PHSC Dedication Honors Porter Family, School Staff & FHWC

Dr. Stanley Giannet, the Provost of the Porter Campus at Wiregrass Rach of Pasco-Hernando State College, was joined by reperesentatives of not only the school itself, but also by the architechture and construction firms that helped create Wesley Chapel’s first college campus, at PHSC’s dedication ceremony on Apr. 2.
Dr. Stanley Giannet, the Provost of the Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch of Pasco-Hernando State College, was joined by representatives of not only the school itself, but also by the architecture and construction firms that helped create Wesley Chapel’s first college campus, at PHSC’s dedication ceremony on Apr. 2.

By Gary Nager

If you missed the official dedication ceremony for the new Pasco-Hernando State College (PHSC) Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch on April 2, you probably don’t realize just how important the new PHSC is likely to be to the future of not only Wesley Chapel, but of all of eastern and central Pasco County and even New Tampa.Continue reading

Wesley Chapel-Area Sweetbays Now Winn-Dixies

By Matt Wiley

sweetbay-logoAttention Wesley Chapel Sweetbay supermarket shoppers! Beginning as you’re reading this, you may end up becoming Winn-Dixie shoppers, as the Sweetbay locations on County Line Rd. (next to LA Fitness) in New Tampa and in the Towne Centre of Wesley Chapel shopping plaza on S.R. 54 (just east of Old Pasco Rd.), closed for the name change on April 5, to begin the rebranding process into Winn-Dixie supermarkets.Continue reading

Update: PACA & Residents Along S.R. 54/56 Protest Proposed Toll Road

Pasco development administrator Richard Ghering tries to control the angry crowd during the first town hall meeting to discuss the proposed S.R. 54/56 elevated toll road in the Sunlake High gymnasium in Land O'Lakes.
Pasco development administrator Richard Ghering tries to control the angry crowd during the first town hall meeting to discuss the proposed S.R. 54/56 elevated toll road in the Sunlake High gymnasium in Land O’Lakes in early March.

By Matt Wiley

Pasco County officials have a long road ahead of them if they want to quell the concerns of citizens living near the S.R. 54/56 corridor, which could house the county’s first privately-funded, elevated toll road—the FL 54 Xpress—in the not-so-distant future.Continue reading

BBD Construction Screeches To Halt

Crews from Prince Contracting begin work on the widening of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. between Doña Michelle Dr. and Tampa Palms Blvd., which is expected to be completed by July.
Crews discontinued work on the widening of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. between Doña Michelle Dr. and Tampa Palms Blvd., which was expected to be completed by July. The project now lies in construction limbo.

By Matt Wiley

Despite talk of bids going out for the widening of the next segment of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd.—the project to widen the stretch of busy roadway through Tampa Palms from Bearss. Ave. to Palms Springs Blvd.—has hit a major snag. Continue reading