🌱 Feeding Pinellas Center + Clearwater Boil Water Notice + Tarpon Approves Apartments

Get on up, Tampa! Happy Halloween weekend to all who celebrate. Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

In this issue, you'll learn about a new Feeding Tampa Bay Center, a clothing retailer coming to South Tampa, the community rallying to support the fight against breast cancer, and more. Now, let's get started.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 80 Low: 67.

Here are the top stories today in Tampa:

1. Feeding Tampa Bay has expanded services in Pinellas County, opening a new Feeding Pinellas Center at Northwest Presbyterian Church in Lealman. It will serve 5 free hot meals a week Monday through Friday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. starting November 1st. A full food pantry will also be open to the public two days a week. (ABC Action News)

2. A new Burlington, discount clothing retailer, will open in the old Whole Foods location in South Tampa. The Whole Foods closed to move to Midtown Tampa. There is no timeline for the new location. (Creative Loafing Tampa)

3. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers honored a Pasco teacher fighting breast cancer at last Sunday's Game against the Chicago Bears. 39-year-old Jennifer Koszewnik was introduced as the AdventHealth Goal Getter of the Game. She and her husband, Terry, were given VIP treatment and prime seats to watch the Bucs trounce the Bears 38-3. (Patch Tampa)

4. A boil water notice is in effect in Clearwater and the surrounding area following a water main break. Crews working on Coachman Park renovations busted a water line. The city says it will let residents know when water is safe to drink again. (WFLA)

5. Tarpon Springs commissioners voted 3-1 in favor of approving preliminary plans to build an apartment complex in a disputed plot on Anclote River. Environmental groups and residents say they are prepared to fight the project every step of the way. (Fox 13 Tampa)

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Today in Tampa:

• Pied Piper's Haunted Carnival at Armature Works. (4:00 PM)
• Halloween on Main Street Plant City. (5:00 PM)
• Eerie Evening at the Tampa Bay Hotel. (5:30 PM)
• UNDead In The Water at American Victory Ship & Museum. (7:30 PM)
• Syvan Ramble Lights' Halloween Light Show. (8:00 PM)

Tampa Patch Notebook

• City of Tampa: Mayor Jane Castor shared updates on our housing affordability goals. So far, the City has added 6k affordable housing units to the market (goal of 10k by 2027) and spent $1M+ for first-time homebuyers in down payment assistance ... (Facebook)
• Helen Freund: "Sad news for Swah-Rey fans: The popular dessert boutique will close both St. Petersburg locations early next month. (There's some good news in here too, though!)" (Twitter)
• Hillsborough Schools: "Today we unveiled the Thaddeus M Bullard Academy at @TBASlighMiddle named after an amazing man who has done so much for our schools & community. Thank you Thad for who you are… We know more great things will be happening inside these walls!" (Twitter)
• Santiago C. Corrada: "For 3 straight weeks, Tampa Bay has ranked No. 1 among the nation’s top 25 travel markets when comparing hotel occupancy rates to 2019. Doing this largely without international or cruise visitors speaks volumes to the resiliency of @HillsboroughFL tourism!" (Twitter)
• Rick Kriseman: "I'm a better person because of the (LGBTQ) community and the love that's been pushed my way. It's been incredibly powerful. These have been the best eight years of my life, without question." (Twitter)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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