🌱 Patch AM: What Westchase’s new board lineup means for pools, courts, and access

Hello Westchase! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• What Westchase's new board lineup means for pools, courts, and access
• Who just won seats on your Westchase board—and what they promised

Also on today's calendar: Plantoberfest.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Cloudy with a thunderstorm, with a high of 92 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 90, low: 72.
• Sunday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• WCA Board Appoints Officers at September Meeting (westchasewow.com) — Westchase's WCA board reshuffled its officers, with Eric Holt becoming president and key roles assigned for finances and committees that affect facilities and governance. The board advanced plans to replace lifeguards with Community Service Attendants, upgrade access control and court surfaces, and approved a November pickleball tournament on the Westchase courts, while debating safety, staffing, and budget oversight details.
   

• VMs Elect Four New Board Members (westchasewow.com) — Westchase residents have four newly elected WCA board members, chosen after candidates outlined priorities like better communication, technology upgrades, and aging amenities. Voting Members also pressed the board about e-bikes and scooters, poor conditions on Linebaugh Avenue, and concerns over CDD budget oversight, signaling several neighborhood issues likely to shape upcoming meetings and decisions.
   

📸 Around Westchase

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westchase

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Saturday September 19
• Plantoberfest →
  9540 W Linebaugh Ave, Westchase
  10:00 am
Saturday September 26
• Fertile Ground Sponsored by Cheval Wellness →
  Starkey Market, 3460 Starkey Blvd, Trinity
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 18
• Art Exhibit - TMAF →
  Oldsmar, FL Calendar Oldsmar, FL 34677
  9:00 am
• Messy Masterpieces →
  Oldsmar, FL Calendar, 650 Pine Avenue North, Oldsmar
  1:00 pm
• Indoor Pickleball →
  Oldsmar, FL Calendar, 650 Pine Avenue North, Oldsmar
  2:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• F45 Oldsmar HyRox HALFRox Event →
  F45 Training Oldsmar, 4011 Tampa Road, Oldsmar
• Mosaic Art Classes Oldsmar: Turkish Lamp Workshop →
  Hilton Garden Inn Tampa Northwest/Oldsmar, 4052 Tampa Road, Oldsmar
• Redfish & Snook Fishing Tournament →
  Oldsmar, FL Calendar, 423 Lafayette Blvd., Oldsmar
  7:30 am
• AED/CPR Class →
  Oldsmar Fire Station - Training Room, 225 Pine Avenue North, Oldsmar
  9:00 am
• T'ai Chi Chih Advanced →
  Oldsmar, FL Calendar, 650 Pine Avenue North, Oldsmar
  9:30 am
• Kids' Rock Painting presented by Oldsmar Rocks →
  Oldsmar Library - Storytime Room, 400 St. Petersburg Drive East, Oldsmar
  10:00 am
• T'ai Chi Chih →
  Oldsmar, FL Calendar, 650 Pine Avenue North, Oldsmar
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Clearwater

• Review and setlist: Modest Mouse pleases its cult following in Clearwater (tampabay.com)
• Deadline nears for proposals for major downtown Clearwater redevelopment (baynews9.com)
• School bus rear-ended in fiery Clearwater crash, police say (fox13news.com)

Ok Westchase! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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