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Urban Air Adventure Park Opens!

Dear New Tampa Families with Young Kids: You may not have to go to Brandon for all of your birthday parties anymore!

On Jan. 25, Urban Air Adventure Park opened in the Market Square at Tampa Palms plaza on Commerce Park Blvd., Filling a pretty significant and long-standing void for those who have families in the New Tampa community.

While New Tampa has never lacked for good neighborhoods with community parks, good schools and just enough youth sports programs and restaurants to keep you busy on a weekend, one standard complaint has always been: There’s nowhere to take your kids for fun.

Now, there is.

“I think this will be a hit,” said assistant general manager Chris Schade, a Live Oak resident. “It’s a great concept, especially for the New Tampa area.”

The Dallas-based adventure center is owned

by Sarasota businessman Michael Tucci, who says he has a number of relatives that live nearby. He said he was always drawn to the area, and when he decided to buy two franchises, Tampa was a definite destination.

“This is a great spot,” Tucci said. “We knew there was nothing else like it in the area and thought it would be the perfect fit.”

The indoor attractions feature really cool Flip Zone and Spin Zone bumper cars, a high-wire ropes course, a Sky Rider, a Warrior Course, Battle Beam, dodgeball courts, rock walls, trampolines and areas for younger kids.

There are six rooms for hosting parties, food and drink and various pricing plans (Basic to

Ultimate) and park memberships (which can be charged monthly).

Schade said he was happy to see a dormant, 28,000-sq.-ft. building that had been closed for a couple of years, after HH Gregg went out of business ,spring back to life.

“We feel like we’re helping to revitalize the New Tampa area,” he says. In fact, in 2019, Urban Air announced it was taking over a number of old HH Gregg sites — in Augusta, GA; Akron, OH; Montrose, CO and Wellington, FL, in addition to Tampa Palms, to name a few.

It was unofficially announced in September that Urban Air would be opening a New Tampa location, and it only took a few months to renovate and redesign the old HH Gregg before opening. At a preopening VIP event on Jan. 23 that we attended, workers were still hurrying to put on a few final touches.

Sarah Tengali, who drew high fives from employees after completing the difficult Warrior Course without falling into the ball pit below, and her son Rocco, rushed from attraction to attraction, laughing and working up a sweat. Sarah’s favorite was the Sky Rider, where riders strap in and twist and turn as they fly above (and all around) the adventure park.

Rocco said his favorite was The Wipeout, where you have to jump over or duck under large swinging arms. “Everything,” Rocco said, “is awesome.”

Urban Air Adventure Park is located at 6250 Commerce Palms Dr. For more info, visit UrbanAirTrampolinePark.com or call (813) 522-5401. And please be sure to tell Chris and the staff that you read about them on Page 1 of the New Tampa Neighborhood News!

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Why Is This Great Clips ‘Advertorial’ On Page 3? To Make A Point!

An editorial by Gary Nager Most of the time, when we write what we call Business Feature or Business Spotlight stories, they appear towards the middle of the issue or, occasionally, as a companion piece to my Nibbles & Bytes column (see pages 42-43).

However, what has happened with my relatively new advertiser Great Clips Cypress Creek Town Center-Lutz (which I still call Wesley Chapel, despite the Lutz address) drove back to me once again, on the week of my 117th birthday (I know, “You don’t look a day over 105!”), why I’m “still” doing this same job after what will be 26 years at the end of next month.

I started going to Great Clips from the time it first opened to get my hair cut because, quite honestly, it was the closest (not to mention most affordable) hair cutting place to where Jannah and I live. But, that was more than a year ago and I’ve still been getting my hair cut at the same Great Clips. Why? Well sure, there’s the convenience thing.

But, considering that I’m not getting any younger (sorry, Jannah!) and a decent head of hair is about all I have left going for me, I wanted a place I could afford that wouldn’t make me need “repairs” someplace else two weeks later.

The reason why I keep going back to Great Clips also isn’t because they started advertising with me in October or because owner Scott Dixon pays his bills. Scott’s a nice enough guy to work with — and he currently owns five Great Clips salons (including Carrollwood, South Tampa, St. Pete and North Port) — but he’s a CPA by trade and is never going to cut my hair.

No, the reason I am a Great Clips Cypress Creek customer is because of Scott’s hair stylist extraordinaire Laverne. Laverne, who has ten years of experience with Great Clips (although she has worked at other salons, too), is a truly professional stylist and amateur therapist (at least for me) who quickly does what you instruct her to do with a smile on her face. She seems to love listening to whatever crazy family stories I have to tell and she always recommends hair products to help keep me looking my best between haircuts without ever pressuring me to buy anything.

And, although I’m sure the other stylists at this Great Clips location are all great, too, it was Laverne who was the only stylist at this location when the salon opened and who first recommended to Scott that he give advertising in the Neighborhood News a shot.

“Everyone knows Gary,” Laverne told him.

“But, not everyone knows we’re here!”

And, even though our readers aren’t always big coupon clippers/redeemers, Laverne says the offer in the ad on pg. 20 started bringing in people right away. The issue you’re now reading is only the second New Tampa issue that Scott has advertised in, but Laverne says the number of coupons being redeemed has grown exponentially to where she says, “Somewhere around 40 percent or more of our new customers have come from those Neighborhood News ads.”

Scott even started giving the New Tampa market a shot last issue and is discussing having us shoot a Video Business Feature for him, too.

I’m excited to see what happens after this story reaches mailboxes in both of our markets.

Great Clips Cypress Creek Town Center-Lutz is located at 25700 Sierra Center Blvd. For info, stop in or call (813) 948-9911. Check in online at GreatClips. com and don’t forget to 1) use the coupon from pg. 20 and 2) tell Laverne I sent you!

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Congrats, Sproats (& Island Fin!)

Please visit my friend (and stylist) Laverne (right) at Great Clips Cypress Creek on S.R. 56, in the same plaza as Mellow Mushroom.

Congrats to my friends Brenda, Jeff and son Jason Sproat — who have had similar success advertising their delicious Island Fin Poke Co. (see ad on pg. 38) in the Neighborhood News as Great Clips — for their successful North Tampa Bay Chamber ribbon cutting on Jan. 9.

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The Vice President Brings ‘Keep America Great’ Rally To New Tampa Despite Strong Feelings On Both Ends Of The Political Spectrum, The VP’s Visit Was An Historic Day For New Tampa An editorial by GARY NAGER As someone who has chronicled the news exclusively in New Tampa and Wesley Chapel the last 26 years, I believe Jan. 16 literally was a red-letter date in New Tampa's history.

But, based on what I saw that day, those who are either pro-Democrat, antiTrump (or both), didn't seem to agree.

Before you try to tell me that I'm nothing but a political shill for any party, candidate or president, consider this: Jan. 16 was the first time that a standing Vice President of the United States and Governor of Florida had ever driven up Bruce B. Downs Blvd. and headed east on Cross Creek Blvd.

If Hillary Clinton had defeated Donald Trump in 2016 and Andrew Gillum had defeated Ron De Santis, and it was Tim Kaine and Gillum who brought a political rally to New Tampa, would you have felt differently? I wouldn't. It would still have been my job — and my privilege — to hear what our Vice President and Governor had to say and report that news to you.

Some of the 36 people who protested outside the “Keep America Great” rally that brought VP Mike Pence and Gov. De Santis to the Venetian Event Center at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church seemed more concerned about the fact a partisan political rally — free or not — was being held inside a building on church grounds, even if that building technically isn't the church itself.

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And, the obvious motivating influence for members of both political parties who came out that day was indeed Pres. Donald Trump, who is arguably the most polarizing President in our history, whether you agree with everything — or nothing — he says and does.

But, with the crowd inside the building estimated at anywhere from 800-1,000 people for the free rally, it was clear that the vast majority of the people who came out that day — with cars parked along Cross Creek Blvd. almost back to BBD — were there to hear the VP tout the President's successes

the past three years and throw their support behind giving Trump and Pence (and De Santis) “Four More Years,” the rallying cry Pence reiterated multiple times.

De Santis, who introduced Pence, was called “the most popular Governor in the U.S., with a 76-percent approval rating” by Florida's Republican Party chair Joe Gruters.

Then, De Santis touted his biggest successes — the strongest Sanctuary City ban in the country, raising starting salaries for all public school teachers in Florida to $47,000 per year and eliminating Common Core

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The Governor then introduced Pence by focusing on Pres. Trump's successes and Pence's leadership on several key issues, especially the revitalization of the U.S. space program and the enhancement of our military.

Then, Pence said, “Four more years is my reason to be here. I stand with President Trump. Florida said yes to Trump in 2016 and Florida will say yes to four more years.

Last time, the election was about promises made. This year, it's about promises kept.”

Pence also was proud that the President gave the largest boost to our national defense since Ronald Reagan. “Thanks to the President,” he said, “we now have the finest military on land, sea, air and now, in space... and we'll always have their backs!”

And of course, Pence touted his own family and religious values, his belief in the Second Amendment to our constitution and his agreement with the recent killing

by U.S. forces of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. “When American lives were threatened by the worst terrorist in the world, the President took him out...I couldn't be more proud to serve with this President. We've made America great again!”

Meanwhile, those carrying signs outside the rally had a completely different viewpoint: For example, Hunter's Green resident George Kaufmann said, “This is my first protest ever, and I was at Columbia Univer-

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sity (in NYC) during the student riots and I didn’t protest then. But, this administration is worse than what we were facing in 1968.”

As for the VP, Kaufmann said, “Pence is a spineless toady and a religious fundamen-

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talist. Even though I want Trump out, Pence would not be a good replacement.”

Whether anyone liked it or not, this truly was Democracy in action and I thought it was pretty cool to be there for it.

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Aldi Grocery Path To Old Ruby Tuesday Site Clearer

By JOHN C. COTEY john@ntneighborhoodnews.com The petition to re-zone the property of the former Ruby Tuesday restaurant on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. to clear the way for a proposed Aldi grocery store has sailed through its first hearing (on Jan. 16) in front of the Tampa City Council.

A second hearing, where it almost certainly will receive the unanimous approval of the Council to begin permitting, is scheduled for Thursday, February 6 at 9:30 a.m.

The city’s Development Review & Compliance staff found the petition, which requests to be reclassified from a PD-A (Planned Development, Alternative restaurant) to PD (Planned Development, retail sales, shopper’s goods), to be consistent with applicable City of Tampa land regulations.

The proposed Aldi store, which will be located at the corner of BBD and Highwoods Preserve Pkwy. in front of the AMC movie theater, will be 19,160 square feet — almost four times the size of Ruby Tuesday — with 106 parking spaces.

