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 Ybor Happenings Message from the Chair
 Ybor City Chamber Monthly Luncheon Tuesday January B. 11:45 am at the Columbia Restaurant. Lunch Sponsor Achieve Tampa Bay
 supports and services United Cerebral Palsy organization. Please RSVP at 813.248.3712 ext 22/24. Happy Holdays
 [December 31 Outhack Bowl New Year's Eve Parade Sunday 5:30 pm. Pep Rally; 7:3Dipm. A family event. wwwDoutbackbowl.com 1ur community came together to preserve the first
 February D10 Krewe of Sant Yago Illuminated Knight Parade Saturday B:0 pm 7th avenue. 813.248.3088 floor of th twostry bund 22ildig that burned atmpain t sacorner
 February 24 Fiesta Day Street Celebration Saturday 10 am 8 pm. The BDth annual Fiesta Day Celebration. 813.241.8838 the building was initiated by Marc Hamburg, carried-on
 Friday nights Celebrate happy hur talian style every Friday night 8-9 pm at the L'Ulnione Italiana (The Historic Italian Club) Full bar by Dale Swaope and Aggela Rodante and, of course,
 and food available. Located atthe corner 7th Avenue and lth Street. For moreinformaiaon call 813.223.303'8. completed by owner Andre Callen. Preserving the
 Saturday mornings- Every Saturday morning from at 9 am-3 pm Yhor City Saturday Market features fresh produce specialtyfoodsand faade ft thit sts hise tonrie fo str future evwas a communityhis
 crafts. Located in Centennial Park at the cerner of 8th Avenue and 19th Street. For more information call 813.241.2442. t magnitude, in Yb or ity.



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 Women of Ybor and
 local merchants and
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 merchants included lver half of all special events in Hillsborough Ceounty are held in Ybor City. If you come
 merc ts inldcelebrate with us during our high season, you wiol come to believe that. Every couple of
 Mermaid's Slipper, Phat weeks from Deember to June. Ybor plays host to a parade and/or a special event from
 Shack, Reolve C lthing the Outbak Bwl Parade to Tropical Heeart Wave. a
 Exchange, Neo TrPaSh, Oecemer is the month for "top of the mark" office parties, infamous crew crawls and "by





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 NYCE, Inc. and invitation only" social club solfeas. The Dutback Bowl Parade kicks off a new year of public
 La France. celebratiens in aour "little city." This New Year's Eve. Ybr's La Stimae will be a sea of








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 orange ad and and it won't be bpecause of the gators. We will be a "oe e away from
 home" to the Tennesse e Volunteers and the Pent n State Nittany Lins prepaing for
 Tampa's post-season Outback Bowl.
 December 31 Outh ack Bawl New YeabP Eve Parade Sunday 5:3r0 psm, Pep Rally;
 :30npm th tbe p will feature.over 20 marching bandl and floats all alaong th avenue. A
 free family bvent. www.nutbackhowl.com
 erdC sn a C pan R e February l 10 Krewe of Sant Yago Illuminated Knight Parade Saturday 6:01pm 7th
 SStrt avenue. The streets f Ybor City come ablaze when hundreds of floats masked with lights
 and Loaded with bands of pirates fill Seventh Avenue. VDted theiargestand mnst beautiful
 night parade in the South and one of the top 10 illuminated parades in the country.
 813.248.3088
 February 24 Fiesta Od ay Street Celebration Saturday l0am-Bpm.Ybor City will be
 a food lover's paradise during the Oth annual Fiesta eay Celebration. This family friendly
 nANmlti-cultural elebration isthe 'Grande Dame' a o the 'festival season' with etnic a fods.
 lalive musai entertainment and a paradt. I1.241.tt838

 Message from the President

 Buenos Dias.
 Sometimes I am just overwhelmed with all the
 interesting things going on in our little "city." They don't
 S.th fit into a nice package all tied-up wit h a be w. but I want
 to shara them with you anyway this holiday seaso.


