By Matt Wiley,
Construction is set to begin on the Walmart at the intersection of S.R. 54 and Pointe Pleasant Blvd./Wiregrass Ranch Blvd. in Wesley Chapel.
A Site Development Permit dated September 30 has been posted at the site, which will cover 35 acres on the northern section of the Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI), more than 196,000 sq.-ft. of which will be used for the retail store, which will include a Garden Center of more than 21,000-sq.-ft.Continue reading
By Matt Wiley,
As of October 1, North Tampa Behavioral Health (NTBH), the areaâs newest medical facility, officially is open to patients.
The 53,000-sq.-ft., 75-bed facility, which is located on S.R. 56 about a half mile east of Mansfield Blvd. on an outparcel of the Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI), serves the mental health needs of the surrounding community, providing care for geriatric, general adult, and dual diagnosis patients who may check into the facility themselves, be checked in by family members or other providers for emotional or psychiatric concerns, or be transported to the facility under the Florida Mental Health Act, more commonly known as the âBakerâ Act, which allows for a person to be involuntarily committed for up to 72 hours if there is evidence that the person is a danger to themselves or to others.
The facility also can receive Florida Substance Abuse &âImpairment (aka, the âMarchmanâ) Act patients. Those who fall into the Marchman Act category are subject to the same treatment as Baker Act patients.
For more info, please visit NorthTampaBehavioralHealth.com
An editorial by Gary Nager
Iâve always said that the people in this community who get involved in causes â whether itâs to help their favorite nonprofit organization, serve as a volunteer Board member of a PTAâor Chamber of Commerce or run for political office â are people Iâappreciate, even when/if Iâdisagree with them. To me, being involved is better than sitting at home complaining about what is or isnât happening in our community.
By Gary Nager
For those of us who had already sampled any of the existing Cappyâs Pizza locations (the closest to New Tampa being the Seminole Heights location on N. Florida Ave.), the opening of the new Cappyâs in the City Plaza at Tampa Palms shopping center (in the original Ciccio &âTonyâs space) was surely welcome.
By Matt Wiley,
A woman is dead following an early-morning head-on collision in New Tampa.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriffâs Office (HCSO), just before 4 a.m. on September 20, Kunjummen Arun Babu, 18, of Zephyrhills, was driving north on Morris Bridge Rd. near Pictoral Park Dr., about half of a mile north of Cross Creek Blvd. in his 2010 Honda Accord. At the same time, Rita Marie Sutliff, 68, also of Zephyrhills, was driving south on Morris Bridge in her 2012 Ford Explorer. Both vehicles were traveling at about 50 m.p.h.