Paul R. Wharton High.

Through a contract with landowner Busch Junction Enterprises (BJE), Scottsdale, AZ-based homebuilder/developer Taylor Morrison approached the City of Tampa in May about voluntarily having its 148-acre parcel of land annexed into the city limits. The Z-shaped piece of land that could be annexed, if approved by the Tampa City Council, lies between West Meadows and Grand Hampton, stretching from south of Royal Hampton Blvd. east to Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., north of Wharton High.

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Textbook Thief Taken In Tampa Palms

By Matt Wiley

Christopher Brock
Christopher Brock

An Oklahoma man who was arrested in Tampa Palms could face 20 years in prison for the theft of millions of dollars in textbooks.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO), Christopher J. Brock, 44, was arrested on June 20 at 16287 Enclave Village Dr., inside the Promenade at Tampa Palms condominiums complex for defrauding his former employer, Hoboken, NJ-based textbook publisher John Wiley & Sons, out of more than $2.8 million worth of textbooks.Continue reading