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WE MAPPED ALL 35 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PROGRAMS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

Steinbrenner up in Lutz. Lennard down in Ruskin. Plant City out east. Robinson on the peninsula. Every one of them where it actually sits.

If you have ever asked what side of town a school is on before a Friday night drive, this is the map.

How many of these 35 have you been to a game at?

#EastOfTampa #HillsboroughCounty #HillsboroughFootball #FLHSFootball #TampaBay by @eastoftampa

74 development applications are active East of Tampa right now. 🏗️

More than 1,500 acres across 13 towns. That is 56 percent of everything moving in Hillsborough County, on our side of the map.

Riverview has the most at 13. Lithia has only 2, but between them they cover 379 acres, more land than every application in Riverview put together.

We are starting a Development Desk. Every week we pull the county's own filings and show you what is actually coming.

Tell us your road and we will track what gets filed near it. 👇

Source: Hillsborough County Development Services, active applications as of October 7.

#EastOfTampa #HillsboroughCounty #Riverview #Brandon #Valrico #Lithia #FishHawk #PlantCity #Wimauma #ApolloBeach #Seffner #TampaBay by @eastoftampa

Crazy history about Riverview! Here is the story about Peru.

📩 We cover Brandon, Riverview, Fishhawk & Apollo Beach — events, new restaurants, real estate, and the small-town happenings the Tampa Bay Times misses. Free 3x-weekly newsletter in bio.

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4 best breakfast spots east of Tampa.

Ranked by Google rating, 50 review minimum (ratings as of September 2026).

1. Whistle Stop Cafe, Plant City, 4.8
2. Anna's Restaurant, Plant City, 4.8
3. EggTown Lithia, Lithia, 4.8
4. Brunchery Restaurant, Valrico, 4.6

Two of the top three are in Plant City. Worth the drive on a Saturday.

This is your Saturday morning. Where are you going?

Photos via Google Maps. by @eastoftampa

The Tribune bought it, so she started her own.

With Marie Gilmore of @ospreyobserver.
Full episode: East of Tampa Podcast on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

#EastofTampa #FishHawk #Lithia #Brandon #Riverview #OspreyObserver by @eastoftampa

Bevis Elementary is named for a Brandon High grad. Here's her story. 📚

Colleen Bevis was Florida's state PTA president and helped create the Hillsborough County Children's Board. In 2018, the school bearing her name became a National Blue Ribbon School, the only one in Hillsborough County that year.

Proud to cheer on Bevis families. Next Level Lending is your Lithia mortgage broker, and Anthony Suarez is happy to answer any home loan question.

Call Anthony at 813-509-9222 or visit nllfl.com and tell him you saw it on East of Tampa.

@next_level_lending_fl

Next Level Lending · NMLS #2648785 · Equal Housing Lender

#EastOfTampa #Lithia #FishHawk #BevisElementary #Hillsborough by @eastoftampa

Send this to whoever handles the house. 🔍

Not every leak drips where you can see it. Fix It Today Plumbing does leak detection and the leak repair after. If water already got into the walls, Environmental Protective Solutions handles the mold and water damage. Same local team.

Right now: 10% off all materials and labor, one deal per home.

📞 Plumbing: 813-743-7793
📞 Mold & water damage: 813-438-5937
Fix It Today Plumbing + Environmental Protective Solutions, locally owned in Brandon.

Call 813-743-7793 or visit thefixittoday.com to book.

@fix.it.today.plumbing

#EastOfTampa #Brandon #Riverview #FishHawk #Valrico #FloridaHomeowner by @eastoftampa

Durant High School was one year old when one of its students won Olympic gold.

Brooke Bennett won the 800 freestyle in Atlanta in 1996. The school had opened the year before. She went back to Sydney in 2000 and won two more, the 400 and the 800. Three gold medals out of a school that was barely finished being built.

And unlike most Hillsborough high schools, Durant is not named after a person. It carries the name of the community, the stretch of farm country between Plant City and Valrico that the school sits on.

The football stadium does carry a name. Ron Frost was Durant's first principal, 1995 to 1997. He died of leukemia on September 25, 1997, at 44 years old, after a year-long fight. The field has carried his name ever since.

About 2,504 Cougars now, pulled from the farm country and the subdivisions on both sides.

Durant grad, or a Cougar parent? Tell us the year.

Presented by our partners, in order as you swipe: @teamplumstead, @mvporthodontics, @your_local_realtor_tabatha, Harbor Trust Accounting, @brandoncrossroadsbowl89 and @patticakescustomcakes.

#DurantHighSchool #PlantCity #Valrico #EastOfTampa #HillsboroughCounty #SchoolHistory by @eastoftampa

Rivalry week? We're picking sides. Publicly.

Tag your team. We're watching.

Local business? Get in front of your neighbors in Brandon, Riverview, FishHawk and Valrico. Message us or visit eastoftampa.com

#EastOfTampa #Brandon #Riverview #FishHawk #Valrico #Lithia #ShopLocal by @eastoftampa

Happy Veterans Day from East of Tampa 🇺🇸 Six veteran-owned businesses right here in Brandon, Riverview, Valrico and Lithia. Swipe, save, and shop local.

@dutycallshauling @ppwdetail @martinsecsvc @bullfrogcreekbrewing @apexsightsolutionsllc @eastoftampa

Who did we miss? DM me a veteran-owned business between now and Veterans Day and we'll highlight it.

#VeteransDay #VeteranOwned #ShopLocal #EastOfTampa #Brandon #Riverview #Valrico #FishHawk #Lithia by @eastoftampa

Buyers are leaving money on the table.

With Madison Patron of Foundation Realty Group @madison_patron_frg.
Full episode: East of Tampa Podcast on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

#EastofTampa #Brandon #Valrico #FishHawk #Riverview #RealEstate by @eastoftampa

Name one business we need out here and still do not have.

We read every one of these. Some of them get built.

#EastofTampa #Brandon #Riverview #Lithia #FishHawk by @eastoftampa