Although we, unfortunately, were unable to attend, I wanted to give kudos to Peabody’s Billiards & Games and Busch Gardens for hosting an outstanding event on September 29 to help Billy Edwards, a Busch Gardens employee stricken with late-stage pancreatic and liver cancer. Continue reading
Peabody’s Billiards & Games — For Great Food, Fun & Entertainment
Although everyone here at the New Tampa Neighborhood News loves our new Wesley Chapel office, one of the things most of us miss most about our old location in the Shoppes at Amberly plaza in Tampa Palms is that we used to be located directly next to Peabody’s Billiards & Games.Continue reading
Rain Can’t Dampen Spirits At Rotary’s ‘Dog Days Of Summer’ Concert
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Despite a total washout of a fund-raising event scheduled for August 10, the Rotary Club of New Tampa is proud to already have been able to raise a few dollars for its planned dog park (which also is being funded by a matching grant from the City of Tampa), which is getting to ready to be built in Tampa Palms.Continue reading
More Than 1,500 Attend The First-Ever Wesley Chapel Jazz Festival!
Anytime you host an event for the first time, you really don’t know how it will turn out until the event actually takes place. That certainly can be said for Tim Hancock of I12CHim, Inc., Music Management, who first came to one of my Wesley Chapel Rotary Club meetings (held at Ciao! Italian Bistro in the Shops at Wiregrass mall) a few short months ago talking about his plans to put on the first-ever Wesley Chapel Jazz Festival.Continue reading
Fall Festival To Return To The Grove Oct. 11
Despite our still-sweltering temperatures, to celebrate the beginning of fall, the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) is putting on its sixth annual Fall Festival, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel (which meets Wednesdays at noon at Ciao! Italian Bistro in the Shops at Wiregrass mall).Continue reading