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Riverview Library Honors Jim Johnson With Community Room Dedication
Local Couple Finds Niche With New 90 Day Dream Home Series On HGTV
One of serve,” said Riverview’s Michelle Mosher, most treasured GRCC President residents and owner of received an SouthShore exciting honor Insurance last month. Professionals, The LLC, who spoke Community at the community Room at the room dedication Riverview and proclaimed Library was April 16, 2019 to Photo courtesy of Ed Booth, Huth and Booth Photography dedicated to be Jim Johnson The Community Room at the Riverview Library was Jim Johnson, Day. named for long-time Riverview residents Jim Johnson last month. who has lived Jim and his and worked in the area since 1957. wife Linda are also celebrating their “Mr. Johnson has dedicated his life 50th wedding anniversary this year. to the improvement, growth and support The 8,000 sq. ft. Riverview Library of the Riverview community,” said Chely opened in November of 1979 on Cantrell, Manager of Library Riverview Dr., just west of US Hwy. Development for Tampa-Hillsborough 301. The one-room location has seen County. “Jim has been a reverent backer more than 100,000 visitors check out of the Library for Riverview from the ear- more than 200,000 items and offers liest days when the community rallied to community programs, including crafthave an actual building rather than a ing, STEAM and STEM sessions, senbookmobile stop.” sory story time, early literacy and a Johnson, who attended Ruskin monthly cookbook club. Elementary and East Bay High schools, According to Cantrell, growth in moved to Riverview in 1970 and spent the area and the popularity of the 43 years working in the phosphate library has led Hillsborough County to industry, retiring from The Mosaic approve construction of a new library Company in 2015 as Public Affairs building slated for completion in spring Coordinator. His long list of accolades 2020. include appointment to the Library Board “Mr. Johnson has also been instruby Board of County Commissioners in mental in the development of this loca2003, time as president of the Greater tion and we will be recognizing the Riverview Chamber of Commerce dedication at the new location when (GRCC), Honorary Mayor of Riverview we hold the ribbon-cutting for the new and Gibsonton and 13 years as chief of building,” said Cantrell. the Riverview Volunteer Fire Riverview Library is located at Department. 10509 Riverview Dr. or call 273-3652. To “It has been estimated that Jim has learn more about the new library locadedicated tens of thousands of hours to tion, please visit www.hcplc.org/locathis community and is still continuing to tions/riverview-replacement.
makers, artists, landscapers and more.” Mika and Brian met in high school at Riverview High School about 20 years ago. While they never dated in high school and life took them on different paths, they reconnected about 10 years ago. They built four Anytime Fitness gyms together. They then Local residents, Brian and Mika sold one Kleinschmidt, filmed their new HGTV show, of the 90 Day Dream Home, in the Tampa Bay area. The show aired its pilot premiere on gyms and used the proceeds to focus on April 27 at 10 p.m. on HGTV. real estate. Local residents, Brian and Mika When asked how and why they got Kleinschmidt, are hosts of HGTV’s into doing a show, Brian said, “I am not newest show, 90 Day Dream Home. The really sure if we found the show or the show aired with its pilot premiere on April show found us, but either way, we could 27 at 10 p.m. on HGTV. This is the first not be more excited. People ask us all time that a show on HGTV has been the time how we landed a show on based and filmed in Florida. HGTV. Here is the response I give every Each one-hour episode will cover the time: a little bit of luck, a little bit of fate, a complete construction of a new home. lot of faith and a ton of hard work.” Mika is a licensed real estate agent and Now that the show has had its pilot Brian is the project manager. Brian premiere, HGTV will decide whether to air explained, “Mika takes her clients around a six or 13-episode season. Stay tuned to three or four inspiration homes. They and find out. may like a kitchen in one house but not the bathroom or the master bedroom but not the backyard, so we take all the eleInThis Issue ments of everything they like from all those houses and put them into one perfect house for them. We then build it from PURPLE FOR MILITARY CHILD ............PG 3 the ground up in 90 days or less.” Brian explained, “We saw a niche in COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ..............PG 10 doing a new construction home on CHAMBER RIBBON CUTTINGS ........PG 14 HGTV. No one else is doing it. All of the shows on the network are about flips and BOKOR ‘S CORNER ...........................PG 16 renovations. We wanted to bring someSPORTS CONNECTION......................PG 32 thing different and unique.” Each episode is one complete build CHALKLINES .....................................PG 38 from breaking ground to handing over the EYE ON BUSINESS .....................PGS 45‐46 keys. Brian said, “The entire show will take place in the Tampa Bay area, and READ MORE LOCAL NEWS ONLINE we cannot be more excited to show off www.ospreyobserver.com our beautiful city to the world. We also look forward to showcasing local furniture
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