Join us for our last event of 2009! The event will be holiday themed, with giveaways and the BEST networking in the Westchase Area! Join us if you can ... and tell your friends! When: Monday, December 14, 2009 Time: 6-8PM Where: Serenity Spa, in West Park Village - Montague St. HAPPY HOUR! Join us!

Hello WABA! We are looking at maybe TWO events in December before the holidays really get rolling, and the first one is December 3rd!

Our host will be Ron Salerno, Owner of Bellisimo Ristorante. He has invited all WABA members to come out and network at his restaurant, and taste some wine!

This event will be a little different than most, in that it will require a $5 fee to cover some of Ron's expenses. We will sometimes do this to cover generous restaurant donations - when the event is held at and catered by a specific restaurant.

Here are all the details:

Date: December 3rd
Time: 7PM-9PM (or later?)
What: Wine tasting with hors d'oeuvres
How Much: $5.00 at the door

We hope you can join us! Get your networking in before the end of the year! Invite friends and spread the word of WABA!

WABA got a great write up in today's St. Pete Times. It highlights WABA's accomplishments and future goals and hopefully will bring some awareness to the AWESOME Westchase Area Businesses! http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article1051026.ece

Westchase Chiropractic is hosting a WABA Coffee on:

November 13th, 7-9AM

You can find Michael Sosa and his staff at Westchase Chiropractic located at 10981 Countryway Blvd, Tampa, FL 33626.

Please join us for door prizes and of course, GREAT networking! Expand your reach, grow your business, find new partnerships and affiliates!

WABA is growing every day ... spread the word! Share this with your friends on Facebook and Twitter! Join us on LinkedIn too! There are links on the homepage to all 3 WABA accounts.

Hello Everyone! We have finally nailed down the details for the next WABA meeting!

Date: October 28, 2009
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Fifth Third Bank
13805 Nine Eagles Drive
Tampa, FL 33626

Giveaways:

Westchase Chiropractic – chiropractic health certificate and ½ hour massage in a bag filled with goodies (books, water bottle, biofreeze)

Kick It Up Boot Camp - 4 week 3 day per week boot camp, value $199

Dr. Mercedes - Oxygen Facial!

Meeting Sponsors:

Wellspring Enrichment Program
Decorating Den Interiors
Century 21 Bay West Fine Homes and Estates, Leslie Wathen

Again our date is Oct. 28th 6-8pm hosted by Jane Salvarezza and Jose Ojeda Fifth Third Bank, 13805 Nine Eagles Drive, Tampa, FL 33626.

We look forward to seeing you there! We will send email reminders as the date gets even closer ... we also hope to be announcing the November event at the meeting as well! Should be a great one!

We will let you know the definite details as soon as we firm them up.

Here's the list of businesses who were able to attend the first meeting of WABA!  What an incredible turn out!

Thanks to all of our sponsors and donators! Photos above compliments of Jerry McGaghey Photography.

*Denotes primary sponsorship.

*Denotes food, beverage or service donated to event.

Business Association meeting was a true hit! There will be more exact details to follow with the attendees being posted as well. By our estimate there were at or about 60 individual businesses represented. We didn't know what to expect and were excited about the almost-30 RSVPs we had, but 60 businesses is huge! Imagine the difference we can make as a unified group!

Stay tuned, there is more information coming ...

WABA is just now being formed.

The happy hour invite is being extended to anyone who thinks they may be interested in participating in future events. This inaugural event will help you to link up with other Business people in the Westchase area.

If you choose, we are also looking for people to help shape the organization and help plan and run our next event. The event will be a Community Event with consumer/resident participation where the residents can come out and meet their local business owners.

These are the building blocks of a successful online and offline conduit to more successful business and customer relations.