Jillian Ramos

Palm Harbor

Specialty Producer at WFTS-TV (Tampa, FL)

Wife, Mom - @ucfalumni ‘09 - @tblightning freak - @oldsmar born and raised - Journalist @abcactionnews - I went viral once

Articles

New and old businesses mix in Downtown Zephyrhills

1 week ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

Downtown Zephyrhills is changing, with new ideas and businesses looking towards the future of what the area could be. For Gentlemen's Quarters Barber Shop, Main Street has been their home for the past eight years. "We're proud of the community. We're proud to be part of the community, not just, you know, all the clients and everything, but it's great to be around all the business owners and the residents here," Carlie Bronson said. Uptown Creamery is a newer business downtown.
CHIPZ program helps community members overcome life's challenges

1 week ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

A newer program through the Zephyrhills Police Department hopes to help those experiencing some of the most challenging times of their lives. The program is known as CHIPZ: Community, Hope and Inspirations Project of Zephyrhills. CHIPZ combines a police officer and a social worker to connect with those in the community to help navigate resources available to them. Since becoming a 501(c)(3) in 2023, the program has had great success. This isn't an easy job.
New Zephyrhills park brings welcome space for families

1 week ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

A new park in Zephyrhills is a welcome investment to the community. The $7.5 Million project (paid for by ARPA funds) brings a brand new playground, splash pad and other amenities. The new features bring an opportunity for families to get together and enjoy the community. "This is very important to the city, just to be able to provide a space for families to come. You know, it's free," said city manager Billy Poe. "As you'll see through this, the amount of use that the park's getting.
Zephyrhills' Mouratoglou Tennis Academy brings talent from all over the world

1 week ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

The Mouratoglou Tennis Academy is bringing in big names to the Zephyrhills community. Formerly the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis Center, it's home to some elite tennis coaches and students from all over the world. Coaches like Jimmy Brown, who coached talents like Pete Sampras and Jennifer Capriotti. The facilities here are immaculate and include a school on the property with students from 22 different countries. "We're going to have an indoor facility.
New development coming to Zephyrhills, bringing in hundreds of jobs

1 week ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

A new development is coming to Zephyrhills, bringing hundreds of jobs to the community. Bauducco is the third largest cookie manufacturer in the U.S. but was originally founded in Brazil. The international company broke ground on their property last month off Chancey Road. Plans call for the company to invest $200 million in the city and create nearly 600 new jobs.
Treasure Island's Thunderbird Resort files plans to demolish building, rebuild

2 weeks ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — The iconic Treasure Island Thunderbird Resort has filed plans to demolish its current building. Damage from Hurricane Helene closed the property in September 2024. The resort has been a welcome sight on the Island since 1957. Plans filed with Southwest Florida Management District showed the building would be demolished, and a new resort with parking, utility, and stormwater management infrastructure would replace its current spot.
Local workshop hopes to help federal workers navigate private-sector jobs

2 weeks ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

A local organization hopes to help some laid-off federal workers navigate the private sector job market. Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services is partnering with Project EM to host a series of workshops for federal workers who have recently been laid off. The program is free and begins on Wednesday, April 9. The three-series workshop focuses on using the skills students already have and applying them to private sector positions.
Yankees honor local nonprofit Good Neighbors with $10k donation

4 weeks ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

It's opening day across Major League Baseball, and while the Tampa Bay Rays have an extra day to put the finishing touches on Steinbrenner Field, the season is on. The New York Yankees are facing the Milwaukee Brewers right now. Last week, during spring training, the Yankees honored the local group Good Neighbors as their hope heroes, donating $10,000 to their non-profit.
St. Armands restaurant owner starts food truck to raise funds to rebuild

1 month ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

For longtime family and business owners on St. Armands Circle, it's about starting over. Le Colonne has been on the Circle since 1998. The restaurant took on damage from Hurricanes Helene and Milton. While they work to rebuild, Simone Salustri came up with an idea: a food truck. "We came up with this project of this thing of a pasta truck, which is more like a restaurant on wheels. And we've been doing that since then, try to raise funds to rebuild the restaurant," said Salustri.
Lido Key Residents Association works to keep community preserved

1 month ago | abcactionnews.com | Jillian Ramos

There are a few thousand people who live on Lido Key. They choose to live here for what it's like a majority of the time: sunshine and white sandy beaches. The Lido Key Residents Association is about 800 members who work with the city and local officials to help keep the island thriving. Many of these residents have been working to clean up their homes, but also for future storm water protection and beach renourishment projects. "We're working on trying to keep it that way.