Leon Capital Group, the owners who purchased the 2.36-acre lot for $2.82 million in 2018, were represented

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at the council meeting by Scott Stannard of Commercial Site Solutions.

Stannard said the plans include not only replacing the vacant restaurant, but enhancing the surrounding area.

“We feel it’s an improvement, actually,” Stannard told the council members. “We’ve had arborists go out and we’re going to be taking down some of the dead trees and replacing them with new landscaping and beefing that up. It will be a nice fit for what’s out there.”

Stannard also said as that, as part of the new development, a sidewalk will be built on Highwood Preserve Pkwy., to aid pedestrians who are shopping, as well as those using the bus stop at the same corner.

“It’s really surprising there’s not

one there already,” Stannard said.

Aldi, a German discount grocer, could be the third supermarket to open along a less-thanone-mile stretch of the west side of BBD. It would join a Publix at the corner of BBD and New Tampa Blvd. and Sprouts Farmers Market, which will be open by this summer in the new Village at Hunter’s Lake development across from the entrance to the Hunter’s Green community.

While Publix is the largest

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of the three and Sprouts is a “green” grocer, Aldi is a hugely popular German discount chain that carries brands that many shoppers here in the U.S. may not recognize, including their own. More than 90 percent of the brands Aldi carries are exclusive brands.

One unique aspect of Aldi is the quarter charge to rent a shopping cart at the store, to prevent stray carts from being left in the parking lot where they can dent cars.

Users get their quarter back when they return the cart.

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The first “New Tampa Business Climate” meeting at Compton Park at Tampa Palms in July drew a crowd looking for answers — that will be revealed February 3!

Business Study Results Meeting Feb. 3!

By JOHN C. COTEY john@ntneighborhoodnews.com Tampa Mayor Jane Castor will be on hand as the findings of a New Tampa business climate study by the University of South Florida School of Public Affairs — triggered last year by concerns over the number of businesses closing in our area — will be revealed at a community meeting on Monday, February 3, 6 p.m.

Castor was briefed on the results of the study on Jan. 27, and will deliver introductory remarks at the meeting, which will be held at Compton Park (16101 Compton Dr.) in Tampa Palms.

Tampa District 7 City Council member Luis Viera will host the meeting, which he first helped spearhead last year after he said he received phone calls and emails from constituents — as did Castor — who were concerned about the closing of local businesses.

In early 2019, the Neighborhood News, after receiving many of those same calls, addressed the issue of the closings since 2017 of stores like HH Gregg (see pg. 1), Staples and Bed Bath & Beyond in the Market Square at Tampa Palms Plaza, as well as restaurants like Casa Ramos in Tampa Palms and Ruby Tuesday on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd just north of I-75, also have been shuttered, and two Mexican restaurants have failed at the site of the one-time Romano’s Macaroni Grill.

Others, including popular local restaurants like Las Palmas (which reopened in a different location in New Tampa) and Café Olé, as well as former local staples Beef O’Brady’s, Boston Market and Dairy Queen also have shut down over the past few years.

USF’s School of Public Affairs and its director Ron Sanders agreed to take on the project of studying New Tampa’s business climate, along with graduate students working towards their Master’s degree in Urban & Regional Planning.

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“The meeting will reveal those findings, and then those in attendance can weigh in,” Viera said. “It will be interesting to see what they found, and if we have a challenge, how to face it.”

Four students volunteered to conduct the study. At a meeting in July, they heard from close to 100 people who attended a meeting with Viera, District 2 Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan and District 63 State Representative Fentrice Driskell.

While some community members expressed worry, others were confident New Tampa would bounce back, in part due to the sometimes-cyclical nature of business.

Since that meeting, in fact, a number of the local businesses that had been vacated have announced new tenants. The Brunchery (Boston Market), Urban Air Adventure Park (HH Gregg), Taza Market (Staples), Regina Margherita, which was formerly Chefs of Napoli (Beef O’Brady’s) are either open or close to it, while Aldi is looking into taking over the old Ruby Tuesday location (see story on pg. 6).

And, as we reported last issue, even the long-vacant Sweetbay supermarket could have a new tenant signed up by the end of 2020.

“We have seen some positive changes,” Viera says. “I still think there’s some cause for concern, but at the very least, this is something that tells us about the business markers and growth in New Tampa, and what we need to do to keep the momentum going. We want to make sure our area does not deteriorate.”

Viera says the study also should provide some insight into some of the transportation challenges local businesses face, as well as how the design of New Tampa, especially along BBD, plays into commercial success.

To RSVP to attend the community meeting since seating is limited, you can email brannon.jordanlazo@ tampagov.net.

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Gold Reveals His Container Park Plans At Biz Meeting

By JOHN C. COTEY & GARY NAGER Developer Mark Gold isn’t exactly sure what made him settle on creating a one-of-a-kind shipping container park as part of his next big project.

He says he knew he wanted something green, and he wanted something small, and he wanted something unique.

“I wanted it to be different than everyone else,” he said at the Economic Development Briefing for the North Tampa Bay Chamber at Pebble Creek Golf Club on Jan. 23. And, that sure looks like that will be the case.

Conceptual plans for the park, which will officially be named Krate by Gold Box and will be home to nearly 100 tenants running their businesses from modified shipping crates, were officially filed with Pasco County last month.

Krate is just one part, but perhaps the crown jewel, of the The Grove project, which is transforming the old, worn-down retail center into what Gold believes will soon be a major Wesley Chapel dining and entertainment hub, Mishorim-Gold Properties, a partnership between Gold and Mishorim Real Estate, bought the 200+ acres, including all of the existing structures in The Grove, for $62.7 million last year.

Phase 1 of Krate will be built on nearly 7 acres of land just west of I-75 and east of The Grove’s big box retail stores like Best Buy and Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Krate currently plans to have 87 tenants (many using multiple crates), 172 parking spaces, and a stage for bands and competitions that will be flanked by a pavilion and a children’s playground.

But, the biggest selling point, Gold said, is the opportunity for local residents to open their own businesses by renting a crate for $1,500 per month.

“We are building small spaces to give big opportunities to people,” he said. “We want this to be more mom and pop.”

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Mark Gold (see photo below), who is developing a huge container park at The Grove in Wesley Chapel, says the containers will be decorated with professional graffiti.

already with signed leases, although he said he is hoping for more service-based businesses. Most of the crates are already under contract, he said, and will start arriving in a few weeks.

The first couple of containers have already arrived and more are on their way soon. Gold is planning a groundbreaking in February and for Krate to be up and running in 6-8 months.

“People are going to drive one hour, one-and-a-half hours to see this concept,” Gold said. “If I had built a shopping center, people would say ‘What is the big deal?’ But, this is a shopping center built with containers with parking and lights and sidewalks and activity, lots of activity.”

While often compared to Sparkman Wharf at the Channelside Bay Plaza in downtown Tampa, Gold said prior to the NTBC briefing that he has visited the Tampa crate park and said “They do not compare.” He compared Sparkman Wharf to food trucks with no wheels where you eat outside, whereas Krate’s containers will be actual restaurants with many offering both indoor and outdoor seating.

“This concept, I think, is the only one like it in the world,” Gold said.

At The Grove — where Gold already is filling once empty buildings with fitness

and yoga studios, a craft brewery, a dueling piano bar, Italian eateries and even an axe throwing bar while dubbing it “The Village” (see pg. 1) — variety is the spice of life.

“People will drive here just for this variety,” Gold said.

Among his 30-35 restaurants are zero chains and places offering Cajun, Chinese, Colombian, Cuban, Dutch, French, Japanese, Italian, Puerto Rican, Thai and Vegan food, as well as other places serving cupcakes, ice cream, falafel, sandwiches, juices and even a mojito lab. And, he said, the exterior of the containers will be deco-

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rated with professional graffiti art.

He is so confident the concept is ready to take off, he said he already has plans to develop other Krate by Gold Box container concepts across the country. His second site, in Raleigh, NC, where he has two other developments, already has been picked out. Those in attendance at the NTBC briefing certainly were excited about it, especially when NTBC CEO Hope Allen (who co-hosted the briefing with Gold) said, “Pasco just approved wet zoning for all of The Grove. You can get a drink and walk from place to place with it.”

Allen also said that there will be a rapid transit bus stop near The Grove property.

“It’s all coming,” Gold said. “People want something different, and we are going to give it to them. I love it.”

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Wesley Chapel District Park To Get Street Hockey Rink

By JOHN C. COTEY john@ntneighborhoodnews.com The transformation of the Wesley Chapel District Park (WCDP) on Boyette Rd. continues.

Not only is the park getting an indoor basketball gymnasium — hopefully later this year — and not only is it now home to local cricket players, and not only does it have the only inclusive playground for children with disabilities in the area, it also will soon be home to a street hockey rink.

On Jan. 7, Pasco County finalized an agreement with the Tampa Bay Lightning to build two outdoor street hockey rinks in the county, one at the J. Ben Harrill Recreation Complex in Holiday, and the other at WCDP. “When they first came up here (with the idea), they were going to do one, but our county is so wide and we have such an interest that they were nice to agree to do two,” said District 3 Pasco Commissioner Kathryn Starkey, who was originally pitched the idea.

The rinks will measure 60’ by 120’ feet, and will come with pins for dasher board systems, player benches, a penalty box area and a scoreboard.

Pasco County has budgeted $240,000 from the Capital Improvement Plan Projects Fund for the rinks, most of which will go towards the underlying concrete pads. The Lightning Foundation will take care of the rest.

In the last year, plans have been finalized to add an indoor gymnasium, an “It’s obviinclusive playground (which is now open) and an outdoor street hockey rink to ously exciting the Wesley Chapel District Park on Boyette Rd. anytime you can dle schools as part of their Build The introduce kids to a new sport,” said Thunder program. This is the fifth year District 2 Pasco Commissioner Mike of the program.

Moore, who has spearheaded the indoor “As Bruce Springsteen once said, I facility, cricket field and inclusive playrealized after I put all them people in all ground at the park. “It’s a positive, nice them cars, I had to figure out someplace entry point for kids who can go to a for all them to go,” Feaster said. public facility and not have to pay to get So, after three years of distributon there to learn.” ing equipment as part of the Build Jay Feaster, the Lightning’s vice The Thunder program, the Lightning president of community hockey denow have the Connect The Thunder velopment, told Pasco’s commissionInitiative, with the team committed to ers that the NHL team has donated building 10 outdoor street hockey rinks 106,000 Lightning logo street hockey in nearby counties. sticks and balls to children at 503 mid“We realized we had to have

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someplace for the youngsters to play,” Feaster said.

