Today's Tampa Tribune reports that the Wiregrass Ranch development/project finally won approval for limited development for their city-sized project in the heart of Wesley Chapel / New Tampa. The project is located east of Bruce B. Downs and between state roads 56 and 54. The Tribune adds that the developers hope to have state and federal wetlands permits within 60 days and final approval for the entire project by June, 2006.
Wiregrass took its first steps toward status as a development of regional impact in June 2004. The community consists of a 5,000 acre project.
Two schools, a middle school and a high school are already under construction in Wiregrass, with both expected to open within 9 months.
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Friday, March 31, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Wesley Chapel Pasco to Tampa Riders New Express Bus Service
A new park and ride station at the CrossRoads Community Church in Wesley Chapel will begin operation in April, 2006. Hartline express buses 51X and 52LX will begin service Monday through Friday. This will be in addition fo the the park and ride in New Tampa at Lowe's on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.
The fare for route 51X will be $2.50 each way, with buses leaving CrossRoads at 6:15 a.m. and 6:45 a.m., arriving at the final downtown destination at 7:02 and 7:45 a.m.
In the afternoons the northbound 51X buses will leave downtown at 4:45 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Route 52LX will leave downtown at 4:30 & 5:15 p.m., arriving at CrossRoads at 5:40 and 6:27 p.m.
For more information contact HARTLINE at (813) 254-4278 or visit their website at www.hartline.org
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Friday, March 24, 2006
Taste of New Tampa --April 9, 2006 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
The 14th Annual Taste of New Tampa will be held on April 9, 2006 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
This year the location will be at the Shoppes at New Tampa at S.R. 56 and Bruce B. Downs. Advance tickets can be obtained for a $10.00 donation and will cost $15.00 at the event. The event is reported to offer nearly 40 food and beverage providers and over 100 Business & Health Expo exhibitors and sponsors.
The following is a partial list of participating vendors:
This year the location will be at the Shoppes at New Tampa at S.R. 56 and Bruce B. Downs. Advance tickets can be obtained for a $10.00 donation and will cost $15.00 at the event. The event is reported to offer nearly 40 food and beverage providers and over 100 Business & Health Expo exhibitors and sponsors.
The following is a partial list of participating vendors:
- Antonio's Pasta Grille
- Cafe Cones
- Caps Tiki Hut
- Carrabba's Temple Terrace
- Ciccio & Tony's
- Circles New Tampa Bistro
- Coffee Beanery
- Coldstone Creamery
- Dave Andreychuk's Grille
- Maggie Moo's Ice Cream & Treatery
- Mazzola's Little Italy
- New Tampa Gourmet Meats & Seafood
- Pizza Suprema II
- Polo's Italian Grille
- Remington's Steakhouse
- Saddlebrook Resort
- Shime's Sweet N Sassy Salsa
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
New Hotel Planned for New Tampa, Florida
The construction of a four story Doubletree Hotel in New Tampa was recently announced. The 160 suite hotel is planned for construction at the Bruce B. Downs & Interstate 75 junction.
Construction is scheduled to take about a year and the hotel will also have a Starbucks coffee shop. Doubletree Hotel will be the third hotel in New Tampa, joining the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites and the Wingate Inn.
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Construction is scheduled to take about a year and the hotel will also have a Starbucks coffee shop. Doubletree Hotel will be the third hotel in New Tampa, joining the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites and the Wingate Inn.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
1,500 Condos planned in New Tampa / Lutz
The Giunta group wants to build 1,500 condos on 644 acres off of Bruce B. Downs in the New Tampa / Lutz area. The proposal is for multi-story condos to be built on the site on top of parking garages. 85,000 square feet of office and retail space is also included in the proposal.
Scheduled for completion in 2010, the New Tampa condos are estimated to add more than 10,000 new vehicle trips per day on Bruce B. Downs.
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Scheduled for completion in 2010, the New Tampa condos are estimated to add more than 10,000 new vehicle trips per day on Bruce B. Downs.
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Wesley Chapel Hospital Planned
The Laker newspaper reports that BayCare of Southeast Pasco intends to build a 150 bed hospital in the Seven Oaks community on State Road 54 in Wesley Chapel. The hospital will be built on 35 acres on the west side of Bruce B. Downs. BayCare of Southeast Pasco is an affiliate of BayCare Health System, which currently has nine Tampa Bay medical centers, including: St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa and Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater.
This is the latest announcement of three hospitals being proposed in the Wesley Chapel / Lutz / Land O Lakes area. The Florida health regulators may make a decision on the proposed three hospitals by June 16, 2006, according to the Laker.
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