Would you like to become more involved in your neighborhood? Hillsborough County can help. Hillsborough County’s Office of Neighborhood Relations is gearing up for the 7th Annual Hillsborough County Neighborhood Conference. The one-day conference is scheduled for March 27, 2010, from 8am to 2:30, and features a variety of educational workshops for homeowners and neighborhood leaders. The goal [...]
An unincorporated area, Westchase is in northwest Hillsborough County, smack in the middle of Town ‘n’ Country, Oldsmar, and Citrus Park. Developed out of scrubland in 1991, it has virtually no history, and it can be assumed that the name was just something a (not very creative) marketer came up with. Here are parts of [...]
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because her owners thought she had outlived her usefulness, and want her gone. The untitled sculpture widely known as ‘the exploding chicken’ will soon make it’s home in Channelside in the middle of a roundabout.
While I continue to deny it to myself, it’s looking less and less likely that I will ever fulfill my childhood dreams of owning my own dinosaur or robot. But I can still buy a fire engine of my very own some day. There are people who have done exactly that and they’re in Tampa [...]
Walkable Tampa The Tampa Bay area is not a very safe for pedestrians. According to a recent report, the bay area ranks second in pedestrian danger. Check out the Transportation For America » Dangerous By Design report: The most dangerous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for walking in 2007-2008 were: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Memphis, [...]
Creative Loafing suggests that it is just perceptions that are hurting Ybor City, and says that the neighborhood may be ready for a revival. Ybor City Chamber of Commerce president Tom Keating blames the media for Ybor City’s bad reputation (I added the links below). Keating says… Crime is down nearly 70 percent in Ybor, and [...]
Gulfport is one of the most unique places in Tampa Bay.
The President of an HOA threatens to sue residents - not because they broke rules, but because they failed to ask his permission first.
Want to hold a meeting at a local rec center? Hillsborough County now charges clubs to have meetings there. It’s $20 per hour for non-profits, and $40 an hour for anyone else.
