Nonprofit buys former restaurant for new Wimauma Opportunity Center
The former Rachel’s Country Kitchen is being transformed into a hub for the Wimauma community in Hillsborough County’s burgeoning South Shore.
On the Ground
U.S. 301 widening project begins; FDOT holds open house
Construction crews have begun a $49 million widening project along U.S. Highway 301 in Hillsborough County’s South Shore – and more information is available at an Open House Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Ruskin.
Opportunity knocks: Shaping the future of Wimauma
As growth expands to Hillborough County’s SouthShore, Wimauma is working to control its destiny in five key areas: transportation, public safety and security, affordable housing and healthcare, education resources for children, youth and adults; and recreational facilities for children, youth and families. Here’s a look at how they’re doing.
Video voices: Why Wimauma should matter to you and to everyone
As inevitable transformational change takes place in Wimauma, the questions become who will help shape that change, what will it look like and how will it affect local residents as well as the rest of Hillsborough County, Florida and the nation.
Enterprising Latinas to graduate first class of childcare workers
Wimauma CDC member Jackie Brown plans to open her Little Angels Wimauma childcare home in Hillsborough County’s South Shore August 30, the day after she and her classmates officially graduate from a unique training program offered by the non-profit organization Enterprise Latinas.
Getting ready for kindergarten: Community effort emerges in Wimauma
If children enter kindergarten way behind their peers, will they ever catch up to grade level? Pre-kindergarten classes return to Wimauma in effort to help kids succeed.
Wimauma church gets major loan, donations to buy domed sanctuary
A Wimauma church credits "a $1 million dollar miracle'' for enabling it to continue its ministry from its domed sanctuary on U.S. Highway 301 in South Hillsborough.
How to create jobs and help neighborhoods prosper? Support local entrepreneurs
Investing in local entrepreneurs and nonprofits that support them can lift low-income neighborhoods out of poverty and help shape a city's future. Nonprofits fueled by innovation and grit in Tampa, Detroit and Memphis are proof positive that it works.
On the Ground: Tour highlights assets, opportunities in Wimauma
A bus tour through Wimauma in rural South Hillsborough County connects local community leaders capable of finding solutions in an area undergoing transformational change spurred by pricey new gated communities and people moving in from other places.
