Tampa Palms
human settlement in Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Tampa Palms is a neighborhood within the New Tampa district of the city of Tampa, Florida. As of the 2010 census the neighborhood had a population of 13,515. The ZIP Codes serving the neighborhood are 33613, 33617, 33637, and 33647.
Description
Tampa Palms is a mixed-use planned community north of University of South Florida along the Bruce B Downs corridor. Tampa Palms has homes, shops, offices, churches, recreational facilities, schools, and restaurants. Designed by engineers Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Tampa Palms has been awarded the Aurora Award by the Southeast Homebuilders Association and was named "the top master planned community in the US for 1987" by the National Association of Homebuilders.
Wide spine roads throughout Tampa Palms, including its 120-foot (37 m) wide Tampa Palms Boulevard, provide access without leaving home for Tampa Palms residents to shops, schools, and restaurants.
Schools in this area are Chiles Elementary, Tampa Palms Elementary, Liberty Middle, Primrose School, and Freedom High.
Geography
Tampa Palms boundaries are roughly the University of South Florida to the south, the University community to the southwest, Lutz to the west, and Interstate 75 to the east and north.
Demographics
Source: Hillsborough County Atlas
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,159 people and 4,299 households residing in the neighborhood.
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