{"id":212157,"date":"2026-03-30T20:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212157\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:55:16","slug":"the-north-tampa-bay-chamber-has-had-a-busy-march-2026-neighborhood-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212157\/","title":{"rendered":"The North Tampa Bay Chamber Has Had A Busy March 2026! \u2014 Neighborhood News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broadcaster, Author & Professor Mike Nabors Tells The NTBC: \u2018Don\u2019t Quit, Pivot!\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As a fellow University of Florida College of Journalism grad, I\u2019ll freely admit that Florida Southern College (in Lakeland) professor Mike Nabors (above), who earned his Master\u2019s degree from USF, has had a pretty unique career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After more than 30 years in the broadcasting business, where he has been on-air for the New Orleans Saints (his first book, called The Brees Way, is about the career of retired Saints QB Drew Brees), the Tampa Bay Lightning, ESPN and several TV stations, Mike told nearly 100 members of the North Tampa Bay Chamber (NTBC) on Mar. 4 about his new book \u2014 Don\u2019t Quit, Pivot. It tells how he was able d to pivot his own career at age 50 to become a college professor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI loved being a broadcaster,\u201d Nabors said. \u201cBut I found out that I really love teaching. I never thought I\u2019d be on Spring Break at my age, but I can\u2019t wait to get back to the classroom and to my students.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In order to become a college professor, he had to go back to school to get a Master\u2019s degree and he admitted that he felt like Rodney Dangerfield in the movie \u201cBack to School\u201d \u2014 \u201ca reference that none of my students had even heard of\u201d \u2014 and that writing a thesis was harder than writing a book.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve found that there are three types of working people \u2014 people who are passionate about their jobs, people who tolerate what they do and people who genuinely dislike their jobs but continue to do them for the paycheck. If you\u2019re not passionate about your career, you shouldn\u2019t be afraid to change it up. And, my book can show you how.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nabors also started his own TV production company, the Nabors Media Group, which has produced sports documentaries, as well as videos for a number of nonprofit companies, including the Moffitt Cancer Center and Humane Society of Tampa Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more information about Mike Nabors, visit MikeNabors.com<\/a>. For the NTBC, visit NorthTampaBayChamber.com<\/a> or call (813) 994-8534. \u2014 GN, all photos by Charmaine George\u00a0<\/p>\n

NTBC Ribbon-Cuttings \u2014 Woodie\u2019s Wash Shack, Comprehensive Foot & Ankle & Dr. Rosh\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The North Tampa Bay Chamber (NTBC) continues to help local businesses announce they have arrived in our area with well-attended ribbon-cutting events. Among those in the last 45 days include the new Woodie\u2019s Wash Shack \u2014 The Grove (next to the new Target at 5618 Oakley Blvd.) on Feb. 20; and, on Mar. 5, both Dr. Bryan Raymond\u2019s Comprehensive Foot & Ankle Specialists (at 2816 Windguard Cir., Ste. 102, Wesley Chapel) and the new location of Dr. Roshni Ranjit-Reeves\u2019 Doctor Rosh Oculofacial Specialist at 18311 U.S. Hwy. 41, Lutz.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Woodie\u2019s, which is now up to 17 Tampa Bay-area locations, hosted a great, crowded event with free car washes all day, plus free Chick-fil-A boxes, lots of free merch and more. For more information, visit WoodiesWash.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Podiatrist Dr. Bryan Raymond, DPM, who moved from a smaller office on Cross Creek Blvd. in New Tampa, provides custom orthotic shoe inserts, digital X-rays, sports and regenerative medicine, non-invasive vascular testing, Softwave technology to reduce inflammation, minimally invasive surgeries performed in-office and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For appointments & more info, visit CFASDoc.com<\/a>, call (813) 344-1932.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Dr. Rosh \u2014 whose original office location was on S.R. 54 in Lutz (next to Brunchies), has been in her much more spacious new location for nearly two months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr. Rosh specializes in cosmetic plastic surgery and reconstruction of the eyes and their surrounding structures, including the eyelids, eyelashes, orbit, eye socket and lacrimal system.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also are now able to offer in-house IV anesthesia and our surgeries in our new location,\u201d Dr. Rosh says. \u201cBut, this place really feels more like a spa than a medical office.\u201d For more info, call (813) 303-0123 or visit DoctorRosh.com<\/a>. \u2014 GN\u00a0<\/p>\n

More NTBC Events \u2014 Optimum Health & Wellness, Ginger Health & AdventHealth WC\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been such a busy few weeks for the NTBC that we have another whole page of events to show you that were held on Mar. 12 & Mar. 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ginger Health\u00a0<\/p>\n

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On Mar. 12, Ginger Health, the office of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Ginger Le (at right in near photo), located at 27553 Cashford Cir., Suite 102, in the Summergate Professional Park in Wesley Chapel, held a very cool NTBC Open House event, with demonstrations of an Emsella Chair (below left; sitting in it is like doing thousands of kegel exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor of both men and women), a Sensory Chair (not pictured) to help regulate your nervous system), Shockwave Therapy (below right; a non-invasive device using high-energy sound waves to stimulate healing), massage and traditional PT exercises to an appreciative crowd of attendees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We gave bonus points to Dr. Le for serving delicious pasta and sandwiches (bottom left) from Pasta di Guy (4839 BBD Blvd. in Wesley Chapel), plus large shrimp, cold cuts and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For more info about Ginger Health, which also has a Temple Terrace location, call (813) 631-9700 or visit GingerHealth.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Optimum Health & Wellness\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Later that same day, Optimum Health & Wellness (23031 Tabak Ln.), the office of psychiatric nurse practitioner Heather Hughes, MSN, ARNP (in pale blue in both upper far right photos), held its NTBC ribbon-cutting event to introduce her spacious new office located less than a mile from of the intersection of Collier Pkwy. and S.R. 54 in Land O\u2019Lakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt Optimum Health & Wellness,\u201d Heather said, \u201cwe believe true healing means caring for the whole self, not just treating isolated symptoms. Your journey may include nutrition, lifestyle support and integrative practices that bring mind and body back into alignment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Optimum Health & Wellness also offers \u201cInsight through Testing,\u201d because, as Heather said, \u201cWe know that ental health is deeply connected to what is happening within the body. Functional lab testing helps uncover nutrient, hormone and inflammation imbalances that may be influencing how you feel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more info, call (813) 856-1515 or visit OptimumHealthandWellness.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AdventHealth Wesley Chapel\u00a0Coffee Social\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Then, on Mar. 18, AdventHealth Wesley Chapel (AHWC) hosted the NTBC\u2019s monthly Coffee Social, which moves around to different member venues every month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The coffee event was supposed to be held outside, in the hospital\u2019s beautiful healing garden (below), but was moved indoors because of cold weather that morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Social was instead moved into a packed employee lounge and conference room inside the hospital, but none of the 60-70 people in attendance really seemed to mind avoiding the cold.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The hospital\u2019s chief operating officer Zachary Crane (above, front) thanked everyone for coming and the rest of the time was spent mingling, networking and enjoying the free coffee, mini-quiches and pastries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The NTBC\u2019s Coffee Socials are networking opportunities only, with no set agenda or program and you don\u2019t have to be a Chamber member to attend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more information about Advent- Health Wesley Chapel, visit AdventHealth. com. For more info about the North Tampa Bay Chamber and its events, call (813) 994- 8534 or visit NorthTampaBayChamber.org<\/a>. \u2014 GN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broadcaster, Author & Professor Mike Nabors Tells The NTBC: \u2018Don\u2019t Quit, Pivot!\u2019\u00a0 As a fellow University of Florida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-212157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}