New day spa and salon
The belle ame Day Spa & Salon has opened at 21758 State Road 54, in the Osprey Cove Professional Park, in Lutz. The day spa and salon will feature organic and natural products. Both women and men are welcome.
Services include massage, facials and skin are, body treatments, waxing, hair styling, manicures and pedicures. The spa is open seven days a week.
For information, call the spa at (813) 949-8400, email owner Lisa Huston at , or visit BelleAmeDaySpa.com.
Open house
OTB Delight Café will celebrate its second anniversary with an open house on Feb. 18 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at 2653 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., in Wesley Chapel. The event is free.
The café’s menu includes salads, sandwiches, burgers and desserts, made from farm fresh, free range and organic produce and meats.
For information, call (813) 973-8880, or visit OTBDelightCafe.com.
Breakfast meeting
The Greater Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce will have its quarterly meeting – “Join Us for Java” – on Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., at Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, 7040 Gall Blvd. Come to the FHZ Creation Cafe on the first floor. Complimentary valet parking will be available for chamber guests at the hospital’s main entrance.
Guest speaker will be honorary lifetime member Cliff McDuffie, who will talk about how to “Match Expectations to Results.”
For information, call the chamber at (813) 782-1913, or email .
Burgess joins law firm
State Rep. Danny Burgess is joining the law firm of Lucas/Magazine, which is adding an office at 2533 Windguard Circle, Suite 101, in Wesley Chapel. The firm specializes in personal injury and also other practices, including nursing home abuse, criminal law and estate planning.
Burgess is an east Pasco native who attended Pasco County schools. He served as mayor of Zephyrhills, and is captain in the United States Army Reserve as a judge advocate. He and his wife Courtney have two children.
Burgess was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2014, and represents the 38th District, which includes Wesley Chapel, Land O’ Lakes, Zephyrhills, Trilby and Dade City.
Business training
Interested in doing business with Hillsborough County government and want to know how to start? Or, are you already doing business with Hillsborough but want to learn more?
The county now offers training to experienced vendors and new suppliers who want to learn how to navigate the self-service, iSupplier portal. The program allows vendors to directly access information and enter business transactions through the county’s procure-to-pay process.
A two-hour training session is offered on the second Tuesday of each month. Topics include navigating the Procurement Service website, registering in iSupplier, updating vendor profiles, submitting bids and reviewing business opportunities in Hillsborough County
Training sessions are from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, at 2101 Palm Ave., in Tampa. The sessions are free, but advance registration is required.
For information call (813) 272-5790, email , or visit HillsboroughCounty.org/procurement.
Lunch and learn
The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce will “Lunch N Learn” on Feb. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the chamber’s boardroom at 6013 Wesley Chapel Blvd., in Suite 105, in Wesley Chapel.
The guest speaker will Dr. Bill Scheu from the New Tampa Chiropractic & Injury Center. He will talk about stress and techniques to use at work, to manage stress and become healthier.
The cost is $15, including lunch.
For information, call the chamber at (813) 994-8534, or email .
Ribbon cutting
Liberty Tax Services will have a ribbon cutting on Feb. 23 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Towne Square Plaza, at 5522 Gall Blvd., in Zephyrhills. Light hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served.
For information, call Liberty Tax office at (813) 540-1212.
Catholic Business Network
The Catholic Business Network of Tampa Bay meets every Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., in Rosary Hall, Room 5 and Room 6, at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, 2348 Collier Parkway in Land O’ Lakes. The network is a nonprofit membership organization for local business people who want to incorporate their faith into the workplace, and network with other Catholics to foster personal and business relationships. All faiths are welcome.
For information, visit CBNtampa.org.
Free business seminars
Land O’ Lakes residents Ed and Ivonne Ortiz will host free business seminars on how to start your own business every Thursday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Classes will be at the Carrollwood offices of Primerica, at 8902 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., Suite 117, on the west side of the highway, south of the apex in Lutz.
Topics include “how to begin and grow a business without cold calling,” “financial products that help people plan for the future,” and “license exam preparations for insurance and mutual funds.”
For information or to register, call Ed Ortiz at (813) 269-7400 or (813) 546-9060.
