Bloomingdale/FishHawk
39
June 2021
Volume 20,
Issue 6
Ph: 657-2418
See Page 40
CELEBRATING 19 YEARS OF PUBLISHING P OSITIVE COMMUNIT Y NEWS
ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICAL GROUP OF TAMPA BAY COMES TO FISHHAWK By Brian Bokor
A new Orthopaedic Medical Group of Tampa Bay complex is under construction in FishHawk.
The large concrete block structure FishHawk residents have been watching take shape at the corner of Circa Crossing Dr. and Mosaic Dr. in Lithia, adjacent to Kids ‘R’ Kids child care facility, will be the new home of Orthopaedic Medical Group of Tampa Bay (OMG). The growing operation will utilize the nearly 4-acre FishHawk location as its headquarters. The doctor’s office in Brandon (615 Vonderburg Rd.) as well as administrative office in Valrico will be consolidated as part of the project under newly named CEO Dr. Scott Goldsmith. Headed by OMG’s development team of Dr. Jeff Watson and William Romaniello (director of business development and sports medicine), the 37,000-square-foot complex with parking capacity for 196 vehicles is estimated to have construction completed, offices occupied and procedures performed by the end of this year. Romaniello noted the complex will include “administrative offices, which will be the hub for all our administrative operations, including our billing and service center, the outpatient surgery center, and the orthopedic medical office [and] outpatient physical therapy office. Daily, we will have approximately 50-75 employees, with the capacity to add staff as we continue to grow our business.” Additionally, the complex will include the Dr. Stuart Goldsmith conference center, dedicated
BLOOMINGDALE BULLS BASEBALL BRING HOME ITS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
By Hayley Fedor
On the south side of Hillsborough Counthe River Hills property Neighborhood ty lies 200-plus acres Relations to build of woodland preserve a fitness track with that runs right up to features such as the Alafia River, which pull-up bars and sitfor many years went up stations. untouched and unex“We wanted to plored, until a group ensure that this is of residents cracked going to be enduropen the natural oasis. ing and stay here The project began for a long time, so last January after we’ve always had River Hills resident that in the back of Stefan Smith and his our minds,” said kids went out to exTroyer. plore the woods in an One of the primary trail developers, Sean Troyer, Currently, the attempt to reach the piecing together the 430-foot boardwalk found on Trail Team is workAlafia River. From that ing towards prothe Orange Trail. point on, more community members began ducing informational plaques with QR codes to get involved in the excursion and started to provide hikers with fun and educational developing trails. facts about the nature around them while At first, the ‘Trail Team,’ as they call it, on the trails. Please visit www.trailsrh.com which is comprised of about 10 residents for additional information. heavily involved in the trails’ development, took to the woods with machetes and weed whackers to start clearing the way for paths. After the initial brush removal, the team started surveying the land to create a more wholesome design for the trails. “We just started openly really brainstorming from whatever was in our imagination about having a few different types of trails that have maybe different personalities,” said Sean Troyer, a resident of River Hills and one of the primary developers of the trails. There are over four miles of trails with entrances at different areas in River Hills and six different trail paths that all have a unique character to them, including an extremely primitive trail for the more adventurous hikers. “I think our initial crew is also kind of cool … we came together and one of our guys is a geologist, an engineer, I do data analytics … it was a mixed bag of skills,” said Smith. Much of the initial funding came from the community members, themselves fueled by a passion for the project and a motivation CANFIELD FOR MAYOR ......................PG 3 to build a quality experience on the trails. MOTORING TAMPA BAY ................... PG 5 Later, as the project grew in size, the HOA EYE ON BUSINESS...................PGS 25-26 board stepped in to offer extra funding. Now, the team has received a grant from SPORTS ....................................................PG 47
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to the founder of OMG, which has been in operation since 1978. OMG is working in conjunction with Surgical Development Systems, Inc. (SDSI), based out of Jupiter, FL on the 12,000-square-foot Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC), which will be providing outpatient surgery focused on sports-related injuries, total joint replacements and general orthopedic procedures. Four state-of-the-art operating rooms utilizing cutting-edge technologies such as robotics to assist with procedures will work in conjunction with the physical therapy office, allowing OMG to give its patients the most complete care available. On-site specialists will include doctors in the fields of orthopedics, podiatry, and ophthalmology. The ophthalmology department will be headed by Dr. Haroon Ilyas. Dr. Ilyas is a cornea specialist and one of Tampa Bay’s leading cataract and refractive surgeons. Speaking with staff podiatrist and FishHawk resident Dr. Patrick Donovan, the move to the new facility will offer patients the opportunity to have all aspects of their procedures handled at the same location, from diagnosis to surgery to rehabilitation, on any part of the skeletal frame from head to toe. For more information, visit www. omgtb.com.
RIVER HILLS COMMUNITY MEMBERS BAND TOGETHER, WIN GRANT, TO DEVELOP FOUR MILES OF TRAILS ON PROPERTY
Bloomingdale Senior High School Bulls Baseball Varsity Team brings home the FHSAA Class 6A State Championship Title May 22 in Fort Myers. Bloomingdale Bulls beat the Orange Park Fleming Island High School Eagles defeating them 5-1. Head Coach Kris Wilken, close to bringing home the trophy in 2014, finishing his 14th year with a 25-6 season, celebrating with Principal Dr. Marcos Rodriguez, Assistant Principal Sara Bogue and team. Photo courtesy of Mike Camunas, 813Preps.
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