WOW’s Local Guide to Bites & Brews
By WOW Editor |
Our Local Guide to Bites & Brews offers a great way to support local establishments while earning entries into our end of summer prize drawing. Participation is easy! Visit the bars and restaurants listed below from June 1-Aug. 24, 2026 Look for the Bites & Brews poster Open the camera on your phone Scan the […]
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WCA Board Discusses Reserve List and Pool Slide Hours
By Lynn Gonzalez |
Treasurer Eric Holt reported that a draft of the annual audit had been reviewed and everything was in order. He recommended that the 2027 budget process begin soon, including a review of existing and upcoming reserve projects. The association’s accountant typically attends a meeting to officially present the finalized audit, but Holt suggested that it […]
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Voting Members Discuss Pain Points at the June Meeting
By Lynn Gonzalez |
WCA President Michiel Oostenbrink opened the June VM meeting by expressing his frustration with a number of emails that were exchanged among the VMs shortly before the meeting. Without directly discussing the content of the messages, he referred to some of them as “mean-spirited” and “contentious.” Oostenbrink reminded the VMs that they have the ability […]
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CDD Discusses Ponds and Pocket Parks
By WOW Editor |
At the onset of the June 2 Westchase CDD meeting, District Manager Heather Dilley stated that the Public Hearing for the 2026/27 budget will be held on Aug. 4, 2026, at 4 p.m. at Westchase Activity Room on Countryway Boulevard. District Counsel Erin McCormick introduced Marsh Rainey and requested that he be retained as special […]
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Your Summer Permission Slip
By Jessica Plett |
We live in a culture that has made a full-time job out of optimizing childhood. The structured activities, the enrichment programs, the carefully curated summer bucket lists. There are entire industries built on the premise that unoccupied time is wasted time and parents have absorbed that message more than we might like to admit. I […]
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