Wright’s Natural Market Opens Doors to the Community New Port Richey, Downtown, FL (November 15, 2018) – Residents have been anxiously awaiting the opening of the new Wright’s Natural Market location (5800 Main Street) in downtown New Port Richey for over a year now. After months of working through several renovation-related delays, the much […]
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The Tampa Bay Times reports on City Council’s latest efforts to approve “parklets” in downtown New Port Richey.
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City officials have announced that major work has begun on an additional landscaping project in downtown New Port Richey, dubbed the “downtown Landscaping Improvement Project.” The work began on May 15th and is expected to be completed by September 12, 2017. This project includes the removal of existing Drake Elm trees on Main Street and replacing them […]
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New Port Richey, FL (March 27, 2017) – Owners of 5800 Main, LLC announced today that they have reached a tentative lease agreement with Wright’s Natural Market to become the downtown project’s anchor tenant. The deal is for approximately ⅓ of a 9500+ square foot building on Main Street, originally built in the 1950s as […]
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by John Bechtel As a theatre-goer for many years, beginning with adolescence in Brooklyn, New York when I used to sneak over to Manhattan to buy one of the cheap seats at mid-week matinees, shortly after my wife and I moved to the New Port Richey area last summer we started looking for local, live-theatre venues. […]
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A hearing has been scheduled on May 13 at 10:00 am because of code enforcement violations found at 5731 Main Street. The property is a former Texaco gas station and has been under construction for a number of years. The property has been a source of frustration for city council members. The building and its […]
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A recent feature in the Suncoast News highlights some of the positive movements in downtown New Port Richey in recent months.
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Pedestrians and bar patrons could soon be allowed to wander downtown with a mojito in hand if the ordinance that was presented to New Port Richey Council members passes in two weeks. The new ordinance was prepared at the direction of council members who had asked that the City’s alcohol ordinance be revised to allow for greater […]
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Make plans now and mark your calendars to come to downtown New Port Richey on Saturday, October 18th from 10 am to 6 pm for the Autumn Art Walk sidewalk art event. More than 40 artists will line Grand Blvd. and Nebraska Ave. displaying fine art and handcrafed items for sale. There will be a […]
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The Tampa Tribune reports that detours should be expected on downtown sections of Main Street as as 150 foot section of sewer pipe undergoes repairs.
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New Port Richey’s Mayor Marlowe weighs in on issues in the community in his weekly blog. This week: Special Events and the Downtown.
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Mayor Rob Marlowe on changing the culture in downtown New Port Richey.
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“One dead in New Port Richey house fire”–“New Port Richey man accused of counterfeiting money”–“New Port Richey man dead after shootout with deputies.” These are three headlines taken from the Pasco Times for one day last Thursday. What do they all have in common? Not a single one of them happened in New Port Richey. […]
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JAH Architects, the firm hired by New Port Richey to develop plans for upgrades to the City’s central Sims Park, unveiled rough visualizations for the project at Tuesday’s council meeting. Council members committed $1.8 million tot he first phase of the project, including moving the playground to the north end of a larger overall Sims […]
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Monty Python’s Spamalot is playing through May 25th at Richey Suncoast Theater. A musical parody of the musical drama Camelot, Monty Python’s version is “goofy, weird… with lightning fast wordplay” according to the Times’ Barbara Fredericksen. Famous Monty Python characters will appear in this comedy, and Fredericksen claims that the cast is phenomenal in her […]
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