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The VanDercar family's eight-acre art sanctuary in Wesley Chapel's Quail Hollow neighborhood offers $10 guided night tours of illuminated sculptures, dragons and gargoyles every Tuesday and Friday through October.
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Pasco County Libraries lets cardholders order up to five free seed packets monthly at any branch, and the New River Branch in Wesley Chapel hosts the Discovery Gardens, a self-guided outdoor space with native plants, a butterfly garden and a children's sensory garden.
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The Landing at Two Rivers, a $27 million private social club developed by Eisenhower Property Group, is under construction off Colston Avenue south of State Road 56 and targeting a late 2026 to early 2027 opening. Membership is tied to home purchases in six Two Rivers West villages, but recurring costs of roughly $3,600 per year come on top of existing HOA and CDD fees.
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The Shops at Wiregrass hosts its annual Candy Crawl on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering Wesley Chapel families a free daytime Halloween event with trick-or-treating, a costume contest, Touch-a-Truck, bounce houses and more.
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The 10th Annual Gardening 365 Festival & Plant Sale comes to Wesley Chapel District Park on Saturday, Oct. 3, with free admission, plant vendors, a live butterfly exhibit, seminars and a Kids' Zone.
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Avalon Park Wesley Chapel's new downtown park, named Avalon Park Common after resident Desiree Gutierrez won a public naming contest, opened Sept. 25 with live music and family activities. A bandshell is set to begin construction in early 2027.
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Brooksville City Councilman Louis Hallal named Wesley Chapel as a model of overdevelopment to avoid during a Sept. 14 vote to tighten the city's tree-protection rules, calling its growth pattern "strip it, stack it and pack it."
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Pasco County is installing 12.79 miles of sidewalks near 19 schools using $22 million in federal, state and Penny for Pasco funds, with the area around Wesley Chapel Elementary flagged as one of the county's most dangerous walking routes for students.
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Twelve new Florida laws take effect Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, including tougher pretrial release rules for violent crime suspects, felony penalties for xylazine possession, a new felony for fraudulent rental entry and a crash-damage reporting threshold that jumps from $500 to $2,000.
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The first-ever "Taste of North Tampa Bay" food festival is set for Saturday, March 13, 2027, at Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel, with organizers targeting 50 to 80 restaurants and up to 10,000 attendees.
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Pasco County commissioners voted 3-0 on Sept. 9 to approve the Two Rivers master plan expansion along SR-56, greenlighting a 35-acre Peak Surf Park, 6,547 total residential units and an FDOT-funded widening of U.S. 301 targeted for 2029 construction.
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Seven events fill the Wesley Chapel calendar the week of Sept. 25–30, headlined by the Walk to End Alzheimer's at The Shops at Wiregrass on Saturday and the Auto & Truck Showcase on Sunday.
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Lovebugs are swarming Wesley Chapel neighborhoods including Wiregrass, Meadow Pointe and Seven Oaks, and their acidic residue can permanently damage car paint within several days. UF/IFAS Extension recommends soaking and scrubbing vehicles promptly, and the four-week swarm should ease within a few weeks.
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