Welcome To Our Exclusive 2015 Guide To New Homes In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel

WC Home Builder MapWesley Chapel Leading TheΒ Growth In Pasco, K-Bar Ranch Driving New Tampa’s Completion

When you’ve been doing the same job for more than 21 years, you’re likely to see a lot of things change.

Well, in my capacity as the publisher and editor of the Neighborhood News for New Tampa and Wesley Chapel since 1994, I’ve seen housing booms and housing busts come and go β€” with the biggest boom hitting New Tampa and Wesley Chapel in 2004-06 (followed by the bursting of the local housing bubble in 2007-08). Continue reading

Tampa Premium Outlets Driving Traffic Ahead Of Mall Opening

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The new Tampa Premium Outlets mall (center) isn’t scheduled to open until October, but traffic already is piling up daily near the S.R. 56/I-75 interchange in Wesley Chapel.

It’s said that, β€œIf there’s a will, there’s a way,” and that seems to be the work ethic of the crews currently hustling to finish Simon Property Group’s newest outlet mall -β€” the Tampa Premium Outlets on S.R. 56 β€” in time for a planned October opening in the Cypress Creek Town Center (CCTC) Development of Regional Impact (DRI).Β Continue reading

Lightning High School Hockey League Registration Officially Open

*highschoolhockeyIce hockey is a big deal in our area right now. Maybe it has something to do with our own Tampa Bay Lightning making it all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals last month for the first time since 2004. It could also have to do with the fact that Florida Hospital Center Ice (FHCI), which will be the largest recreational skating facility in the state, is about to open in a few months in nearby Wesley Chapel, off S.R. 56 near the I-75 interchange. Either way, if your Freedom or Wharton high school student is interested in hitting the ice this next school year, registration officially has begun for the new Lightning High School Hockey League (LHSHL).Continue reading