County Approves Request For Proposals For Land Opposite Hunter’s Green

The area outlined in green in the map above represents the county's 81 acres of land across Bruce B. Downs Blvd. from Hunter's Green.
The area outlined in green in the map above represents the county’s 81 acres of land across Bruce B. Downs Blvd. from Hunter’s Green.

By Matt Wiley

Just more than a month since a meeting was held to gather public comments about what to do with the land across Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. from Hunter’s Green in New Tampa, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has approved a Request For Proposals (RFP) for a private-public partnership to develop the property.Continue reading

Freedom Fest Lights Up The Night At Wiregrass Mall

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Photos by Gary Nager and Tony Masella of OurTownFla.com.

By Gary Nager

If you weren’t one of the thousands of people on hand when the Rotary Cub of Wesley Chapel (noon, which meets Wednesdays for lunch at Ciao! Italian Bistro in the Shops at Wiregrass mall) hosted its third annual Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (FHWC) Freedom Festival on July 3 at the mall, you missed perhaps the single largest single-day event in the history of not only the Wiregrass mall, but perhaps also in the history of the New Tampa and Wesley Chapel areas.Continue reading