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Pasco County earned the NACo EDGE Excellence in Strategic Planning Award for its 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, which addresses rapid growth, public safety and economic development across the county's 659,000-plus residents.
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AdventHealth Wesley Chapel donated 450 pairs of new shoes and volunteers helped distribute backpacks and supplies to nearly 1,000 children at Life Church's annual Back-to-School Outreach on Aug. 1, with Pasco County's first day of school set for Aug. 13.
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Pasco County Schools and the United School Employees of Pasco reached a deal on July 30 to distribute state-funded raises to teachers with 10 or more years of Florida experience, meeting a July 31 legislative deadline just two weeks before the Aug. 13 first day of school.
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Wesley Chapel voters have until 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, to request a vote-by-mail ballot for the Aug. 18 primary, which includes three open Pasco County School Board seats.
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The Pasco County School Board adopted tentative millage rates at its Tuesday, July 28 first public hearing, setting a proposed tax levy of $436.6 million — a $17 million increase — while approving federal grants for school safety and disability services ahead of the final budget vote September 8.
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Pasco County's Local Mitigation Strategy Working Group met Monday, July 27, to review disaster mitigation projects and open a federal grant solicitation window for local agencies, a process that could fund flood, wildfire and storm protections in Wesley Chapel and other unincorporated areas.
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A guide to Wesley Chapel events for July 30–August 5, 2026, including comedian JJ Curry at Side Splitters, the Fresh Market at Wiregrass, the Downtown Saturday Market at Avalon Park, and a look-ahead to Market Elaine and Caribbean Night at Krate.
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The Wesley Chapel Library held its official ribbon-cutting on July 21, 2026, revealing usage numbers that make it one of Pasco County's busiest branches, and surprised former Commissioner Mike Moore with a family room dedication honoring his role in fast-tracking the $11 million project.
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FDOT lane closures on SR 54 at Altamont Lane and I-75 south of Wesley Chapel begin Sunday, July 26, with some I-75 work lasting through late August.
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The Sarah Vande Berg Tennis Foundation in Zephyrhills received a $20,000 competitive grant from Community Foundation Tampa Bay, which awarded a record $2.5 million to 88 nonprofits in 2026, to expand its free after-school tennis and education program serving 650 Pasco County students at Title I schools.
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Pasco County commissioners approved Monin's $100 million manufacturing facility near Zephyrhills, creating 100-plus jobs but drawing pushback from residents over road capacity, while Mirada's Crystal Lagoon earned a New York Post feature and volunteers restored a Land O' Lakes pond.
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More than 100 people gathered Saturday, July 18, at a Hudson restaurant to raise money for Asher Thompson, a 10-year-old Pasco County boy critically injured after being struck by two cars on State Road 52 in mid-June, with his mother reporting doctors found less brain damage than initially feared.
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Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano's West Pasco Government Center office in New Port Richey reopens Monday, July 20, with driver license services restored and counter stations expanded from 13 to 22 after a renovation that began in June.
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