A piece of the ladder from FDNY Ladder Truck 18, pictured above being pulled from the rubble of the north tower of the World Trade Center, will be the centerpiece of a 9/11 Memorial being developed by the Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel and the Tampa Premium Outlets. (Photo courtesy of Chris Casella) Every year when the Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel is handing out miniature … [Read more...]
Nibbles & Bytes
Kate Spade Opens In TPO! “We are now at 100-percent occupancy,” Tampa Premium Outlets (TPO) general manager Stacey Nance told me at the July 20 ribbon cutting event for the new Kate Spade store (photo) in TPO. “How many malls can say that?” In addition to Kate Spade (see below), Nance says the remaining three slots at the outlet mall also are all now taken — True … [Read more...]
Newest Chick-fil-A Is Worth The Wait For Overnight Campers
If you are having trouble wrapping your head around why anyone would camp out in a parking lot on back-to-back nights for a free chicken sandwich, order of waffle fries and a medium drink weekly, Robert Hutto understands. If you think it’s all about the chicken (although he says it’s really not), Hutto gets it. And if you think Hutto is a little crazy for sleeping in an … [Read more...]
More Than 100 Preview WCNT-tv During Our VIP Premiere Party!
Check out the Premiere Episode of WCNT-tv Now at WCNeighborhoodNews.com! If you somehow haven’t already seen the first-ever episode of WCNT-tv, I suggest visiting our website — WCNeighborhoodNews.com — right now, even before you read this article. The photos on this page and on page 3 are from the incredible Premiere Party we hosted at our Neighborhood News offices on S.R. 54 … [Read more...]
First weekend in the books, TPO is a hit
By Gary Nager How do you sum up, in one word, how many people in New Tampa and Wesley Chapel feel about the opening of the Tampa Premium Outlets (TPO) on S.R. 56? I think Stacey Nance, the general manager of the sparkling new outlet mall, said it best at the festive VIP Grand Opening event on October 29: “Finally!” After years of delays due to environmental concerns, TPO — … [Read more...]