 Tampa F arida 33 a, Flr o a i and lnteriora esigns on ar east a nd unfettered.
 han140 Westshore Boulevard. Suite a225 Tama Florida 3307 had their customers seriously inconvenienced by the
 T hanks To Our Renewed eobers For Their vi it Barra at Accentris and B adt nterior 1esns it's a gnod
 Continuiang Support Saturday week. I walked into La Tropicana fr breakfast and ran smack into Jack
 anFernandez at the front counter. h ack is the author of my most renent read conquistador
 PHILIP GERARDI FRAN COSTANTINO ROGER BAUM a prequel to his first book in the series Cafe Con Leche. You gotta love it when you live in
 Gerardi Construction, Inc. Costantino T Company Roger Baum a place so cool people write novels about it.
 04 N.1th Street 2216 E.4th Avenue Women of Ybor put on a hum dinger of a fashion show for the Chamber's Holiday
 Tampa. Florid a 3305 F5 Lun Io m t was way more than a show it was an "experience." The models and the
 N FZ02 4th Avena audience interacted in a fun. frolicking way that is hard to describe sassy. sexy and a

 OARLENE FABELLOr ANNRKK FRAZILER Tampah Florida rc05 l 7ittle tongu-in-cheekt en and women young in body and young at heart. We've got style
 Tampa Sweethearts igar ompany Tapa Electric Company CARLTON ROWN you had to e there to et the vie.
 1312 N. 228d StrEet P 7t Bx A c E8 Ed 2d
 Tampa. Florida 38175 Tampa, Florida 33601 Alfonso Architects, Inc. Our neighborhood association. HYNCA. had a "pot luck dinner" last week. Young
 NN RU 17'05 North IBth Street professionals mixed it up with "empty nesters" (boy. I hate that term). Mediterranean
 FAoberu 198/L Decembe 22, 2006n d g Pa t y:
 llegrPrint ImagingCentro Ybr Assciates Thnks Manny. Tony and the Hospitality Committee.
 107 N. Jefferson Street 1600 E. 8th Avenue #100 BRUCE GOLOMAN A two-shoot day in Ybor City one of the most picturesque sets east of Hollywood and
 Tampa. Florida 33602 Tampa, Florida 33605 Tampa Steel south of NYC. The Starz Movie Channel producing a promo and CNN doing a Lou Oobbs
 JOSEPH AMON FRANK FERNANEZ III Supply. Inc. Town Hall live from the Italian Club. We're getting a rep in the industry and it's a god
 Zone. Location scouts think Yboa just ask Lou and the crewa
 Ardaman Associates The Fernandez Firm 1301 N. 2Bth Street
 3925 Coconut Palm Drive #115 1922 East 4th Av Tampa. Florida 33605 "M" and I were listening to Jazz at the Columbia Caf and a beautiful lady all dressed-up
 W e in her Nhristmas eutfit, out of the glear bie, ave us a set ta C olumbia wine glasses.
 Tampa. Florida 3319 Tampa, Florida 3305 PETE ROCKEFELLER Thankyou so much I'm sorry we did not thinkto introduce our s elves.e.
 JILL WAX ALAN G MELANIE FELDMAN Pete's Towing I find myself tearing-up tis the season, ]ne of my favorite reporters called me and
 La France Feldman's Photography 344 N. 40th Street asked me about my family's Christmas traditions and I had to admit that this would be
 1I12 E. 7th Avenue 498 Lakewood Drive Tampa, Florida 33BIl the first year that our little nuclear family would not all be together, but I'm very glad to
 Tampa, Florida 3N305 Brandon Florida 3A510 SHANA MENIA have my extended Ybor Family.
 DON PELLEBRINO SHERE SCHILLER Philip Shore lin
 Sun Works Realty, LLC Gaspar's Brotto Elementary School BbaItire"-si,
 T.lk5 25th Avenue 1805 E. 7th Avenue 1908 E. 2nd Avenue
 St. Petersburg Beach, Florida 3370B Tampa, Florida 3315 Tampa, Florida 338105
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 Tampa, Florida 33609 Tampa, Florida B 3 0505 Chamber Membership Information
 Tampa, Floridac 3305 tca lo.id2 I Alfno.cyic.po 813.248.3712
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