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GENERAL MEETING The next general meeting of BGoSH is slated for June 26th at 7:00 PM at the Metropolitan Community Church
408 E. Cayuga St., Tampa. The program will be presented by Gwen Hanner. She own's Heart to Heart counseling and is opening a yoga studio on Florida Avenue. Your Board of Directors are working hard to make the meetings more enjoyable so that everyone will feel comfortable attending and participating with the other business leaders in our area.
We will also be making the final vote on the changes to the Bylaws.
Enhanced Business Listings Did you know that you now can have your business listed in more than one category on the BGoSH web site making it easier for customers/clients to find you? Well, for a small yearly fee you can have as many category listings as you wish! Contact Membership to find out how. Click this Membership Link
Form Based Zoning
Cathy Coyle, Zoning Administrator and Land Development Coordinator for the City of Tampa, presented an exciting Form Based Zoning project to the Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood Association at their quarterly meeting.
BGoSH will be a part of the charrette to plan how to accomplish this.
More information can be found by going to our resources page for links to the city.
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Seminole Heights Losses Two Businesses to Fire: the Landmark, Tampa Bay Hardware, and Sullivan Holster Shop
TAMPA- June 9, 2008 - Sunday late afternoon saw the end of a sixty-five year old hardware store, the oldest hardware store in the city of Tampa and one of the family-owned landmarks of Seminole Heights.
They called it a three-alarm blaze and it destroyed the building at 5511 N Nebraska Avenue very quickly requiring the work of more than 50 firefighters and about an hour to control. Damage is estimated at more than $1-million.
Tampa Bay Hardware opened in 1941. According to a Tribune story published May 22, the store's owner, Tom Roberts, bought the property in the early 1970s, a few years after Interstate 75 — now I-275 — cut Seminole Heights in two, causing families to move away and the neighborhood to wither. But with the recent revitalization of
neighborhood, the store was one of the few places you could go to find those more unusual parts for historic bungelows.
Sullivan's Holster Shop was located at the rear of Tampa Bay Hardware. That buisiness has been lost as well. The owners, Greg & Fran Gutchers, indicated to a neighbor that it was a total loss and that they would relocate.
The business community extends it's deepest regrets for the loss of this establishment and our deepest sympathies to Tom Roberts and Greg & Fran Gutchers for their loss and the loss to the whole neighborhood.
On behalf of the membership
The BGoSH Board of Directors would like to extend a personal Thank You to Jay McGee and New Heights Magazine who provided this web site from BGoSH's beginnings until April 2008
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