RESIDENT Magazine Letter from the editor to call home, Wesley Chapel is a place I’m proud to live and raise my three beautiful children. When I was planning the move to Florida I had never even visited before, the fact that it almost never snows here was enough to make the crosscountry trek. I’ve since fallen in love with the TEPHANIE OSTOLO area, the people and the sense DITOR N HIEF of community which exists here. When I’m not am very excited and humbled working on Resident Magazine, you to formally introduce myself can find me finishing up my Masters as the new Editor-in-Chief of degree at USF and spending time Resident Magazine! I’m originally with my three littles: Dominic is 7, from Illinois but have hopped Scarlett is 6 and baby Roman is 3… around the country a little bit. In 2006 I joined the Air Force and was not such a baby anymore. We have a lot of laughs, silly faces on snapchat fortunate to be able to live in some and snuggles. interesting places like Nebraska, Germany, Washington DC and The issue you’re holding in your most recently before Florida, I lived hands right now is the largest in near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Resident Magazine’s history. It’s a (GO STEELERS!). In 2013 we great achievement if we do say so made the move down to Tampa in search of sun, warmth and sand and ourselves, but it’s even more exciting found so much more. Finally a place given the current economy, which
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has left many magazines struggling. What our continued success tells me is that even in the toughest times we can not only survive but also thrive – and we attribute that to being useful and relevant. It’s all about you, Wesley Chapel and New Tampa. Resident Magazine is about the people right here in our community, it’s about your businesses growing, succeeding and driving revenue into our town. It’s about linking together as community members in support of one another and it’s about knowing what’s going on within our community. Resident Magazine wouldn’t be here without the amazing support we’ve received from local business owners and community members and for that we thank you!
useful content that we have a feeling you’ll be referring to this issue again and again… from our Parents Survival Guide Back to School, to our in depth conversation with Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco, to business tips and health information – we’ve got your local lowdown. One final (for now) exciting announcement is that we are creating a monthly web TV show where you will see clips from our feature interviews, hear from local business owners and get the hottest tips and tricks from our local experts! Like us on facebook @ ResidentMagazineWCNT to be one of the first to catch our premier web TV episode and to stay on top of your local happenings! Thank you for your continued support and please feel free to send any of your thoughts or suggestions, and if you'd like to be featured in Resident Magazine please email editorial@ residentmagazine.net.
We are so excited to bring you this August issue – there’s such a variety of interesting and
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