Volume 19 Issue 21
Inside: A Look At The New Tampa Chamber Business Expo!
October 8, 2011
See page 19!
The Direct-Mail News Magazines Serving New Tampa & Wesley Chapel Since 1993! THIS INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY NEWS MAGAZINE IS DIRECTLY MAILED TO: NEW TAMPA: Arbor Greene • Cory Lake Isles • Cross Creek • Easton Park • Grand Hampton • Heritage Isles • Hunter’s Green • Hunter’s Key • K-Bar Ranch • Lake Forest • Live Oak Preserve • Pebble Creek • Richmond Place • Tampa Palms • The Hammocks • West Meadows WESLEY CHAPEL: Aberdeen • Belle Chase • Brookside • Chapel Pines • Country Walk • Lexington Oaks • Meadow Pointe • New River • Northwood • Pinewalk • Pine Ridge • Saddlebrook • Saddleridge Estates • Saddlewood • Seven Oaks • The Lakes at Northwood • The Villages of Wesley Chapel • Wesley Pointe • Westbrook Estates • Williamsburg
Bruce B. Downs Widening May No Longer Be ‘Right On Track’ By Sean Bowes & Gary Nager With 400 days of heavy road construction already under New Tampa’s belt, the widening of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. is supposed to be nearing the halfway point to the completion of its first phase — from Palm Springs Blvd. in Tampa Palms to Pebble Creek Dr. And, while some people in the community are starting to feel a bit antsy after dealing with the mangled blacktop for more than a year on the road on which they drive on every day, residents may have to suffer for a bit longer than they originally expected. Hillsborough County is planning to spend a total of $107 million on the three-phase project, which started on January 4, 2010, and will transform
BBD, the main connector of New Tampa to Wesley Chapel, from the congested four-lane road as it sits today into a much needed eight-lane highway. The widening project is composed of four different construction segments which will keep construction workers busy until at least the middle of 2014. Currently, the project is still in Phase I, the widening of the 3.5-mile stretch from Palm Springs Blvd. to Pebble Creek Dr. (representing Segments B and C). That section has been scheduled to be completed within 1,000 days from the start of the project and be finished by late 2012. Unfortunately, the contractors for the first phase of the widening, Kamminga & Roodvoets, Inc., have recently submitted a request to the county for a
120-day extension to complete Phase I, says Scott Passmore, the project’s resident engineer. According to Passmore, the workers ran into some difficulties with the sewer and main water lines over the Having to replace these old and damaged water pipes on Bruce B. last few months, Downs Blvd. during the widening of the roadway has caused the including a contractor to ask for an extension from Hillsborough County. recent one that led to a boil water alert for New Tampa from the 1970s,” explains Passmore. “Originally, they were planned to last (see page 6). “The underground water mains on much longer, but when we got in the south end of I-75 were the originals See “BBD Widening” on page 11.
Freedom High Graduate Follows Dreams With Successful Video Career
NEIGHBORHOOD MAGAZINE!
‘An Evening Of Elegance’ At The Wesley Carbon Monoxide Death Sparks Call For Chapel Chamber Banquet, Singing Karaoke ‘Hawk’s Law,’, Private School Aims At With ‘Little Jan,’ Jalapeno Mexican Grill, ‘Simon Says’ World Record, Local Siblings Our Dining Survey & Contest & More! Win Gold In Korea & Much More!
See pages 3-40!
See pages 41-56!
ECRWSS
LOCAL NEWS, BUSINESS, SPORTS & EDUCATION
Postal Customer
Also Inside This Issue!
director. But, in college, they were able to take on clients’ projects for free. Now, they had to find a way for Hayden 5 to actually make money. Already owning some expensive editing programs and high-end cameras, Wiseman says that all it took was a $1,500 investment from each of them and the business was born. They secured a small Freedom High alumnus Todd Wiseman, Jr. $500-per-month studio to (left), and Milos Silber are partners in Hayden work out of and hit the 5, a successful film production company. ground running looking for cheaper than the competition and we the first Hayden 5 clients. Dressing up poured our lives into this business.” in suits, hitting different networking A report from CNNMoney.com events and searching through online stated that Hayden 5’s fees were somejob listings like Craigslist.com, Wiseman times five times cheaper than the comand Silber took on as many clients as petition, but with a product that was they could, providing a high-quality product while undercutting the compe- just as high in terms of quality. tition on price. See “Hayden 5” on page 37. “It’s not like either one of use was married or had kids.” Wiseman says. “All we had to do was make enough money to eat and pay our bills. We kept our overhead low, worked for a lot PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID TAMPA FL PERMIT 2801
He knew that the job market was shaky when he graduated from college three years ago, but Todd Wiseman, Jr., a Freedom High alumnus, decided to roll the dice anyway, sticking to the old belief that if you do what you love and follow your dreams, success will follow. A self-confessed video junkie since he first received a camcorder at eightyears-old, Wiseman teamed up with his college dorm mate, Milos Silber, after graduating from the New York University (NYU) School of Arts. While the duo knew that they wanted to work in the film industry, they decided that
instead of taking the safer route by working their way up from the bottom at a large film production company or by selling their services freelancing, they would team up and start their own production company. After all, they already knew what they would call the business. “The name ‘Hayden 5’ came from our time at NYU,” Wiseman explains. “We lived in Hayden Hall, and our rooms were on the fifth floor.” According to Wiseman, the two men, both in their early 20s, already had collected a fair amount of quality footage for their portfolios during their time at college, Silber working as the cinematographer and Wiseman as the
Dated Material Please Rush!
By Sean Bowes
For Advertising Information Call 813-910-2575 • Volume 19, Issue 21 • October 8, 2011 • www.NTNeighborhoodNews.com
1