Members of the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce held their January Monthly Mixer at City Grill at City Grill for an outstanding evening of fun, food, and networking! The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce members meet and greet to network in a relaxed, social setting and learn more about each other. Founded in 1998, the Chamber has seen amazing growth. Today, the Chamber has 479 members, and is here to serve our business community. We are actively involved in local government, regional economic development and providing valuable resources to our members.

Members were encouraged to bring new unwrapped toy donations. The intent of this event was to collect new unwrapped Toys for Farmworkers Self-Help and raise funds for the PHHCC scholarship fund. Members of the Pasco Hernando Hispanic Chamber of Commerce enjoyed complimentary Hors D’ Oeuvres and Hot Food and John Jay the DJ

Mayoral candidates take bribes, give back to charity! By Sherri Lonon of The Laker/Lutz News

It’s not every day that politicians give kickbacks from their campaign coffers rather than get them from shady types hoping to get a favor or two during a victor’s time in office. That was exactly the case, however, Nov. 20 when the two candidates in the Wesley Chapel Honorary Mayor’s Race doled out donations to three local charities. While the candidates did, in fact, buy their way into the positions they’ll assume on Jan. 1, there wasn’t anything “shady” going on.

The honorary mayor’s race is staged annually by the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce as a way to raise awareness about the organization and its members while garnering money for its efforts and charities in the community. Candidates in the highly unofficial event buy their way into office by earning “votes,” which are actually cash donations, similar to the annual Lutz Guv’na race. A portion of the money they raise in the mayoral race goes back to charities of their choosing.

The LOL Party Shop is a family owned community based party supply store in Lutz owned by Bruce and Cheryl Friesen. They just opened this month and are exciting about serving the Central Pasco Community. They have birthday party supplies, baby shower supplies, theme party supplies, holiday décor and lot's of balloons all at Great Prices! If you are planning a gathering, come on in and see what they have to offer.

The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce held a Grand Opening for Pure Bar Nail Spa in their Wesley Chapel / New Tampa location. Pure Bar Nail Spa provided the lunch and cocktails and really appreciated the community’s support and look forward to pampering their clients with TLC at their new location in Wesley Chapel at 20304 Trout Creek Drive and can be reached at (813) 991-0099.

The Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce and the Pasco Hernando Hispanic Chamber of Commerce joined family and friends to celebrate the Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening of the Energia Wellness.Studio.

They all enjoyed door prizes, Hors d'oeuvres, Wine tasting by Time For Wine and Live Brazilian Music! Energia Wellness Studio is a state-of-the-art total wellness studio that integrates fitness, nutrition, massage, yoga, meditation and natural products to provide clients with a full-service experience. (Specializing as your Personal Trainer and Yoga Instructor.) located at Energia Wellness Studio 3836 Flatiron Loop Suite 101in Wesley Chapel.