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Debora Coty
An inspirational speaker and author of the popular book series, Too Blessed To Be Stressed, with over 2,000,000 copies sold. Her passion is sharing an off-beat blend of biblical truth gift-wrapped in humor, encouragement, and unconventional wisdom with women of all ages. She believes that the stresses of life become manageable when we truly understand God’s blessings. Deb’s wit and insights have helped thousands of women:
Women enjoy Too Blessed To Be Stressed products as fun gifts for friends and family, including her books, devotionals, journals, planners, cookbook, and adult coloring book.

Deb considers herself a tennis junkie and “choco-athlete,” which means she exercises just so she can eat more chocolate! She is a retired piano teacher and orthopedic occupational therapist. Deb currently lives, loves, and laughs in central Florida with her husband, Chuck, two grown children, and three adorable grandbuddies who live next door.

 https://deboracoty.com/

Derek Maul
https://derekmaul.blog/about/
Author/Speaker Derek Maul writes regular columns for a number of news outlets, journals, and magazines. His commentary and features have appeared in Newsweek, USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, Presbyterians Today, Guideposts, Chicken Soup for the Soul and many other print and online publications. 

Derek’s most recent book is also his first novel. Suddenly the Light Was Gone: a novel of WW2 is now available at Amazon.com. Pilgrim in Progress: notes from the journey, was released in late 2015. Other titles include: “10 Life-Charged Words: real faith for men” (2012), “Reaching Toward Easter: devotions for Lent“, “GET REAL: a spiritual journey for men” (2007); In My Heart I Carry A Star: stories for Advent” (new edition); and “The Unmaking of a Part Time Christian” (2009). Click here for his author page at Upper Room Books – or his Author Page at Amazon. 

Derek is married to Rebekah, a Presbyterian pastor. They have two children, Andrew (who teaches internationally with his wife, Alicia, and their son) and Naomi (who lives in Florida with her husband Craig Campbell and their three children). The Mauls share their empty nest with a huge galumphing Golden Retriever named Max. 

Before becoming a full-time writer, Derek taught public school in Florida for eighteen years, including cutting-edge work with autistic children. He holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and education from Stetson University and the University of West Florida. 

Derek is active in teaching at his church: adult Sunday school, small-group ministry, and men’s Bible study. He enjoys the outdoors, traveling, photography, reading, cooking, playing guitar, and golf.

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https://www.score.org/tampa

Jonathan Torres is a born and raised Floridian, and the first generation American. His parents are from Colombia, where he spent his summers learning his family's heritage and culture and maintaining his adoption of the Spanish language. Jonathan began his professional career in 2001 as a production director and on-air personality at radio stations across Florida and Alabama. Jonathan has lived in Tampa Bay since 2006, where he became the Tampa Bay division marketing director for DR Horton, the nation’s largest homebuilder. In 2012 he served as the Director of Digital Integration for the Republican National Convention, and in 2014 and 2015 led Hispanic Outreach efforts for the Republican National Committee in Tampa Bay. 

Since 2006, Jonathan has been heavily involved in the community's business and political circles.  He most recently served as the Gulf Coast Regional Director for US Senator Marco Rubio, overseeing 9 counties and working alongside county commissioners, city council members, chambers of commerce, and main infrastructure points such as Tampa International Airport, Port Tampa Bay, and the region’s VA hospitals. In January 2020, Jonathan jumped into entrepreneurship and started a digital content production called  @falkenburgproductions .

Vine Vegan - OUR STORY FOOD IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE 

My greatest relationships and bonds have been forged with an abundance of food cultivated with love and care. Every gathering with friends and family; always a feast. Breaking bread together, sharing laughs, and stories is how I’ve always made deep and meaningful connections with people. No greater joy exists for me than to have my house full of people (family, friends, strangers; literally anyone) and for them to eat a meal I made and leave feeling the love I poured into preparing it. 

In My Family Food = Love I learned to cook from the most important and influential people in my life; my mom, dad, and grandmother. My family’s journey to veganism was quick and mostly seamless, and rewarding in all the ways. As we swapped our chicken for tofu and our ground beef for lentils; I knew that with every meal, I was impacting the livelihood of animals and our planet. I was setting up myself, my husband, and our children for a healthier future. With every non-vegan friend or family member who marveled over my plant-based delicacies, I knew I could make a difference if more people could enjoy them. 

I am determined to set a strong example for my kids to have empathy and compassion for the world around us. To hope others will join us, even if just a few plant-based meals a week. As a daughter of a Latino and a Brit, who was born in Hawaii, raised in Europe, and an American through-and through; I was sure to balance everything by connecting my heritage and life experiences when creating the Vine Vegan menu. 

With this in my heart and support from my family and friends, I bring you vegan dishes that I hope will blow your mind. This is my mission: to bring people together over food, capture the culture of community, and use ridiculously delicious vegan food to do it. I welcome all who are curious, or defiant, or courageous. 

We want you to eat well and feel good about what you eat. And with every spoonful I hope there to be love, compassion, and open-mindedness. 
With Love, Danielle Stevens 
eat@vinevegan.com 

Plants for Pets has a program where adoption flyers are attached to all take out orders to promote adoption. She has an adoption wall of all the adoptions made through this program. Vine Vegan is the only plant-based eatery in Brandon! 

Serving coffees, breakfast, lunch, dinner, & weekend brunch. 
Email: eat@vinevegan.com 
Phone: 813-939-8463 
Address: 2080 Badlands Dr. 
Brandon, FL 33511

https://vinevegan.com/contact/ 

You may have seen Bokors Corner on Facebook. The man behind the page is local resident Brian Bokor. For 9 years Bokor’s Corner has been keeping you informed and updated about the growth and development of eastern Hillsborough County. 
Bokors Corner started as (and still is) a personal hobby for Bokor; a place for him to keep track of all the local community growth taking place. It is for his personal use, but as it is all public record (no confidential information), he graciously shares his finds with the community.
Born in Chicago, IL, Bokor grew up in Charlotte, NC and graduated from North Carolina State University in 1986. He worked for Allstate Insurance as a Financial Analyst for 15 years and then opened up a Real Estate Appraisal firm in 2003 with his wife, Sharon, who is both an appraiser and a real estate broker. With the development boom of the current market, her focus has been specializing in assemblage of vacant land.
Bokor visits the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser site (http://www.hcpafl.org), which gives you owner info, property location and current use, size of parcel and more.
“If you can find those little yellow signs on the project site, they will have the rezoning or file or application number for that specific project listed. This is when you would need to go to the Rezoning, Plans and Permit Information (PGM) Store website to do further research at ‘www.hillsboroughcounty.org/en and search ‘PGM.’”
He notes that sometimes you have to dig through several file folders in order to find the information you might be looking for.
Bokor loves the interaction with those who use his Facebook page. If you see something while you are driving around the community, let him know and he will find out what is going on. Like Bokors Corner at www.facebook.com/bokorscorner/. You can also signup for his exclusive newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/4c11098ff34a/bokors-newsletter-signup.