In addition to building the street hockey rink at WCDP, Feaster said the Lightning also will provide former players to help assist in the Grand Opening as well as programming throughout the year.

“We’re pretty excited about it,” he said.

Wesley Chapel already is home to AdventHealth Center Ice (AHCI), the largest skating facility south of New York in the United States. AHCI is being rightfully credited with increasing the popularity of ice skating in the New Tampa and Wesley Chapel areas, and has been drawing more than a million visitors each year of its existence.

The outdoor street hockey rink will open the door for more people who might not be able to afford hockey equipment to be introduced to playing the sport.

“I think we have more kids that play hockey around here than anywhere in Florida,” Moore says. “The Bruce B. Downs corridor (down through New Tampa) has a lot of kids who play, and this will only help give (more) opportunities to others.”

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Creative Permanent Makeup By Pam: Worry-Free Eyebrows & More

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Pam Edmonson has a warm, welcoming personality that sparkles. You might say she lights up the room. Her passion really shines through when she talks about helping and serving people, especially through her career.

Pam is an experienced permanent makeup artist who owns Serenity Salon & Spa Suites, located off S.R. 54 in the Brookfield Professional Park, about a halfmile west of Morris Bridge Rd./Eiland Blvd. in Wesley Chapel. At the salon, she provides permanent makeup for eyebrows, eyelids and lips.

“It’s such a blessing to know that I’m really being helpful to people,” she says, “especially when you see that end result that makes them feel better about themselves.”

One area of specialty for Pam is helping people who have had cancer. Some come to her after they’ve lost all of their hair from chemotherapy. Others find her before they lose their hair. Pam can help to create their eyebrows in permanent makeup, following the natural hairline that already exists.

Pam says her career in permanent makeup started after many years of running a business in the manufactured

Permanent makeup eyebrows can make patients feel better about themselves, and that is what Pam Edmonson of Creative Permanent Makeup by Pam says gives her the most satisfaction. housing industry. In 2009, Pam says she wanted to do something different, so she went to school to become a hair stylist.

While she enjoyed hair, Pam says she soon discovered something that interested her even more.

“I love detail,” Pam says. “As a detail person, eyebrows are what first drew me into the permanent makeup field.”

She studied permanent makeup at the

Boca Ta-2 School for Permanent Makeup in Williston, FL, in 2010, and began providing permanent makeup services in Zephyrhills in 2011. She is licensed in Florida as both a cosmetologist and as a tattoo artist.

Pam offers permanent makeup for eyebrows and lips, along with permanent eyeliner. She says many of her clients who want permanent eyebrows choose a technique called microblading.

“Brows are always my favorite because of the drastic way they change how someone looks,” Pam says. “Our eyes are meant to be framed, and brows definitely complete the face. Some women look so much younger when they have them done.”

With microblading, Pam uses a small blade and ink to create individual stroke lines. She uses a pencil to draw an outline, then uses the microblade to draw each individual hair, adding a more natural look to the eyebrow.

Pam strongly recommends that anyone considering microblading “should do their homework,” explaining that some people who offer the service may only have taken a three-day class in the technique before they start working on clients.

The person who will do your eyebrows should sit down with you and show you before-and-after pictures of their own work, Pam says.

Pam was trained in microblading in 2014, when the process was new. Since then, she says she has done hundreds of sets of eyebrows.

“It’s been close to 10 years since I first went to school,” says Pam. “I’ve learned so much over the years about different ways of doing things, using certain inks, learning from experience, and how everyone’s skin is so different.”

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“You always get a complete, honest opinion from me,” she says. was out that afternoon, even attending a She requires a free, in-person, Christmas party on the same day. She says no-obligation consultation for all clients. she had no pain, no discomfort, and no Even for someone who is sure they want redness or puffiness that would keep her permanent makeup, Pam still requires a from participating in normal activities. consultation, to look at each individual and their unique skin, and to help them “Let me tell you,” Johella says. decide which technique is right for them.

“This lady, she knows her stuff. EyeJohella Liguori is a client of Pam’s brows are her deal.”

There are many women who come to who just recently had microblading done Pam wanting permanent makeup and, like on her eyebrows and permanent eyeliner Johella, leave with it, but Pam says there both above and below her eyes. also are many other women who — for “It was great,” she says. “She was one reason or another — don’t. very welcoming, super friendly. She’s “You always get a completely honest awesome.”

Johella says she was looking for a way opinion from me,” says Pam. “It might not be what you want to hear, but I’ll tell to simplify her daily routine, and that not you the truth. If somebody isn’t a good having to worry about eye makeup would candidate, I’ll tell them.” make life easier for her.

When figuring out where to That might be because of issues with their skin or previous scar tissue. have those services done, she did her (In fact, Pam says some women are told research, including spending time on Pam’s website at CreativePermanentthey should get yearly touch-ups, but MakeupByPam.com.

Pam recommends asking her for a more “What caught my eye is that she has personalized recommendation, since yearly tons of years of experience,” says Joheltouch-ups can cause scarring, and most la, adding that, “Pam told me from the women don’t need touch-ups that often.) get-go that I would have to come back for Sometimes, Pam says she has turned a touch up and fills. I actually came in a some women away who already had beauthird time because my skin is very oily, so tiful brows and didn’t need the procedure. she wasn’t satisfied with the results. She “There are a lot of times that people had me come again and she didn’t charge come in for a consult and they walk out me extra for either of the follow-ups.” with brow powder,” laughs Pam. But, Johella says she has been Johella says that anyone considering thrilled with her results. having microblading or permanent make“I’m a dentist,” explains Johella, up done should consider Pam. “and everyone notices. I’ve gotten “She’s amazing and I’m grateful,” tons of compliments from my patients she says. “With Pam, you really bond and and co-workers.” she takes you in as part of her family. She’s She says many people ask her how really passionate about what she does.” much it hurts. For Johella, it wasn’t painCreative Permanent Makeup by ful at all. She says Pam kept her numb so Pam is located at Serenity Salon & Spa she didn’t feel anything, and she appreciSuites at 33913 S.R. 54, Suite 101, in ated how Pam made her comfortable and Wesley Chapel. For a free consultation ensured that she was never in pain. or more information about Pam’s perJohella says her procedures were all manent makeup services, visit Creativedone on Saturdays, and she was able to PermanentMakeupbyPam.com, see the go right back to work two days later (on ad on page 33 of this issue, or call or Monday). In fact, after her touch-ups, she text Pam at (813) 997-6302.

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In November 2019, he opened Florida TMS Clinic in the Cypress Glen Professional Park in Wesley Chapel, just north of S.R. 56. Here, he offers Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS for short. TMS is a treatment for depression that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate areas of the brain known to be responsible for depression. It is a safe, proven, FDAcleared, non-drug therapy with no known systemic side effects.

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“We try to bring the cost down so patients can pay out of pocket for the treatment (if they have to),” he says.

The advanced technology at Florida TMS Clinic also goes beyond the type of treatment offered. “We have a patient portal that is very intuitive,” explains Dr. Bowarshi. “Patients can text me directly through the portal in a secure fashion, and I reply almost immediately.”

In addition, the office is paperless, with all forms being completed on secure tablets, in a way the doctor calls “convenient and advanced.”

The graphic and photo above show how TMS (also known as Transmodulation) works. accelerated TMS, allowing people to take what Dr. Bowarshi calls a “life-changing vacation,” which condenses the therapy into one week, with multiple sessions each day. Dr. Bowarshi says the typical protocol is six weeks of one session a day, five days a week.

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By JOHN C. COTEY john@ntneighborhoodnews.com Your CBD Store owner Debra Curler proudly and expertly shows off the products at her newly-opened store — although it gives off more of a boutique-feel — in the Pebble Creek Collection plaza off Bruce B Downs (BBD) Blvd.

There are oils and creams and edible products infused by cannabidiol, or CBD, that offer much-desired relief from a plethora of problems, in various forms with multiple dosage sizes.

Curler, who opened the Pebble Creek location Nov. 29 and is hoping to schedule a Grand Opening soon, says she uses the topical CBD relief cream she sells in her store on her right knee, and she says she would not be able to get through the day without it.

It is that relief, she says, as well as an eye-opening introduction to Lisa Feigel, who owns the Wesley Chapel Your CBD Store, that drew her to owning a franchise.

“I just want to give back,” Curler says. “There are so many stories about opioids and medication not providing the relief people need, so I did some research and was so intrigued by what

CBD has to offer. We really do help people.”

When you walk into Curler’s store, however, don’t expect to be besieged by an employee hard selling you oils, creams and gummies. Most likely, they will begin with some education. If you like what you hear, Your CBD Store will offer you some free samples.

“A lot of people that come in still really don’t understand what West Meadows resident Debra Curler (shown with her husband Dait is,” Curler says.

“Education is part of vid) owns the Your CBD Store in Pebble Creek. (Photo: John C. Cotey) Help For Seniors, Too our business.”

Many of the questions and conThere are videos at the front of the store, plenty of literature to peruse, a fusion come from seniors, who Curler staff that is well-versed in the products says would benefit the most from many and plans for a number of nightly meet- of the products Your CBD Store has to ings and forums to help people become offer, due to age-related aches, pains more at ease with what many around and other maladies. the country consider a wonder drug.

The confusion stems from the “It’s not a cure by any means, it’s link CBD, or cannabidiol, has to the strictly about relief and comfort,” Curl- cannabis plant, which historically has a er says. “It’s a great alternative to taking strong medicinal footprint. Marijuana is pharmaceutical medicine.” a variety of cannabis, and contains more

than 0.3% percent of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the ingredient that gets you “high.”

Hemp is also a variety of cannabis, but it contains less than 0.3% of THC. CBD is derived from hemp and basically provides the health benefits of cannabis — without the high.

Studies are limited, but CBD has been touted for its effectiveness treating childhood epilepsy by stopping the onset of seizures, and proponents says it can help relieve stress, inflammation and joint pain, as well as other physical and neurological maladies.

An Industry Pioneer

The CBD industry is in the midst of a growth explosion. But, Curler says, not all CBD stores or products are created equal. Your CBD store, a chain with more than 600 locations nationwide, focuses on quality, with third-party testing and QR codes on the bottles if you want to check out the lab reports.

“You can scan ours and see exactly what you are going to be getting,” Curler says.

SunMed CBD products is the exclusive supplier to Your CBD Stores. They have their own farms in Denver, CO, where they grow hemp, and the process-

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ing of those plants take place in Florida.

