The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) is offering a great luncheon seminar called “Get Down to Business,” which will be held Tuesday, November 15, at Saddlebrook Resort Tampa off S.R. 54. There will be a Trade Show & Registration at 11 a.m., with lunch from noon-1:30 p.m., featuring Keynote Speaker Julie Jenkins, the CEO of Churchill Leadership Group.
At ChurchillLeadershipGroup.com, Jenkins writes, “We believe there is so much untapped potential in leaders and teams. That’s why we turn talent into performance. Churchill is a global provider of leadership development solutions including Executive Coaching & Corporate Leadership Programs.”
For reservations & info, call 994-8534 or visit WesleyChapelChamber.com. — GN
TAMPA PALMS EXPANDING: Cal Atlantic, which began site work on a new housing community called Stafford Place at Tampa Palms in the spring, is targeting completion by the end of 2017, with a model opening in February of 2017. It expects its first residents next summer.
Stafford Place is being built on 52 acres of land just south of BJs Wholesale Club off Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. , between the Emerald Pointe Townhomes and I-75.
According to Danielle Tocco at CalAtlantic, the community will have direct access to a future City of Tampa park abutting the property. “This community will provide residents one of the last opportunities t
o purchase a new home in all of Tampa Palms,’’ Tocco wrote in an email.
CROSS CREEK CRAFTERS: Samantha Harrison, who lives in West Meadows, is in permitting now and hopes to open Go Craft Yourself, a do-it-your-self creative studio, soon.
Go Craft Yourself will be located in the Cory Lake Isles Professional Center at 10311 Cross Creek Blvd., Suite A, and will offer classes in things like wood framing, metal stamping, canvass painting and more.
Or, she says, “You can walk right in and do it right there, if you don’t want to sign up for a class,’’ Harrison said. “That’s what makes us different.” Need more info? Check out GoCraftYourselfFl.com.
DOUBLE FAULT!: Internet shopping has claimed another victim. And this time, it’s MP Tennis.
The New Tampa store, located next to Bigel Music at 20437 Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., closed for good on Sept. 17. The store did well when it first opened, taking advantage of an area heavy with tennis players from nearby communities, but the popularity of online shopping was too much for the store to overcome.
In its final weeks, the store was carrying fewer and few racquets, shoes and clothing, although its racquet stringing services were still popular. MP Tennis still has a retail location at 14845 N. Dale Mabry Highway in Carrollwood. — John C. Cotey & Celeste McLaughlin
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