Grove Growth Needs New Traffic Signal

Jim Mazzarelli, managing director of Genesis Real Estate Advisers, gives a presentation to the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce about The Grove shopping plaza on Oakley Blvd. during the Chamber’s Oct. 23 Economic Development Council meeting.
Jim Mazzarelli, managing director of Genesis Real Estate Advisers, gives a presentation to the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce about The Grove shopping plaza on Oakley Blvd. during the Chamber’s Oct. 23 Economic Development Council meeting.

By Matt Wiley

The Grove shopping plaza in Wesley Chapel (located off Oakley Blvd.) is about to get really busy, with the holiday shopping season about to kick into high gear. With several big box retailers, the plaza is a hot spot for shopping in our area. But, what if what you see isn’t all you’re going to get?Continue reading

More Than 1,500 Attend The First-Ever Wesley Chapel Jazz Festival!

DSC_0214By Gary Nager

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

Super Buffet Demo-ed, Chili's To Take It's Place

Crews tear down the building that once housed Super Buffett on S.R. 54 in front of the new Walmart Supercenter in Wesley Chapel.
Crews tear down the building that once housed Super Buffet on S.R. 54 in front of the new Walmart Supercenter in Wesley Chapel.

By Matt Wiley

A pile of metal, brick and concrete is about all that remains of the vacant Super Buffett restaurant on S.R. 54 in front of the new Walmart Supercenter, as crews work to clear the site to erect a popular, national-chain restaurant in its place.Continue reading