SunMed touts its Co2 extraction process for eliminating the need for chemical solvents, while producing a higher quality, full-spectrum CBD. Those full-spectrum products contain 0.3% of THC, which is the legal limit. She calls the shelf containing the full-spectrum products the King of the Store, as it displays most of the store’s best-selling products.

While just the non-THC broad-spectrum CBD oil can relieve pain and alleviate stress, sometimes it is more effective in combination with THC. Curler says her full-spectrum products fly off the shelves.

“You will never get high on these products,” Curler says, “and you can’t overdose on them.”

After the Co2 extraction process, the CBD is processed again to remove the THC to create SunMed CBD’s broad-spectrum offering.

At the September USA CBD Expo in Miami, FL, which had more than 300 vendors and 13,000 attendees, SunMed CBD was award two Excellence Awards for Best CBD Tincture and Best CBD Topical.

So Many Options!

Whichever spectrum customers choose, the CBD products come in

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various forms and flavors and a variety of dosages, the size of which Curler and her staff discuss with customers as they look to find the perfect balance.

There are water-soluble products designed to be dissolved in water, and get into your system in 4-7 minutes, says Curler, while lasting 3-4 hours.

Tincture oils are dispensed under your tongue and take longer to get into your system — 45 minutes or so — but last longer than the water-soluble products, typically around 7-10 hours.

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There also are gummies, hard candy and honey sticks, which can be stirred into your coffee or tea.

The topical creams, which Curler swears by, are another big seller. They provide relief by being rubbed on balky knees, bad backs, sore shoulders and more. Publisher Gary Nager says the topical cream is the only thing that has provided relief for his knees. “I’ve spoken with doctors who have said it works for them or they have patients who tell them it’s a godsend,” Nager says.

While CBD research is still in its infancy, some of the studies conducted have produced encouraging results when it comes to managing pain and inflammation with arthritis.

Due to the calming nature of CBD products, there is even a shelf of products for dogs — edible treats and tinctures can be effective — who may suffer from anxiety when their owner leaves home, in thunderstorms or on holidays when fireworks are being set off.

“The tinctures are great, they can be put right into your pet’s water, and they won’t even know it,” Curler says.

The CBD industry is still something of a new frontier, and Curler says she is excited to be a part of it. While the science is still working on studies to catch up to the explosion of products, Curler says half her business is repeat customers, and almost daily she hears stories about how life-changing CBD can be. “We’ve been getting such wonderful feedback from everyone,” Curler says. “It’s really been a rewarding experience.”

Your CBD Store New Tampa is located at 19651 BBD, Suite B-1. It is open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily, except Sundays. For more info, call (813) 994-0599, see the ad on pg. 42, visit CBDrx4u.com/find-us/Florida/ new-Tampa or search YourCBDStoreNewTampaFL on Facebook.

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New Tampa’s Teachers of The Year!

Simon Meshbesher Liberty Middle School Social Studies/History, 8th Grade

“Teaching is the most exciting and rewarding profession!!

The extent of enjoying student achievement, watching students learn, offers unlimited possibilities to influence generations of students, imparting to them the excitement of learning, the passion of discovery, and the magic of an inquisitive mind.”

Rachael Trent Freedom High ESE

Michelle Payton Clark Elementary Math & Science, 4th grade

“The students in my classroom run their own business, have jobs on campus and volunteer at an assisted living facility in our community. I love that I am able to facilitate all of this for them in order to enrich their lives and help them become more independent adults.”

“My favorite thing about teaching is making positive connections with my students and showing them that learning can be fun... each time I see one of my students have an “A-Ha” moment, it means success (for both of us).”

Daniel Sturlaugson Turner Bartels K-8 School 4th Grade

Stacy Hoffman Hunter’s Green Elementary Math & Science, 3rd grade STEM lead

“My favorite thing about teaching is empowering students to lead. Student leadership isn’t something that we are mandated to teach, but it’s crucial in preparing students to be college- and career-ready. It’s a true opportunity to see students grow and change right before your eyes.”

“Teaching is my passion! My students become family and together we build a class community. We don’t see differences, we encourage others, and we understand that we learn from our mistakes. Through this, I become their biggest cheerleader, encouraging them to be the best they can be.”

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Kendall Arnold, Heritage Elementary, 2nd grade Shane Moody Benito Middle School Subject Area Leader for the Language Arts Department, ELA-3 (8th grade) Honors/ Advanced classes.

“My favorite thing about teaching is making connections with students that last beyond the year they are in my class. I have students who come to visit me years after they leave my second grade class. This is the most meaningful part of my job.”

Lisa Keigher Chiles Elementary English Language Arts, 3rd grade

“The best thing about teaching is that I get to invest my time in developing young students on a path to success relating to their life goals...I am so proud to say I am a member of the Jaguar Family.”

Carol Lynch Tampa Palms Elementary 1st grade “Tampa Palms Elementary has an incredibly talented staff of teachers and support personnel, so it really is an honor to be chosen by my peers for this award.”

“My own children, who are now adults, went to Chiles. Their teachers, some who are still at Chiles...inspired me to go into education. To be chosen from my colleagues is the greatest honor I could have ever gotten.”

Elizabeth Glover Wharton High Social Studies, AP Human Geography (9th grade) and Student Government Advisor. “(My favorite thing about teaching?)

Working with the students! Watching them have the ‘a-ha’ moments while explaining difficult concepts to them. Teaching them tools to perform tasks, then observing them while they self-start and do (them) on their own.”

Dawn Harris Pride Elementary Kindergarten “My favorite thing about teaching is the growth I see ALL my students achieve.

They always make me proud.”

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hen Juliana Silva’s family first moved to New Tampa, she didn’t speak a word of English; all she understood was her love of the water.

“I’ve been in a pool since I was four,” says Juliana, now 17 and a former student at Benito Middle School and both Wharton and Wiregrass Ranch high schools.

Currently, Juliana lives in Moraga, CA, just outside of San Francisco, where she trains full-time with the U.S. Junior National Synchronized Swim Team.

After nine years on the Tampa YMCA Stingrays (TYS) competitive “synchro” team at the New Tampa facility, Juliana has her sights set on the ultimate prize: a 2024 Olympic gold medal.

“Juliana came to the Stingrays as an eager-to-learn, naturally athletic eight-year-old,” says TYS Head Coach Camille Albrecht, 30, who has sent several students to the national team.

Since Juliana didn’t understand English at the time, Albrecht would use hand motions to demonstrate the correct techniques.

“She picked up all the synchro words and English very quickly,” said Albrecht, who described Juliana as a “joy to coach, always cheering everyone else on.”

Although Juliana was born in Indianapolis, IN, her family (mother Susana Barrios, father Rafael Silva and brother Leo Silva) moved to Venezuela and Colombia shortly after, returning to the U.S. in 2011.

“I’d always heard that Tampa was a great city,” says

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Susana. “Before we moved here, I visited friends who lived right across the street from Hunter’s Green, and I totally fell in love with the area.”

Athleticism comes naturally to Juliana. Her brother, now 19, started soccer at five, and their father was a former amateur champion and professional tennis player.

All Juliana wanted to do at first was stay home, so her mother decided to get her out of the house by signing Juliana up for swim classes at the Y. “She looked at me on the way to that first class and said, ‘Okay Mom, I’m going to try this once, but if I don’t like it, I’m not going to do it,’” Susana says.

A month later, Juliana began training with Albrecht, kickstarting her dreams of Olympic gold.

Building A Track Record Of Excellence At age 14, Silva placed sixth in her very first Regional “zone” meet, qualifying her for the National meet. It took three attempts to make the junior national team, which she did by placing 16th in the nation.

“Before that, I was hard on myself,” Juliana says. “I told myself I’d never make it, that this was just for fun. But making it to Nationals was an eye-opener.”

Susana says she began saving money for the pricey gear required for her daughter’s national competitions, including single swimsuits that could cost $200 apiece. She served her daughter meals and did her laundry while Juliana powered through a grueling training schedule, before and after

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school junior who’s interested in forensic science.

She says she misses everything about Tampa, especially her family and friends, her own bed, and the “heat and humid air,” which she says is easier on her eczema, a skin condition that she says is aggravated by swimming in chlorinated water.

“My kids are truly Floridians, and we all think of Tampa as home,” Susana says. “Everyone here was so supportive and friendly when we moved in; my kids were invited to sleepovers a week later.”

Susana says that she will always be grateful for the Camille Albrecht, who teaches synchronized swimNew Tampa community and ming at the New Tampa YMCA, embraces her particularly the New Tampa former student Juliana Silva.

YMCA, which twice assisted Juliana via the Y’s Open school and on weekends.

Doors sliding scale program, without “My mom supports me to the which lessons would have been unafmax,” Juliana says. “She’s the one fordable for the family. who’s always pushed me to do this When a spot on the national team — the reason I joined synchro in the opened up, Juliana’s family had one first place is because she was tired of me being in bed, watching Netflix and week to decide if she would take it.

“I told her it was her decision, getting fat!” and she told me, ‘Mom, I’m ready, In California, Juliana trains I’m going,’” says Susana. “When I from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. every day except realized she’d be in a big city without Sunday and spends four hours each me, I struggled, and of course, I miss evening online for academic classes.

“It’s like a robot routine,” admits her. We’re very close, she’s my baby.

But I’m happy.”

Juliana, who lives with two other teammates and a host family in CalTruly One Of Our Own! ifornia. “You wake up, eat breakfast, Juliana says she is very excited train, shower, do homework, eat dinabout the possibility of one day reprener and repeat. If I lay in bed in the morning and think about it too much, senting New Tampa in the Olympics.

“When I got here it was unreal; I won’t get up.” it took me a while to realize that I’m Juliana also says that if she hadn’t actually here, that I made it, that this struggled to qualify for Nationals at is my spot,” she says. “It feels amazing first, she would never have made it to know that you have a lot of people this far. supporting you and even looking up “My numbers, and knowing I to you.” could do better, motivated me,” she Susana says she remembers says. “Just wanting this won’t get watching, along with Juliana and her you anywhere. You have to put in the grandmother, Michael Phelps’ famaction.” ily celebrate his victory in the 2016 Juliana’s team will begin its Olympic Games.

Olympic training after the Junior “Juliana turned to her grandWorld Championships in August, as the team members aim for Paris 2024. mother and asked her if she was ready, and my mother asked, ‘Ready for Susana, who graduated law what?’ And Juliana said, ‘That’s gonna school at 22, encouraged her daughbe you, I’m gonna take you to the ter to pursue her Olympic dreams Olympics!’” and return to college later, reasoning “If my daughter says she’s going that Juliana will still be plenty young when she “retires” from competitive to the Olympics,” Susana continued, swimming. “she will be there.”

