Pasco Business Digest for Sept. 6 – Tampa Bay Times

Briefs

CORPORATE SPONSORS WANTED: San Frances Veterinary Hospital will host its third-annual Mutt Strut Oct. 26 at Crews Lake Park in Shady Hills. The event will feature a dog costume contest and parade around the park to raise awareness that pets improve people’s quality of life. Corporate sponsors and donations of items to be raffled off are needed. This is a free event, but donations will be welcome for the hospital’s Angel Fund, which helps clients whose pets’ health care is a financial hardship. For details, contact Lisa Campos at [email protected]

NEW LENNAR COMMUNITY: Lennar is opening its newest community in south Pasco County. Briarwinds is a single-family home community on the northwest corner of County Line Road and Cypress Creek in Wesley Chapel. It features 77 home sites, with homes featuring Connected Home by Lennar, which connects Ring, Honeywell, Amazon and others to make a “smart home” as soon as homeowners move in. Additional Lennar communities in Pasco County include Bexley, Connerton, Enclave at Meadow Pointe and others. For information on Lennar homes, call (844) 478-5429.

Events

AMERICAN HOUSE CELEBRATES 10 YEARS: American House Zephyrhills is hosting a 10-year anniversary celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 8 at 38130 Pretty Pond Road, Zephyrhills. The celebration will include a live performance by the Waikiki Dancers, a Hawaiian musician and a Samoan fire dancer. There will be a shaved-ice truck, photo booth, professional face painting, festive hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Tours of the community will be provided and American House’s professional staff will be on hand to answer questions about the community.

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SEMINAR: Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point will offer a weight management information seminar from 6 to 7 p.m. Sept. 11, and again on Sept. 25, at the Rao Musunuru, MD, Conference Center, 14100 Yosemite Drive, Hudson. It will be conducted by Dr. Donald Fridley II, who specializes in general and bariatric surgery. He will discuss the new bariatric service provided at the hospital. Healthy refreshments will be served. There is no cost to attend, but seating is limited and reservations are required. Call (727) 869-5498.

ADVENTHEALTH EVENTS: AdventHealth Dade City will host the following events at the hospital, 13100 Fort King Road, Dade City (in classrooms 107 and 108):

• Girls Night Out: Call Me Crafty, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 10. It includes creating a unique wood design with the Dade City Magnolia House. There will be hors d’oeuvres, as well as women’s health and wellness information. Guests will have a chance to meet Jennifer Roller, MD, of Roller Gynecology. The cost is $34. Reservations are required. RSVP at tinyurl.com/callmecrafty.

• Bingo Bonanza, 2 to 3 p.m. Sept. 12. Guests can enjoy bingo, prizes and refreshments, and listen to speaker, Lowell Clark, MD, medical director of the hospital’s new 45-bed Transitional Care Unit. The event is free. Reservations are required. Call 833-300-2371 or visit adventhealthdadecity.com

GOLF CLASSIC: The “SurgeryPlus Classic benefiting the Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco” will be Sept. 14 at Innisbrook Golf Resort on the Copperhead Golf Course in Palm Harbor, which is home of the PGA Tour Valspar Championship. The cost is $1,000 per team, which includes breakfast, range balls, golf for four players, lunch, prizes and beer provided by Escape Brewery, a local craft brewery. Sponsors include SurgeryPlus, Escape Brewing and Florida Joint Care Institute, a Trinity-based orthopedic practice. For information on participating or sponsorships, contact Ryan Burke at [email protected] or (813) 951-4432.

Building skills

SMARTSTART CLASS: A “YouTube for Businesses” class will be offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at the SMARTstart West Pasco Entrepreneur Center, 4532 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. It will be offered again from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the SMARTstart East Pasco Entrepreneur Center, 15029 14th St., Dade City. The classes are part of the SMARTstart Entrepreneur Education Series offered through the Pasco Economic Development Council. RSVP online at smartstartpasco.com/events. Call toll-free at 1-888-607-2726.

SMALL-BUSINESS SEMINARS: Pasco Hernando SCORE is presenting a series of free small-business seminars:

• Results-Based Marketing, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10, New Port Richey Library, 5939 Main St., New Port Richey.

• Creating a Successful Business Plan, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10, Land O’ Lakes Library, 2818 Collier Parkway, Land O’ Lakes.

• How to Use the Internet in Your Business, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12, New River Branch Library, 34043 State Road 54, Wesley Chapel.

• Basic QuickBooks, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17, Centennial Park Branch Library, 5740 Moog Road, Holiday.

• Opportunities in Franchises, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20, SMARTstart West Pasco Entrepreneur Center, 4532 U.S. 19, New Port Richey.

To register or for more information, visit pascohernando.score.org and click on the local workshops tab, or call the SCORE office at (727) 842-4638.

Networking and mixers

• Trinity Positive Business Network: 8:30 a.m. Mondays at Oasis Coffee Spot, 9213 Little Road, New Port Richey. Call Kelly Steen at (813) 388-8726.

• Women’s Connection of New Port Richey: 11:30 a.m. the second Monday of each month (September through May) at Spartan Manor, 6121 Massachusetts Ave., New Port Richey. Cost is $15 and includes lunch and a speaker. To RSVP, call Linda at (727) 856-4042 or Betty, (727) 807-6760.

• BNI Outlook to Success: 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Verizon Event Center, 8718 Trouble Creek Road, New Port Richey. Cost is $10 and includes breakfast. Call (727) 815-7744.