Wesley Chapel Chamber Celebrates 15 Years & More

By Gary Nager

It’s hard for me to fathom that the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month, and even harder to believe the number of ribbon cutting events and Chamber mixers I’ve been to just in the last 30 days alone — too many, in fact, to post a pic of most of them in this space — and yet, I only attended about 2/3 of the 15 available Chamber events since our last issue went to press.

The other thing that amazes me is how many of the ribbons the WCCC has cut recently weren’t held at businesses located in what we call Wesley Chapel. In fact, more than 1/3 of them took place either in New Tampa or the Lutz/Land O’Lakes area.

In other words, Wesley Chapel’s Chamber is one of the busiest, most successful “small” (as in, not located in a major city) chambers of commerce I’ve ever heard of or seen. The “players” at the WC Chamber may have changed over the years, but if you own a business in our area — new or otherwise — and you haven’t had these folks over to your place to cut a ribbon, you’ve been missing out on a great chance to expose your business to dozens of local business leaders and owners.

So, congratulations to all of the ribbon-cutters over this perhaps busiest month ever for the WCCC:

•Oct. 22 – Sunstate Medical Clinic (21762 S.R. 54, Lutz)

•Oct. 23 – Energia Wellness Studio (3836 Flatiron Loop, WC))

•Oct. 24- North Tampa Behavioral Health (29910 S.R. 56, WC; see page 26)

•Oct. 25 – A Dash Of Salt & Pepper (10353 Cross Creek Blvd., New Tampa)

•Oct. 31 – McDonald’s (1733 BBD Blvd.; see below)

•Nov. 1 – Advanced Hand & Plastic Surgery (2318 Greenbranch Dr., WC; see next page)

•Nov. 4 – Pure Nail Bar & Spa (20304 Trout Creek Dr., New Tampa)

•Nov. 6 – Griswold Home Care (1845 Collier Pkwy., Lutz)

•Nov. 7 – LOL Party Shop (24720 S.R. 54, Lutz)

•Nov. 7 – A Focus On Fitness (2136 Ashley Oaks Cir., WC)

•Nov. 14 – Lab3 Marketing (19209 U.S. Hwy. 41, Lutz; photo below)

•Nov. 15 – Lizard Juice of Pasco E-Cigarettes (27423 S.R. 54, WC)

•Nov. 20 – WCCC 15th Anniversary Open House (6013 Wesley Grove Blvd., WC))

•Nov. 21 – Fancy Frock Bridal & Formal Wear (1045 BBD Blvd., WC)

•Nov. 25 – Molinares Medical & Holistic Center (2312 Crestover Ln., WC)

Check WCNeighborhoodNews.com for more photos from these events or WesleyChapelChamber.com (or call 994-8534) for more info about the WCCC.