“I don’t want synchro to be my For more information about whole life, because when I retire, I the Tampa YMCA Stingrays, visit want a career to back me up so I have TampaYMCA.org or call Camille somewhere to go,” says Juliana, a high Albrecht at (813) 785-7092.

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Run & Fun At Hunter’s Green!

The 2nd Annual 5K Race & Music Fest, which is the Hunter’s Green Elementary (HGE) School PTA’s biggest fund raiser of the year, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 8, beginning at 7:30 a.m.

The event, put on by the PTA and the Hunter’s Green Community Association, features a 5K (3.1-mile) run through the Hunter’s Green community, as well as a 1-mile Fun Run. The 5K run, which takes off from HGE (9202 Highland Oak Dr.) is a chip-timed race.

Registration for the runs is $35, or

$15 for ages 5-11.

Runners will receive a dry-fit shirt, as well as free entry into the Music Fest, which is from 4-8 p.m., at Capt. Nathaniel Hunter Community Park (9456 Highland Oak Dr.).

The Music Fest will feature three bands — The Hails (alternative pop rock), The Broken Hearts (a Tom Petty Tribute Band) and The Bus Stop Band (R&B) — as well as food trucks and kids’ activities for the whole family.

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Our 2019 Dining Survey Results!

YOUR TOP-20 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS

Story by Gary Nager Results compiled by Jonathon Cotey

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In total, we had a record number of right around 1,500 ballots cast this year, surpassing our old record of more than 1,200 a few years ago. And the split of the voters was roughly 900 Wesley Chapel ballots and 600 New Tampa votes submitted this year. We thank young Jonathon Cotey, the son of managing editor John Cotey, who was charged with tallying all of those ballots. Great job, Jonathon!

One thing that I know helped stimulate more votes this year was the fact there were far fewer categories. For example, the only way to judge who won categories that didn’t appear on this year ballots — like favorite Latin, Asian, Mediterranean and favorite burgers was to see who received the most votes (five faves per ballot) for favorite restaurant in New Tampa.

And, among those winners were Liang’s Bistro for your favorite Asian restaurant in New Tampa, followed

by Kobe steakhouse, Sushi Café, Koizi, Sukhothai, Thai Ruby, Thai Lanna and Minerva.

The Latin restaurant that received the most Favorite Restaurant votes was Vallarta’s, followed by Las Palmas (which will finish quite a bit higher on my list next month), Cantina, Tijuana Flats and Chipotle.

And, despite there being several more options, only two Mediterranean restaurants — Acropolis and Little Greek — finished in our readers’ top 40.

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Las Palmas only finished as the 12th favorite restaurant in New Tampa in our 2019 Reader Dining Survey & Contest, but will surely finish higher next month on our editor’s list.

our readers’ Favorite Restaurant in New Tampa — Five Guys — was something of a surprise, beating out previous winners like Burger 21 and Oakley’s Grille.

Other top-20 surprises this year (at least in one editor’s opinion) included Chick-fil-A (#7 Favorite Restaurant?), Cracker Barrel and Panera Bread.

And, The Winners Are...

As always, our readers are the big winners again this year. Selected at random from those 1,500 entries to receive gift cards to the restaurants of their choice were: $100 Gift Card — Debbie Gregory, Meadow Pointe $60 Gift Card — Teshania Wiley-Smith, Pebble Creek $35 Gift Card — Jennifer Burgos, Tampa Palms Congrats to all of this year’s winners!

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BEST RESTAURANT S tonewood Grill & Tavern’s three-peat as our readers’ Favorite Restaurant in New Tampa should come as no surprise.

Zip code 33647’s most upscale eatery features great steaks and fresh seafood, plus an alwayshoppin’ bar area that helped Stonewood also finish as our readers’ second favorite bar or tavern in New Tampa this year (see next page).

For me, Stonewood’s decision to start opening for lunch a year or so ago was a great move. And, even though the menu is a little pricier than what many people want to spend for lunch, the food is great and the quieter, less-crowded atmosphere is perfect for conducting a business meeting or social event.

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iccio Cali, also located in the Shoppes at The Pointe plaza in Tampa Palms (in the same parking lot at Stonewood) should receive all the credit for first bringing “bowl culture” to New Tampa, and also has great pizzas, burgers and wrap sandwiches.

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Jannah and I especially enjoy the seared ahi tuna appetizer, the 6- and 9-oz. filet mignon options, the fresh fish (we shared an excellent grilled grouper on our most recent visit) and the fresh, always tasty veggies.

In terms of food quality and service, nothing has changed since new managing partner Matt Passardi took over after the beloved Dave Rathbun departed last year, so this favorite 8-location, Florida-based mini-chain can expect to stay at or near the top of our readers’ list every year. — GN

iang’s Bistro Asian Cuisine may not be New York-style or even authentic Chinese food, but that hasn’t stopped it from being the favorite Asian restaurant in New Tampa with our readers virtually every year it has been open.

Try the BBQ ribs and sautéed green beans (order ‘em spicy!).

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r. Dunderbak’s and Stonewood were the only restaurants that made the top-5 in two categories (Favorite Restaurant and Bar) this year, so people obviously love it for more than just its beer variety. I enjoy the tasty schnitzel, sausages and sandwiches, plus German chocolate bars. Sehr lecker!

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BEST BAR

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wners John Kuemmel and Shawn Diehl have done exactly what they wanted to do when they decided nearly three years ago to fulfill a 25-year dream they shared of opening their own bar. In the heart of Tampa Palms, they have spun an inventive menu, ice cold beer, premium liquor and a unique atmosphere into our readers’ favorite bar in New Tampa to enjoy a night out.

What’s not to like (other than the ridiculously hard questions on Tuesday Trivia Nights)?

A bar that has outstanding food — and The Fat Rabbit finished just behind Acropolis (see previous page) as our readers’ sixth favorite restaurant in New Tampa, too — is never a bad thing.

The chicken wings are arguably the best around — make sure

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you check out the Buffalo Garlic Ranch — and there’s even a Real McCoy burger named after former Tampa Bay Buc and Tampa Palms resident Gerald McCoy and a fresh Catch of the Week. And, the crispy tater tots are truly divine.

The Fat Rabbit now even brews a Transplant IPA and Concrete & Gold Pilsner in-house, with more tanks on the way.

And, the decor gives the Fat Rabbit an elegant look with a comfortable neighborhood feel that keeps you coming back for more, even without live music or karaoke (sorry Gary)! — JCC

r. Dunderbak’s has never had a fullalcohol bar, but its huge variety of beers from around the world, unique Germaninspired menu, gifts and even chocolates keep it one of our readers’ favorite bars year after year, which often makes it hard to find a seat at that bar.

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eabody’s in the Shoppes at Amberly plaza in Tampa Palms is another long-time favorite bar that also has great food (especially pizza & wings). Plus, it’s New Tampa’s adult play place, with tons of TVs, pool tables, darts and a younger-skewing crowd.

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here is no doubt that Harold Hasselback, the owner of the Cappy’s Pizzeria in the City Plaza at Tampa Palms shopping center, has never lost sight of what his five Cappy’s locations do best.

While some restaurants try to be all things to all people, Cappy’s menu consists mainly of pizza, calzones, salads (like the awesome Greek salad pictured here) and beer.

The pizza, which I have described in years past as “thin crust, but not New York-style” and “deep-dish, but not authentic Chicago-style,” has been among our readers’ favorites since Cappy’s first opened in Tampa Palms almost a decade ago, but had never won the title of “Favorite Pizza

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arco’s Pizza is probably the best of the national pizza chains for my money, even though, like Cappy’s, you can’t call it true NY-style pizza. Also like Cappy’s, quality ingredients is the obvious key as to why so many locals love Marco’s, and with new locations still popping up everywhere, our readers aren’t alone.

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It’s a credit to Hasselback and his laser focus on what Cappy’s does best — delicious food at great prices — that this long-time favorite (which first opened in Seminole Heights) has ascended to the top of our readers’ Favorite Pizza list.

But, it’s not a big surprise.

The formula of fantastic food (and beer) in a fun, funky, family atmosphere is a proven formula for success — and now, a Neighborhood News Reader Award! — GN

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ull Circle Pizza has grown in popularity with our readers since new owners Julia and Freddy Nova took over last year, and for good reason. Not only does Full Circle feature authentic Chicago-style thin-crust and deep-dish pizza, it also has delicious Italian specialties like chicken parm and tasty pastas.

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athy and Chip Byrne have owned the Cold Stone Creamery since it opened on Bruce B. Downs Blvd. in 2004, employed hundreds of local kids and delivering thousands and thousands of delicious treats to area residents.

Welcome to Cold Stone, indeed.

New Tampa’s favorite desert joint has a fun and friendly staff that delivers a very rich ice cream, which has so much butter fat that Cathy won’t even tell us exactly how much.

The ice cream, which is actually made in the back, is scooped onto a cold stone (get it?), and whatever flavors (a heaping spoonful of peanut butter?) and treats (Kit Kats?

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are folded into it for a frozen delight. Dessert and a show!

Ice cream cakes are particularly hot sellers at the New Tampa store, especially the chocolatey ganache-topped Midnight Delight.

While being located in front of a movie theater ain’t bad for an ice cream shop, what makes Cold Stone your favorite is that it is a high-quality product and a fun place. Just be ready to wait in a line if you plan on stopping by any weekend night!

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unkin’ Donuts may not typically classify as dessert, but as a morning sweet it’s not a bad place to pick up a donut, muffin or coffee, and the addition of Baskin Robbins ice cream to some of our locations helps add to its dessert appeal.

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Petit, who had previously been the cake and pastry chef at Don Pan International Bakery in South Tampa, has brought a new flair to this local favorite.

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For Great Meals & Events, Try The Hilton Garden Inn!

By GARY NAGER I’m betting that most New Tampa residents have never eaten an actual meal at the Hilton Garden Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel, located off S.R. 56, less than a mile east of I-75.

And, that makes me a little sad.

For those who have never stepped foot inside this beautiful, award-winning (the year-old hotel won the New Business of the Year honors at the North Tampa Bay Chamber’s 2019 Awards of Excellence gala in Nov.), 124-room hotel, much less enjoyed a meal there, I hope this article will help you decide to go.

Even if you don’t have relatives visiting or need a night in a local hotel room yourself, the Hilton Garden Inn’s restaurant — also known as the Garden Grille — serves outstanding food and drinks at great prices and will find its way into my top-10 favorite restaurants in Wesley Chapel when I release my list of favorites for 2019 in our Feb. 28 issue.

