Lutz (pronounced loots), rated one of the top 100 places to live at Money Magazine in 2004, and being either a challenger or a finalist of this place since then, has a small but growing population of 25,000 people. It is a land dotted with more than 100 pristine lakes, which makes Lutz a haven for those who love boating, fishing, swimming and skiing. Being just 12 miles north of its large metropolitan neighbor Tampa, Lutz is considered a sleeping community where many residents work in the city and return to their paradise in the country at the end of the day. Moving to and from Tampa is slightly easier than most in the area, which is well known for its difficult situation: the intersection of I-4 and 275, with the command, from a short distance from the city center of Tampa, skyscrapers are well known to locals as faulty connections. North of Lutz and the separation of many of its borders and services is the city of Landscape Lakes in Pasco County. Although most of Lutz is located in Hillsborough County, a small portion is considered Pasco. The line is blurred, although many people are sometimes not sure that their favorite place is considered Pasco and Land O O Lakes, or Hillsborough and Lutz.
Shopping and dining in Lutz
Shopping and dining in Lutz, while not sneezing now, are going to get a lot more. In June 2007, a huge controversial Cypress Creek Town Center began, which is expected to become the largest shopping center in the Tampa Bay area and the second largest shopping center in Florida with more than 1.3 million square feet in the open, shopping style. Residents fought well to stop the mall over the years, but, as often happens, progress wins at the end. Also in the very near future, Grove and Shops at Wiregrass open, two retail stores with large stores complete with Best Buy, Ross, Bed-Bath-and-Beyond, a 16-screen cinema, a bookstore and others.
The residents of Lutz already have easy access to Wal-Mart, K-Mart, the new Super-Target and places in the Tampa area, as well as all the popular restaurant chains: Moe, Chili, Appleby & # 39; s. But residents of Lutz also enjoy several local favorites, such as the Salvato barbecue, Benedetto and Hot Street. Salvato, at Willow Bend Mall on State Road 54, is a local casual dining room with a sports bar and entertainment programs. To satisfy this Italian thirst, the residents of Lutz turn to Benedetto at the Village Shopping Center, also on SR 54. And for real local Lutz experiences, do not miss Hot Rod Barbeque and Grill: open four days a week and serve such specialties as " Grilled Bat Swamp, Redneck Prime Rib, another known as SPAM, and BIG BURGER worth $ 39.99, a 100 percent US GAA American Hamburger on a 16-inch bun that takes two hours to make and includes ingredients like Gator Guts Hot Sauce, Fo-Play Rub and enough chopped onions and so that you cry.
Recreation and entertainment in Lutz
There were many games that were in and around Latz. With its many freshwater lakes and ponds, many of which are connected through canals, it is a paradise for fishermen, boats and lovers of water skiing. Lake Kin, a 30-acre lake at the intersection of Hannah Road and Sunset Lane, is reportedly well stocked with bass, catfish, spotted perch and fringe. Lake Komiston, half the size of Lake Kin, and with a large number of undeveloped coastlines, is home to an osprey, heron, blue heron, lumberjack and occasional deer eagles. Lutz, home to the most prestigious golf courses in the Tampa Bay area: Avila, Stillwater, Cheval and with 166 courses within a radius of 30 miles from the city, is also a retreat for golfers.
Lutz is also home to several popular wholesale resorts, including paradise lakes, a 72 acre tributary with over 400 residents and Lake Como, a 200 acre village nudist community and a 35 acre lake resort. The surroundings of the neighboring lands of the Lake offer several more such resorts, if such a thing strikes your imagination.
In Nye Park (non-optional clothing), which adjoins the undeveloped shores of Lake Commiston, residents enjoy baseball, tennis and picnic equipment, as well as a leisure center for indoor entertainment. In the Lutz Nature Park there is a pond surrounded by boardwalks and pavilions; It is located on the western western edge of the Oscar Cooler Park and Youth Complex, which hosts small leagues and football games. Lutz is also home to two pairs of dogs, the newest of which is in US 41, south of Lutz Lake Fern Road. Lutz residents are also within easy reach of everything the Tampa area has to offer, including the sun-drenched beaches of Pinellas County and Bush Gardens, the Tampa Museum of Science and Industry, Lowry Park Zoo and the Florida Aquarium.