After being removed from the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) during the economic downturn in 2008, the widening of Old Pasco Rd. will be getting a fresh look. The county’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) voted unanimously last month to put the idea of widening the two-lane road back on Pasco’s LRTP. While still a long way from any concrete design and plans, … [Read more...]
Aggressive Approach Yields Tourism Results
Pasco County has put its tourism department on steroids. The county’s formerly sleepy, nature-centric manner of attracting visitors is giving way to a high-powered, aggressive approach that, if everything goes according to plan, will soon yield a new brand that is expected to focus on the county’s diverse offerings. Executive director Adam Thomas of the Pasco County Visitor … [Read more...]
Vernon Black Productions & Bay Scape Bistro Presents: Soul Intimate ft Live Hart
Come celebrate a musical and cultural experience, with an eclectic approach! Interactive dance known as Chakacha, led by renowned instructor, Natacha Zamor of Afrofit-Tampa Bay. Raise your vibration with poetic verses by Whit The Poet. Vybe to tales of love, heartbreak, and hope by our Featured Artist, Live Hart. Don’t miss out as Vernon Black Productions introduces … [Read more...]
Pasco’s Libraries Adapting To New Technologies To Stay Relevant
The times they are a’changing, and so, too, are libraries, according to Bob Harrison of Pasco County Libraries. “Typically when people think of libraries, they think of books,” Harrison told local business leaders on July 20, during a Lunch n’ Learn program in the Don Porter Boardroom at the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC), which sponsored the event. “But, … [Read more...]
Pasco OKs School Impact Fee Increase
As expected, and facing a dire need to build more schools in the quickly growing parts of the Pasco County — particularly Wesley Chapel — the Pasco Board of County Commissioners (BCC) voted Aug. 15 to raise school impact fees on new homes. The unanimous decision by the BCC was no surprise. Prior to the BCC’s last board meeting on July 13, the Pasco County School District and … [Read more...]