I also hope that you’ll sit down with the hotel’s market director of sales Lisa Moore to discuss the possibility of hosting an event for 8-200 (and more) people at this contemporary hotel that still has that great new hotel smell.

Lisa, an ambassador with the NTBC who also is a member of the Rotary Club

If you’re interested in a great brunch for 40 people, check out (left) the French toast casserole, fresh muffins and breads and mimosa bar (right) from a recent brunch at the Hilton Garden Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel, located on S.R. 56, just east of the Texas Roadhouse. of Wesley Chapel, is a fellow New Yawka knowing that I was planning to write this story shortly afterwards. who will make sure that your event comes off without a hitch and will send Sam and her fiancé Tyler were definiteeveryone home happy afterwards. ly on a budget, and they knew they would For example, when my stepdaughter have roughly 40 people at the shower, Kristen’s best friend Sami needed an afso Lisa helped them come up with a nice fordable location last month for a bridal brunch menu — including a unique French shower, Lisa sharpened her pencil for me, toast casserole (at top left in photo above

left), fresh breads and muffins and a mimosa bar (above), plus fresh fruit, mini-quiches and more. And, best of all was the service — the trays and mimosa bar were all constantly refilled and everything was delicious and well worth the price tag.

The Hilton Garden Inn’s spacious ballroom (photo on next page) is easily subdividable to fit the size you need to host a variety of amazing events.

“Just tell me what you need and we can make it happen,” Lisa says. “We have a set menu for dinner, but we have an

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extensive catering menu and a great chef (Frank Skalitza) on the premises who can make pretty much anything you want.”

Jannah and I were on hand for the Grand Opening of the hotel in October of 2018 and we were so impressed (as was everyone who was there) with the filet mignon carving station (bottom right pic) and the four different pastas (top right) that also were created in front of the guests that we figured it must have been an outside catering company that was brought in for the event.

“Nope,” said Lisa, “that was all in-house. Pretty good, right?”

Actually, I would go so far as to say excellent, and the deliciousness doesn’t end there. Although the Garden Grille only serves buffet and cooked-to-order breakfast (that I haven’t tried yet) and dinner (I wish it was open for lunch), I have to say that virtually everything we’ve sampled there has been delicious.

My favorite appetizers so far are the bruschetta (only available on the catering menu, center photo above), the spicy meatballs with fresh mozzarella and the wings “your way” (my way is extra crisp with the sweet chili & sesame sauce on the side). My favorite entrées so far are the grilled 12.-oz ribeye steak and the fusilli carbonara. The burgers and sandwiches (my favorite is the yummy bistro chicken sandwich above left) are great, too, as are the variety of flatbreads.

In other words, there’s good reason why the Hilton Garden Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel is going to make my Wesley Chapel top-10.

The hotel is beautiful and has great amenities (nice pool, fitness center, etc.) and, even though we’ve never stayed there, we have toured

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some of the beautiful rooms, too.

For info about the Hilton Garden Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel (26640 Silver Maple Pkwy.), call Lisa at (813) 5916907, see the ad on pg. 45 of this issue or visit TampaWesleyChapel.HGI.com.

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We Have You Covered: 2019 Oscar Picks

The 2020 Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday, February 9 (on ABC-TV), and for those of us who haven’t been to see a movie since “Finding Nemo” was released in 2003 (Thanks, kids!), we have enlisted the help of local movie buff Matthew Hunter to guide us through this year’s 92nd annual event with his picks in some of the biggest categories.

Best Animated Feature Film

THE NOMINEES: “Klaus,” ”How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” “I Lost My Body,” “Missing Link” & “Toy Story 4.”

THE PICK: Nine times out of ten, Disney usually reigns supreme in this category. But, not this year. I’m picking “Klaus,” a passion project from director Sergio Pablos. His unique origin story about Santa Claus and the Christmas holiday is great. In a world of 3D animated features, Klaus stands out from the crowd by being mostly a hand-drawn animated film. Bonus: It’s on Netflix, so you can (and should) check it out.

Best Original Song

THE NOMINEES: “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from “Rocketman” – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin; “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from “Toy Story 4” – Music & Lyrics by Randy Newman; “I’m Standing

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with You” from “Breakthrough” – Music & Lyrics by Diane Warren; “Into the Unknown” from “Frozen II” – Music & Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez; “Stand Up” from “Harriet” – Music & Lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo.

THE PICK: There were some pretty great films songs this year, such as the fun and jazzy “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” or the big grand ballad that was “Into the Unknown.” But I’m picking “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from “Rocketman.” The song manages to work perfectly as a catchy pop song in the context of the movie.

Best Supporting Actress

THE NOMINEES: Florence Pugh – “Little Women,” as Amy March; Kathy Bates – “Richard Jewell,” as Barbara “Bobi” Jewell; Laura Dern – “Marriage Story,” as Nora Fanshaw; Scarlett Johansson – “Jojo Rabbit,” as Rosie Betzler; Margot Robbie – “Bombshell,” as Kayla Pospisil.

THE PICK: My money is on Pugh, who is the best of the many brilliant performers in “Little Women.” Watching her evolution from selfish sister to her own person was terrific, and she probably brings the most emotion and bitterness to her performance of all the nominees.

Best Supporting Actor

THE NOMINEES: Brad Pitt – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” as Cliff Booth; Tom Hanks – “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” as Fred Rogers; Anthony Hopkins – “The Two Popes,” as Pope Benedict XVI; Al Pacino – “The Irishman,” as Jimmy Hoffa; Joe Pesci – “The Irishman,” as Russell Bufalino.

THE PICK: Hanks, Pacino and Pesci were all terrific, but I think Pitt picks up the award for his performance as Cliff Booth in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” What makes Pitt so great is that he is the epitome of cool, and his character is charismatic and awesome at the same time, already earning him a Screen Actors Guild award in the same category.

Best Actress

THE NOMINEES: Scarlett Johansson – “Marriage Story,” as Nicole Barber; Cynthia Erivo – “Harriet,” as Harriet Tubman; Saoirse Ronan – “Little Women,” as Josephine “Jo” March; Charlize Theron – “Bombshell,” as Megyn Kelly; Renée Zellweger – “Judy,” as Judy Garland.

THE PICK: While there were some great performances delivered by Ronan, Theron and Zellweger, I thought Johansson’s Nicole Barber was the best.

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by Adam Driver), Johansson has the difficult task of trying to divorce him while remaining part of her son’s life. The film delves into the hardships of divorce, and Johansson puts everything into the role.

Best Actor

THE NOMINEES: Joaquin Phoenix – “Joker,” as Arthur Fleck/Joker; Antonio Banderas – “Pain and Glory,” as Salvador Mallo; Leonardo DiCaprio – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” as Rick Dalton; Adam Driver – “Marriage Story,” as Charlie Barber; Jonathan Pryce – The “Two Popes,” as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

THE PICK: Banderas was great, and Pryce was superb. However, this is a one-sided competition as far as I’m concerned, because Phoenix in Joker was simply just better. His performance carried the movie, eschewing the usual See “Oscar Picks” on page 46.

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Nibbles & Business The Latest & Greatest News In Dining, Shopping & Business In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel!

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Mahana Fresh Set To Open Next Week

So, the poké bowl craze is in full bloom here in New Tampa, as Mahana Fresh, which has an existing location in Bradenton, is getting ready to open on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. just north and west of I-75 (at 17512 Doña Michelle Dr.), in the plaza that also is home to Bay Care Urgent Care (next to Glory Days Grill).

Owner Ryan Mortti (above), who previously managed the McDonald’s restaurants on BBD (north of Cross Creek Blvd.) and S.R. 56, warns that Mahana Fresh is “much more than just another poké bowl place.”

Ryan says that in addition to the usual ahi tuna and chicken poké bowls, Mahana Fresh

also cooks up proteins like grilled steak, teriyaki and Asian BBQ chicken and miso roasted tofu.

Plus, there are unique “pour your own” beer taps with a nice variety of beers.

Ryan says he is excited to open Tampa’s first Mahana Fresh concept shortly after you receive this issue in your mailbox.

“Wait until you try the food,” he told me.

“I know this community will love it!”

For more info, visit MahanaFresh.com or stop in next week and please tell Ryan and his staff that Gary from the Neighborhood News sent you!

The Gift Box To Close In March?

About a year ago, New Tampa had

two unique mom-and-pop boutiques. As of sometime in March, that number will be zero.

Last year, Lå Pink Boutique vacated its space in The Walk at Highwoods Preserve plaza and now, we’ve been told that owner Jennifer Colon will shutter her popular The Gift Box boutique in The Shoppes at The Pointe plaza in Tampa Palms (above) to devote more time to her family.

But, since the store known for its unique variety of gifts will still be open for several more weeks, you really should stop in and check

out everything from unique picture frames to signs painted with cute sayings and from specialty wine glasses to great gifts for moms, dads, grandmas and grandpas (like the adorable baby onesies on this page) that Jannah and I will likely not be able to resist.

The Gift Box is located at 17032 Palm Pointe Dr. For more information, search “The Gift Box Boutique” on Facebook or call (813) 284-5986.

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ting (left) that day, but Jannah was there and said the place was beautiful, elegant and everyone was excited about Kyymara and her husband Kurt’s new location.

Esthetics 813 is located at 1051 BBD. For more information, search “Esthetics813” on Facebook or call (813) 474-4486 and please tell Kyymara that I told you about her!

It’s Raining Berries...And It’s Not What We Thought!

Do you ever drive around Wesley Chapel and wonder what some of the new places will be like that you’ve never heard of before?

No? OK, maybe it’s just me. One of the places that fooled me with its name is the beautiful new Raining Berries, located in the outparcel building set in from S.R. 56 between Earth Fare and Walk On’s Bistro & Bar (at 25595 Sierra Center Blvd.) that also includes two not-not-yet-open businesses — Five Guys Burgers & Fries and Bijous Beauty Bar. If you’re like me, you were likely thinking “another frozen yogurt place” (like CherriBerri, MochiBerri, LaBerry, etc.), and you’d be wrong.

I know being able to Google search everything has made mystery mostly a thing of the past but this is a first-ever location of a new business that hasn’t yet opened and their website wasn’t up (until recently). But, would you have

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guessed that Raining Berries’ signature product is (drumroll, please)...ethically and sustainably sourced coffee (and hot and cold coffee drinks) — and really delicious coffee at that? There’s some pretty greatlooking baked goods for sale, too.

So, where do the berries come in? Raining Berries does have a variety of açai berry bowls (left), dragon fruit “pitaya” bowls and coconut bowls, but RainingBerries.com didn’t yet have pictures or descriptions of all of these bowls at our press time. See, still a little mystery!

