Volume 20 Issue 10
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May 5, 2012
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Our Exclusive First Peek Inside Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel! By Matt Wiley Although the walls are still bare and many rooms sit unfinished or, at least unfurnished, the under-construction Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (FHWC) is already an impressive sight, with its three-story glass atrium lining the front wall, reflecting the work being done on the outside to those passing by on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. The hospital will be an extraordinary addition to the community and drive the local economy when it opens to patients in early October. Accompanying the hospital will be a three-story, $10 million medical office building that will house a unique Wellness Center, with one floor solely dedicated to physicians’ offices. Alter+Care, a Chicago-based company that is developing the Wellness Center project, broke ground on the 100,000-sq.-ft. building under clear skies on April 25 to a crowd of Wesley Chapel Chamber
of Commerce members and Florida Hospital executives. The new hospital, which is ahead of schedule for completion—executive director Connie Bladon of the FHWC Foundation says construction should be finished in July, with a community open house planned for September and a grand opening expected in early October—set the backdrop for the ceremony.
Getting The Grand Tour Besides inspectors, not many members of the general public The site plan on the left shows the buildings and 80-bed hospital in Phase 1 of the conhave yet been able to see what’s struction of Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel. The plan on the right shows the hospital’s inside the nearly completed 80planned future expansion. Bruce B. Downs Blvd. is to the left (west) of the site. bed, $150-million, 200,000hospital) were given an exclusive tour square-foot hospital being developed by Neighborhood News and Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce members by assistant vice president of construccontracting company Robins & MorCathy Bickham, Mary Adele Cluck and tion and support services for Florida ton at 2600 BBD, just north of the Ron and Charlotte Dykes (the latter are Hospital’s Tampa Bay Division and Shops at Wiregrass mall. the owners of the Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 2012 Honorary Mayor of Wesley Scheduled for a September ribbon franchise located across BBD from the cutting ceremony, the Wesley Chapel See “Hospital Tour” on page 16.
Don’t Forget The Rotary’s 9th Annual ‘PigFest’ On Cinco De Mayo!
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More ‘Fields Of Wiregrass’ Funding Approved, Penny For Pasco ‘Wish List’ Unveiled, Plus Lots Of Local Business News!
Broadway Comes ‘Back’ To Tampa, Bella Mia Salon Can Help You (& Your Mom) Feel Beautiful & Much More!
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“We’ve got a record nine teams roasting pigs this year for our barbecue contest,” says Gambacorta. “And we have more vendors, a 100-vehicle “Rotary Wheels” car and motorcycle show coordinated by the New Tampa Evening Rotary, great entertainment all day and Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn will judge this year’s pie-eating This year’s Rotary PigFest on May 5 will be contest. We may even have an bigger than ever, but you know who the star of appearance at the event by Mrs. the event still will be! World April Lufriu. You don’t want and the always great camaraderie. to miss it!” “This year’s Vendor Village is open The cost of admission is $25 and to any type of business and yes, you can for families, one child under age 12 sell your wares during the event,” says gets in for free with each paid adult admission. For your admission, you See “PigFest” on page 12. receive a plate of delicious BBQ chicken and pulled pork with all the fixins’ provided by Lee Roy Selmon’s of New Tampa, free beer, wine, soda and water and the chance to enjoy the car show, the entertainment, the Vendor Village PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID TAMPA FL PERMIT 2801
If you’re still figuring out what you and your family are planning to do this weekend — Saturday, May 5, to be exact — I suggest that you not miss this year’s ninth annual Rotary PigFest, which will again be held outside of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church on Cross Creek Blvd., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Six Rotary clubs — Tampa North, Temple Terrace, Wesley Chapel and all
three New Tampa clubs (the original New Tampa Rotary breakfast club, New Tampa Noon and New Tampa Evening Rotary clubs) — will participate in this year’s event, which promises to be the biggest and best ever. Event co-chair Peter Gambacorta says he and food co-chair Robert Garofano plan to more than double last year’s record PigFest attendance (of more than 900 people) by selling 2,000 tickets this time around.
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