Ellie’s Notes – March 13, 2026
Hello folks – I have important news and updates for you.
Fun Fest is tomorrow, Saturday, March 14, 2026 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Please stop by. We’ll be on Cherry Hill Dr in front of the Arts and Craft building across from Bunka / Needlepoint and the Stained Glass studio. If you own a SaveSCC tee shirt, perhaps you’d want to wear it at Fun Fest. Show your support and solidarity of our collective efforts to maintain and protect our existing golf courses for future generations for recreational use only and show some “green” for St Paddy’s Day. It would be great. Visibility and hype work.
Unfortunately, my spouse and I are out of commission and in quarantine due to COVID. We will definitely not be in attendance as planned. Unfortunately I have a number of serious health issues and comorbidities that make any respiratory infection particularly serious for me. I need to lay low for a while to recuperate and prepare for some important and exciting upcoming meetings.
Capable members of our SaveSCC volunteer team will be manning the booth under the direction of our Technology Work Group leader, Lorraine Mancuso. Kudos Lorraine!
If you are so inclined to pitch in and help out, we could use a few more folks to help Saturday. Call me at 312-282-7337 and I’ll put you on the schedule. Those of us who have done it in the past found it very rewarding and fun! I will miss it and you very much! Stay Calm and Carry-on!
We’ll be providing our updated SaveSCC green post cards about SaveSCC and our upcoming Informational Meeting on April 22, 2026 at the SCC Community Hall so that you can easily share the details with your friends and neighbors.
You can donate and receive SaveSCC promotional materials and order fundraising SaveSCC promotional items like tee shirts, yard signs and window slicks.
Important Announcement
Attend the Town Hall meeting with Commissioner Christine Miller, our Hillsborough County District 4 Commissioner on Monday, March 30, 2026 at 3:00 pm in the Caper Room in the Atrium on the Central (North) Campus. Commissioner Miller has assured me on numerous occasions that she understands our fight to reserve our golf course and is a supporter. Commissioner Josah Wostal, an at large commissioner, also expressed his support. when I met with him last month.
This town hall would be a great time to address any concerns you may have about County issues, services or actions. Potential topics you might have and want to address could include development on our golf courses, traffic, Sun City Center roads that need resurfacing or repair, water restrictions, too much building all around with too little infrastructure to support it, perhaps a County Senior Center in Sun City Center to address the needs of our communities aging seniors like the Center in Wimauma which is at capacity and not accessible via golf cart, etc.
If you own a SaveSCC tee shirt, perhaps you’d want to wear it in support of our efforts to maintain and protect our existing golf courses for future generations for recreational use only. We want the Commissioner to know how important, concerned and committed we all are to this issue and ask for her support and guidance.
North Lakes Course update – I have received several more calls that certainly seem to point at imminent plans by ClubLink for the North Lakes Course. Several people verbally confirmed that they saw and spoke with surveyors verifying survey points in the ground against a survey map they were carrying. Some also reported what they believed to be soil testing activities. Investigations are continuing and if you have concrete data to share, please send me an email with photos and pertinent information. Some also definitely relayed that Toro staff told them the course was sold to a developer. These all point to due diligence and preparation for development by someone. Again we have no confirmation from ClubLink but these signs are quite tell-tale.
Others confirmed that Teco was replacing dilapidated old wooden poles with new wooden poles. They were out there working today.
You are our eyes and ears! It takes the whole village!
Most importantly, Save Sun City Center has scheduled a “vitally important” informational meeting for residents of the community that will include several topics, including the submission by ClubLink with Hillsborough County potentially to move forward with its plans to develop housing on three golf courses it owns within Sun City Center, legislative and zoning concerns and other topics. Adam Gormly, Director of Development Services, Hillsborough County will be our special guest. This is an opportunity not to be missed.
Again I hope you will wear your SaveSCC shirt in solidarity and support for our community efforts to protect our golf courses for recreation use, not development!
The SaveSCC meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on April 22, 2026 in the Sun City Center Community Hall, 1910 S Pebble Beach Blvd, in Sun City Center. SaveSCC representatives will be present at 4 p.m. to address any specific concerns or pre-meeting questions and/or to accept donations and provide SaveSCC promotional items including tee shirts, lawn signs, window slicks and more.