At any rate, the place itself is very much cool modern, but after sampling a most delicious (not sweet) “traditional” (not caramel) macchiato on my first visit, I was very happy knowing that Jannah and I live less than a mile from the place.

For info, call (813) 949-8299 or stop in and try Raining Berries for yourself and tell them I sent you!

• Managing editor John Cotey says other businesses getting ready to build in the Cypress Creek area include Zukku Sushi, Woofgang Bakery and a Charles Schwab office. These may or may not be located in the same building just west of Bahama Breeze along S.R. 56 as the European Wax Center, which does have its sign up, but look for details next issue.

• Among the tenants we haven’t specifically announced by name before at the Village at Hunter’s Lake development across from the entrance to Hunter’s Green include the second location of Touch Nail Spa (see ad on pg. 25) and the very cool-sounding Coder School of New Tampa (see ad on pg. 3).

Both openings are still months away, but we just wanted to keep you updated.

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hammy Joker played by previous actors.

Instead, Phoenix played the troubled Fleck as a real person, albeit one with very realistic mental issues — a clinically insane villain, who is creepy, dangerous, and only seeks to make other people’s lives as bitter as his. Outstanding.

Best Director

THE NOMINEES: Sam Mendes – “1917,” Martin Scorsese – “The Irishman,” Todd Phillips – “Joker,” Quentin Tarantino – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Bong Joon-ho – “Parasite.”

THE PICK: I’m picking “1917” for Best Original Score and Best Cinematography, so it’s only natural I like Mendes for Best Director. The movie is presented in one shot, though obviously it wasn’t. While you may be able to tell where there are cuts, you hardly notice them because of how good the editing is. War films are hard enough to expertly deliver, but Mendes took an already difficult and expensive production and put a unique and challenging twist onto it. That sealed the deal for me.

Best Picture

THE NOMINEES: “Parasite,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “The Irishman,” “Jojo

Rabbit,” “Joker,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story,” “1917,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

THE PICK: I agree with the Screen Actors Guild — “Parasite” was the best film of 2019..

Bong Joon-ho, Many people like “Parasite.” to overlook foreign movies. In fact, “Parasite” is only the 11th foreign-language film to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, and none has ever won.

I think this South Korean film makes Os-

car history. The movie has a little bit of everything — the story of a poor family that ends up working for a rich family is dark, suspenseful and sometimes funny.

“Parasite” parallels the different viewpoints of economic classes without ever being too preachy. The intensity builds throughout the film, with surprises that keep you engrossed. However, it never loses its grip on realism. For being entertaining, nuanced and bold, “Parasite” absolutely deserves to be remembered as the Best Picture of 2019.

Matthew Hunter is a senior at Wharton High, a budding journalist and aspiring movie critic who has loved going to the movies since he saw “Robots” in 2005.

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granite, with granite, maple andappliances, ssand appliances, ss appliances, oversized oversized pavered lanai lanaipool/spa, with side pool/spa, side car garage, 3 car garage, ss appliances, ss appliances, island island workstation, workstation, newer a/c for system, a/c system, plantation plantation shutters shutters 42” maple 42” maple cabinetry, cabinetry, crown crown molding, molding, outdoor outdoor entertaining entertaining area areafireplace, with fireplace,

Offered forpavered $675,000 Offered $399,000 Offered for $515,000 with with granite, maple andmaple ss oversized pavered lanai with with pool/spa, load load 3side car3load garage, ss appliances, island workstation, newer a/c newer system, plantation shutters and

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42” maple cabinetry, crown molding, outdoor entertaining area with with fireplace, Offered for $675,000 Offered for $399,000 Offered for $515,000 guard guard gated gated entrance.

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tile floors.

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guard gated entrance.

entrance. largelarge sun room with tile floors.

outdoor kitchen and pool / and spa.

4 Bed4/Bed 3 4Full 2 Half /Bath Office / Bonus Room / 4012 s.f./ /4012 Amazing homesite / 3 Bath 33Car / Gated Village in for Tampa Palms/ Conservation lot / hardwood floorsfloors in floors 3 4Bath Room / Office / 4383 s.f.

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Car / Stunning lake front home sitehome on cul-deOffered for $675,000 for $675,000 Offered Offered for $399,000 forPalms/ $399,000 Offered Offered $515,000 $515,000 / 3Bath Full / 2Bath Half /Offered Office / for Bonus Room / 4012 s.f. /s.f.

Amazing Waterfront homesite / 4 Bed/ 3 /Bath / 3Garage Car Garage / Gated Village in Tampa Conservation lot / lot hardwood in in 4 Bed4/Bed / 3 /Bath / Bonus Room / Office / 4383 /for 3garage Car garage / Stunning lake lake frontfront home site on Offered $399,000 Offered for $515,000 Bed / 3 /Bath Full Bath / 2 Half Bath / Offered Office /$675,000 Bonus Room / Waterfront Amazing Waterfront homesite / 4 Bed/ 4 Bed/ Bath / 3 Car Garage / Gated Village in Tampa Palms/ Conservation / hardwood Bed /Bonus 3 Bath / Bonus Room / Office / /4383 s.f. / 3for Car garage / Stunning sitecul-deon cul-deDock Dock / Fenced Yard /Yard Formal area with wood floors andfloors fireplace, built-ins inbuilt-ins office / in Chef’s kitchen the formal living room androom dining room / large kitchen w/granite,maple cabinetry,

sac, wood floors, new paint inside andinside out, counter, stainless steel appliances,

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sac,sac, wood floors, newnew paint inside andgranite out, out, granite counter, stainless steel appliances,

Dock / Fenced Yard / Formal wood fireplace, office / Chef’s kitchen the formal living dining room / large kitchen w/granite,maple cabinetry,

wood floors, paint and granite counter, stainless steel appliances,

with granite, maple andmaple ss appliances, oversized pavered lanai with pool/spa, side load 3load carload ss appliances, islandisland workstation, newernewer a/cnewer system, shutters and

and and 42” maple cabinetry, crowncrown molding, outdoor entertaining area with fireplace,

withwith granite, maple and ss appliances, oversized pavered lanailanai withwith pool/spa, sideside 3garage, car3 garage, ss appliances, workstation, a/c system, plantation shutters

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granite, and ss appliances, oversized pavered pool/spa, car garage, ss appliances, island workstation, a/cplantation system, plantation shutters

42” maple cabinetry, crown molding, outdoor entertaining fireplace,

guardguard gated entrance.

large large sun large room withroom tile floors.

outdoor kitchen and pool spa.

gated entrance.

sun sun room with tile floors.

outdoor kitchen and /and pool / spa.

guard gated entrance.

with tile floors.

outdoor kitchen pool / spa.

Offered for $675,000 Offered for $399,000 Offered for $515,000 Offered for $675,000 Offered for $399,000 Offered for $515,000 Offered for $675,000 Offered for $399,000 Offered for $515,000

JUST LISTED JUST LISTED

JUST 4 Bed / 3 Full Bath / 2LISTED Half Bath / Office / Bonus Room / 4012 s.f. / Amazing Waterfront homesite / Dock / Fenced Yard / Formal area with wood floors and fireplace, built-ins in office / Chef’s kitchen with granite, maple and ss appliances, oversized pavered lanai with pool/spa, side load 3 car garage, guard gated entrance.

Offered for $675,000

18004 18004 18004 Forest Forest Forest Retreat Retreat Retreat Ln. Ln. Ln.

LISTED 4 Bed/ 3 JUST Bath / 3 Car Garage / Gated Village in Tampa Palms/ Conservation lot / hardwood floors in the formal living room and dining room / large kitchen w/granite,maple cabinetry, ss appliances, island workstation, newer a/c system, plantation shutters and large sun room with tile floors.

Offered for $399,000

18004 Forest Retreat Ln. 18004 Forest Retreat Ln. 18004 Forest Retreat Ln.

5410 Burchette Rd. 5410 Burchette Rd. 5410 Burchette Rd.

18004 Forest Retreat Ln.

18004 Forest Retreat Ln. 18004 18004 Forest Forest Retreat Retreat Ln. Ln. 18004 Forest Retreat Ln.

front home site on cul-desac, wood floors, new paint inside and out, granite counter, stainless steel appliances, 42” maple cabinetry, crown molding, outdoor entertaining area with fireplace, outdoor kitchen and pool / spa.

Offered for $515,000

5410 5410 5410 Burchette Burchette Burchette Rd. Rd. Rd.

5004 5004 5004 Kepfer Kepfer Kepfer Way Way Way

5410 Burchette Rd.

5004 Kepfer Way

5410 Burchette Rd. 5410 5410 Burchette Burchette Rd. Rd. 5410 Burchette Rd.

5004 Kepfer 5004 5004 Kepfer Kepfer Way Way Way 5004 Kepfer Way 5004 Kepfer Way 5004 Kepfer Way 5004 Kepfer Way

JUST JUST JUST LISTED LISTED LISTED JUST JUST LISTED LISTED JUST LISTED JUST LISTED JUST LISTED Add inAdd your Add instuff your in your stuffstuff JUST LISTED JUST LISTED JUST LISTED inAdd your instuff your stuff Add Add in your stuff Add in your stuff Add in your stuff

4 Bed | 3 Bath | Office | 2996 S.F.Add | 3 inCar Garage | Waterfront Home Site on quiet your Add in stuff your stuffstuff Add in your cul-de-sac, double gated community, remodeled throughout, granite it kitchen and all bathroom, | ss appliances, travertine backsplash, remodeled master bath, hardwood floors, newer a/c/, plantation shutters, pool, spa, tile roof, amazing waterfront views.

