Chairman Matt Lewis called the meeting to order and opened the floor to audience comments. Barry Anderson of The Shires wanted to recognize the professionalism and courtesy of the inspectors taking inventory of the condition of the sidewalks in his neighborhood. This led to a question from resident Marlon Santos, also of The Shires, regarding […]
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We’re shaking things up for WOW’s 27th Annual Holiday Decorating Contest. Our Westchase and Northwest neighborhoods are filled with creative holiday displays, and we want to acknowledge our residents’ hard work. Last year, the WOW team put our heads together and came up with some fun new categories that will make the contest a bit
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If you have a student who is looking for new opportunities to earn Bright Futures hours, there are plenty of organizations that can use a helping hand. Below are just a few. Metropolitan Ministries Location: Various locations across Tampa Bay What they do: Metropolitan Ministries offers comprehensive services for at-risk and homeless families in underserved
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Jacob Pham of Harbor Links is currently playing Young Simba in Broadway’s “The Lion King.” When Jacob Pham was on the brink of turning 10, he had one request – he wanted to take a trip to New York City to see his first Broadway show. His pick? Disney’s “The Lion King.” “We also got
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During the Sept. 2 CDD meeting, supervisors continued sidewalk repair discussions and set a date for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the West Park Village Plaza Renovation. Chairman Matt Lewis began the September meeting by opening the floor to audience questions/comments. A resident of the Shires queried the board on the disappearance of two trees in
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Dink. Drop. Lob. If these terms make sense, then you’ve likely already been exposed to pickleball, a sport born in the mid-60s that has exploded in popularity. A hybrid of badminton, tennis and table tennis, pickleball is easy to learn and fun to play. Pirates and pickleball? But…do pirates play pickleball? They do now. The
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On Aug. 6, in addition to their general meeting, the Westchase CDD held a Public Hearing to adopt the budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Before opening the public hearing to adopt the 2025 budget, District Manager Andrew Mendenhall confirmed he had received a handful of e-mails and calls from residents, with most questions pertaining to
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The July 2 meeting of the Westchase CDD began with District Engineer Robert Dvorak’s report and a return to a discussion on the CDD’s role in sidewalk repair. Dvorak had previously supplied the board with a rough estimate of the costs to repair sidewalks in non-gated communities that were not yet funded by the county.
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Chairman Matt Lewis began the June 4 meeting by opening the floor to audience comments. Radcliffe VM took the opportunity to update the board on his efforts gather the requisite number of votes needed to seek board approval to install security cameras. Sixty homes had responded, 80% in favor and 20% opposed. Forty homes had
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As a kindergarten student at Westchase Elementary, Nick Skubis vividly remembers his answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” His answer was a professional soccer player and he’s never wavered from that dream. At the age of four, Skubis started playing recreational soccer locally in Westchase before joining
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