Wesley Chapel Chamber Of Commerce Updates

By Gary Nager

After a little bit of a lull during the holiday season, the Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) gets back into the swing of things with several upcoming events.

First, on Tuesday, January 6, 8 a.m., the Chamber hosts its months breakfast at the Tampa Bay Golf & Country Club (10641 Old Tampa Bay Dr.) in San  Antonio. The guest speaker will be Christine Burdick, the president of the Tampa Downtown Partnership.

The breakfast sponsor is Samantha Taylor of Pure Health Studios (see ad on page 25 of this issue), who also will host a Grand Opening Open House at her new second location (at 2653 Bruce B. Downs {BBD} Blvd.) in Wesley Chapel on Friday, January 2, 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m., and Saturday, January 3, 9 a.m.-noon. 

If you want to shed this year’s holiday pounds, call 377-3739 or visit SamanthaTaylorFitness.com.

Then, the WCCC hosts its monthly Coffee Social at the McDonald’s at 1733  BBD, at 8 a.m. Free coffee will be served.

And then, there are two ribbon cutting events on tap for later this month — at B Creative Painting Studio (6013 Wesley Grove Blvd., two doors from the Chamber office; 907-6258) on Thursday, January 8, noon, and at The Clinicians Primary & Urgent Care, the office of Masood Ansari, M.D. (10970 Cross Creek Blvd., Suite D., in the Cory Lake Professional Center; 369-5969) on Thursday, January 15, also at noon.

Chamber member businesses also are invited to participate in the WCCC’s Arts & Business Showcase, in conjunction with the Suncoast Arts Festival, which will be held on Saturday, January 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., on the high-traffic Piazza Ave. at the center of the Shops at Wiregrass mall.

Because of the demand for tables at the event, the Chamber has limited the business showcase to just 35 total vendors and only one business per business category. For more info, call 994-8534 or visit WesleyChapelChamber.com.

We also were happy to be on hand for the Chamber’s Holiday Mixer at the USF Embassy Suites Hotel (3705 Spectrum Blvd., on the USF Tampa campus). At least 30-40 Chamber members and their guests were on hand for some great free hot hors d’oeuvres and special drink prices and to hear USF Embassy Suites assistant general manager Guy Lavallee (far left in photo above) talk about the pretty hotel itself, especially about hosting your next party there.

For more info, call 977-7066 or visit EmbassySuitesUSF.com.