Offered for $489,900

4 Bed4| 3 Bath Bed 4 Bed | 3 Bath | 3,025 | 3 Bath | 3,025 SF| |3,025 2SF Car| SF 2Garage Car | 2 Car Garage | New Garage | Interior New | New Interior Paint, Interior Paint, French Paint, French Doors, French Doors, Granite Doors, Granite Counters, Granite Counters, Counters, S/S S/S S/S 5 Bed5/ Bed Office 5 Bed / Office / 3/ Office Bath / 3 /Bath /3,309 3 Bath / 3,309 SF/ /3,309 3SF Car /SF 3Garage Car / 3 Car Garage / Waterfront Garage / Waterfront / Waterfront HomeHome SiteHome On Site almost Site On almost On 1/2almost Acre 1/2 In Acre 1/2

Acre In In

Appliances, Appliances, Appliances, Pass-Thru Pass-Thru Pass-Thru Window Window inWindow Galley in Galley Style in Galley Kitchen, StyleStyle Kitchen, Remodeled Kitchen, Remodeled Remodeled Bathrooms, Bathrooms, Bathrooms, WoodWood Floors, Built-Ins Wood Floors, Built-Ins Floors, Built-Ins Cul-De-Sac, Cul-De-Sac, Cul-De-Sac, Oversized Oversized Oversized Tile Floor, Tile Floor, Tile NewFloor, Carpet NewNew Carpet & Wood Carpet & Wood Floors & Wood Floors Upstairs, Floors Upstairs, Walk-In Upstairs, Walk-In Closets

Walk-In Closets

Closets

in Family in Family Room, in Family Room, Custom Room, Custom Fireplace, Custom Fireplace, Fireplace, Vaulted Vaulted Ceilings, Newer Vaulted Ceilings, Newer Ceilings, Newer Roof, Roof, Lagoon Roof, Lagoon Style Lagoon Pool StyleStyle w/ PoolPool w/ w/ w/Built-Ins, w/Built-Ins, w/Built-Ins, Kitchen Kitchen w/42” Kitchen w/42” Maple w/42” Maple Cabinetry,Granite Maple Cabinetry,Granite Cabinetry,Granite Counters Counters Counters & Backsplash, & Backsplash, & Backsplash,

Rock Waterfall, Rock Waterfall, Rock Waterfall, Quiet Quiet cul-de-sac

Quiet cul-de-sac

cul-de-sac

Recipe Recipe Desk, Recipe Desk, Built-In Desk, Built-In Refrigerator, Built-In Refrigerator, Refrigerator, Pool &Pool Heated Pool & Heated & Spa, Heated Pavered Spa,Spa, Pavered Lanai Pavered Lanai

Lanai

4 Bed 4| 3 Bath Bed | 3 Bath | 3,025 SF | 2 SF Car| 2Garage Car Garage | for New |Interior New Interior Paint, Paint, French French Doors, Doors, Granite Granite Counters, Counters, 5 Bed 5/ Bed Office Office / 3 Bath / 3/Bath 3,309 SF / 3SF Car /for 3Garage Car Garage /for Waterfront / Waterfront Home Site On Site almost On 1/2 Acre

In

4 Bed | 3 Bath | 3,025 SF || 3,025 2 Car Garage | New Interior Paint, French Doors, Granite Counters, S/S S/S S/S 5 Bed / Office / 3/Bath / 3,309 SF//3,309 3Offered Car Garage /for Waterfront Home SiteHome On almost 1/2almost Acre In1/2

InAcre Offered Offered Offered $438,000

for $438,000

for $438,000

Offered Offered $499,000

$499,000

$499,000

4 Bed | 3 Bath | 3,025 SF | 2 Car Garage | New Interior Paint, French Doors, Granite Counters, S/S 5 Bed / Office / 3 Bath / 3,309 SF / 3 Car Garage / Waterfront Home Site On almost 1/2 Acre In

Appliances, Appliances, Pass-Thru in |Galley in Galley Style Kitchen, Style Kitchen, Remodeled Remodeled Bathrooms, Bathrooms, Wood Wood Floors, Built-Ins Floors, Built-Ins Cul-De-Sac, Cul-De-Sac, Oversized Oversized Tile Tile Floor, New Carpet New Carpet &/ 3Wood & Wood Floors Floors Upstairs, Upstairs, Walk-In Walk-In Closets

Closets

4Pass-Thru BedPass-Thru | 3 Bath |Window 3,025 SF 2Style Car Garage |Remodeled New Interior Paint, French Doors, Granite Counters, S/S 5 Bed / Office / 3Floor, Bath / 3,309 Car Garage / Waterfront Home Site On almost 1/2 Acre In

Appliances, Window inWindow Galley Kitchen, Bathrooms, Wood Floors, Built-Ins Cul-De-Sac, Oversized Tile Floor, New Carpet &SF Wood Floors Upstairs, Walk-In Closets

Appliances, Pass-Thru Window in Galley Style Kitchen, Remodeled Bathrooms, Wood Floors, Built-Ins Cul-De-Sac, Oversized Tile Floor, New Carpet & Wood Floors Upstairs, Walk-In Closets

in Family in Family Room, Room, Custom Custom Fireplace, Fireplace, Vaulted Vaulted Ceilings, Newer Ceilings, Newer Roof, Roof, Lagoon Lagoon Style Style w/ Pool Floors, Built-Ins w/ w/Built-Ins, w/Built-Ins, Kitchen Kitchen w/42” w/42” Maple Maple Cabinetry,Granite Cabinetry,Granite Counters & Backsplash, & Backsplash,

Walk-In inAppliances, Family Room, Custom Fireplace, Vaulted Ceilings, Newer Roof, Lagoon Style PoolPool w/ Wood w/Built-Ins, Kitchen w/42” Maple Cabinetry,Granite Counters &Counters

Upstairs, Pass-Thru Window in Galley Style Kitchen, Remodeled Bathrooms, Cul-De-Sac, Oversized Tile Floor, New Carpet &Backsplash, Wood Floors Closets

in Family Room, Custom Fireplace, Vaulted Ceilings, Newer Roof, Lagoon Style Pool w/ w/Built-Ins, Kitchen w/42” Maple Cabinetry,Granite Counters & Backsplash,

Rock Waterfall, Rock Waterfall, Quiet cul-de-sac

cul-de-sac Roof, Recipe Recipe Desk, Desk, Built-In Built-In Refrigerator, Refrigerator, Pool &Pool Heated & Heated Spa, Pavered Spa,Lanai Pavered Lanai Lanai

& Rock Waterfall, QuietQuiet cul-de-sac

Recipe Desk, Built-In Refrigerator, Poolw/42” & Heated Spa, Pavered

Counters in Family Room, Custom Fireplace, Vaulted Ceilings, Newer Lagoon Style Pool w/ w/Built-Ins, Kitchen Maple Cabinetry,Granite Backsplash,

Rock Waterfall, QuietFrench cul-de-sac

Recipe Desk, Built-In Refrigerator, Pool & Heated Spa, Pavered Lanai

4 Bed4| 3 Bath | 3,025 SF| 3,025 | 2SF Car | New Interior Paint, French Doors, Granite Counters, S/S S/S S/S 5 Bed5/Bed Office / 3/ Office Bath SFRecipe / 3SF Car Garage /for Waterfront HomeHome Site On 1/2Spa, Acre In

Acre Offered Offered $438,000

for Paint, $438,000

Offered $499,000

$499,000

Bed | 3 Bath | 3,025 | SF 2Garage Car Garage | for New Interior Doors, Granite Counters, / Office / 3 /Bath / 3,309 /SF 3Offered Car Garage /for Waterfront Site On almost 1/2Pavered Acre In Lanai Offered $438,000

Offered $499,000

Rock Waterfall, Quiet cul-de-sac

Desk, Built-In Refrigerator, Pool &almost Heated 4 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Car Garage | for New Interior Paint, French Doors, Granite Counters, 5 Bed /3,309 3 Bath / 3,309 / 3forCar Garage / Waterfront Home Site On almost 1/2 In

Offered for $438,000

Offered for $499,000

Appliances, Pass-Thru Window inWindow Galley Style Kitchen, Remodeled Bathrooms, WoodWood Floors, Built-Ins Cul-De-Sac, Oversized Tile Floor, New Carpet & Wood Floors Upstairs, Walk-In Closets

Appliances, Pass-Thru Window in Galley Style Kitchen, Remodeled Bathrooms, Floors, Built-Ins Cul-De-Sac, Oversized Tile Floor, NewNew Carpet & Wood Floors Upstairs, Walk-In Closets

Appliances, Pass-Thru in Galley Style Kitchen, Bathrooms, Wood Floors, Built-Ins Cul-De-Sac, Oversized Tile Floor, Carpet & Wood Floors Upstairs, Walk-In Closets

Offered for Remodeled $438,000

Offered for $499,000

in Family Room, Custom Fireplace, Vaulted Ceilings, Newer Roof,Roof, Lagoon Style PoolStyle w/ w/Built-Ins, Kitchen w/42” Maple Cabinetry,Granite Counters & Backsplash,

in Family Room, Custom Fireplace, Vaulted Ceilings, Newer Lagoon Style PoolPool w/ w/ w/Built-Ins, Kitchen w/42” Maple Cabinetry,Granite Counters & Backsplash,

in Family Room, Custom Fireplace, Vaulted Ceilings, Newer Roof, Lagoon w/Built-Ins, Kitchen w/42” Maple Cabinetry,Granite Counters & Backsplash,

Rock Waterfall, QuietQuiet cul-de-sac

Recipe Desk, Built-In Refrigerator, Pool & Heated Pavered Lanai

Lanai Rock Waterfall, cul-de-sac

Recipe Desk, Built-In Refrigerator, Pool & Heated Spa,Spa, Pavered Lanai

Rock Waterfall, Quiet cul-de-sac

Recipe Desk, Built-In Refrigerator, Pool &Spa, Heated Pavered

Offered for $438,000

Offered for $499,000

Offered for $438,000

Offered for $499,000

Offered for $438,000

Offered for $499,000

4 Bed | 3 Bath | 3,025 SF | 2 Car Garage | New Interior Paint, French Doors, Granite Counters, S/S Appliances, Pass-Thru Window in Galley Style Kitchen,

5 Bed / Office / 3 Bath / 3,309 SF / 3 Car Garage / Waterfront Home Site On almost 1/2 Acre In Cul-De-Sac, Oversized Tile Floor, New Carpet & Wood Floors

SOLD SOLD SOLD ATAT AT RECORD RECORD RECORD PRICE PRICE PRICE AND AND AND RECORD RECORD RECORD TIME! TIME! TIME! Remodeled Bathrooms, Wood Floors, Built-Ins in Family Room, Custom Upstairs, Walk-In Closets w/Built-Ins, Kitchen w/42” Maple Cabinetry,Granite

SOLD SOLD AT AT RECORD RECORD PRICE AND AND RECORD RECORD AT RECORD AND RECORD Waterfall, Quiet Pool & Heated Spa, Pavered Lanai Grand Grand Grand Hampton Hampton Hampton SOLD Arbor Arbor Arbor Green Green Green w/ Rock PRICE PRICE PRICE cul-de-sac Tampa Tampa Tampa Palms Palms Palms TIME! TIME! TIME! Hunter's Hunter's Hunter's Green Green Green SOLD AT RECORD AND RECORD TIME!

Counters & Backsplash, Recipe Desk, Built-In Refrigerator,

Offered for $438,000

Offered for $499,000

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