The April Westchase Community Association board meeting opened with President Shawn Yesner addressing the issue of suspending facility use rights and voting rights for homeowners who are more than 90 days delinquent in their assessments and/or fees owed to the association in 2024. Board Member Rick Goldstein made motions to suspend both members’ use rights […]
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WCA Board Approves 2024 Budget, Landing on a Final HOA Assessment of $364 President Shawn Yesner gave the floor to Board Member Dale Sells to present the treasurer’s report. Sells said that while actual income and expenses remain close to budgeted amounts, the WCA is at about a $23,000 overall deficit based upon the July
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The Aug. 8 VM meeting began with an update from the RFP Committee. Committee Chair John Mogge shared a PowerPoint presentation outlining 16 tasks to be completed, starting with basic organizational processes and ending with a new HOA property management contract in place. The committee meets every two weeks, and Mogge stressed that the meetings
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The Tampa Bay area is filled with craft breweries and lots of hot spots for beer lovers. Wine and cider aficionados, on the other hand, have to look a little harder to find a place that celebrates their drinks of choice. A short drive east on I-4 to Plant City will take you to Keel
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WCA Vice President Michele DelSordo, called the meeting to order in President Shawn Yesner’s absence. After approving the minutes, they voted in favor of appointing Thomas Bruce as an alternate VM for Glenfield. The next topic of discussion was the Nathan Lafer Community Service Award. DelSordo asked the VMs to consider nominating outstanding Westchase residents
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Rachel Carson once said, “For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories, and it is a pity that we use it so little.” Scents can evoke feelings, places and experiences, but recapturing a specific smell can be difficult. Fortunately, the Candle Pour in Hyde Park Village makes
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When you’re driving down Hillsborough Avenue, it may be difficult to imagine anything healthy and delicious could flourish among the strip malls and housing developments. Less than half a mile from Race Track Road, however, there’s a suburban oasis that does just that, and it’s called Fat Beet Farm. I visited the farm for the
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If the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again but expecting different results, I am certifiably insane. I love plants, but have the opposite of a green thumb. I buy them and am determined that each new addition to my short-lived collection will be the exception to the rule and
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