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Where Purpose Meets Passion

Stacy Self, Owner - Square One Garage Solutions

If you live in Southshore, you know the garage is where real life happens. Cleats, holiday bins, and “I’ll deal with that later.” That is where Stacy Self comes in. A Wimauma native who grew up in Sundance riding horses and knowing every neighbor, Stacy learned building from her contractor dad, then spent years growing companies through construction, sales, and a marketing firm that helped over 365 businesses.

In 2020, life shifted. Stacy became a full-time caregiver to her mom, who had Alzheimer’s. After her mom passed in 2023, the garage was filled with totes of memories. Going through them was a task Stacy was not ready to handle. So, she called Square One Garage Solutions—a company she’d used before—for an extra overhead rack.

When the owner, Frankie, came to do the install, she offered her condolences and mentioned that, because of her husband’s health, they were planning to sell the business. Stacy had told Mike just days earlier that she was ready to work again and, if the right business came along, she wanted to buy it. It arrived in her driveway. Within sixty days, Stacy and Mike were the new owners of Square One Garage Solutions.

What she loves now is twofold: the transformation, listening to a family’s pain points, and turning a cluttered garage into intentional space. And the build, expanding into laundry rooms, mudrooms, and commercial projects while partnering with other trusted local pros. The hard part is real, too: employees counting on her, hurricanes, a hundred-year storm, and tariffs playing ping-pong with prices. Faith, family, and community keep her steady, and the business is growing.

When she is not measuring walls, Stacy leads worship at church and fills her home with people she loves. Square One is not just storage, it is sanity. Clear the floor, raise the racks, give every box a home, and the space starts working for you again.

If your garage needs that kind of reset, you know who to call. Stacy is the neighbor who proves a well-run local business can make everyday life a little easier, one garage at a time.

Square One Garage Solutions

Featured Story

The Why Behind Wellness

Carine Pierre, Owner - Wellness Vitalized

Health is the one topic we all share. It is personal, it is emotional, and it matters every single day. Carine knows this better than most. She became a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner in 2019 with a simple idea. Help people feel like themselves again.

Then she got a front row seat to how modern medicine can work. Ten-minute visits. A new prescription for every new symptom. Get them in, get them out. That did not sit right. Treating symptoms keeps people moving, but it does not always move them forward.

Life piled on. A global pandemic. Her own health curveballs. And navigating a new autism diagnosis for her oldest son. It was a lot. It was also the nudge she needed to build the kind of care she wanted for her family and for Southshore.

Enter Wellness Vitalized. Carine’s focus is the “why” behind the “what.” She looks under the hood with labs and a deep conversation. Sleep, stress, thyroid, blood sugar, hormones, gut health. If it matters, she pays attention. Then she builds a plan you can live with. Food that fits your day. Movement that fits your body. Coaching that keeps you honest. When appropriate, clinician-guided tools like hormone therapy or weight-loss support.

Clients talk about real changes. More energy. Clearer thinking. Steadier moods. Progress that lasts because the plan matches real life. Carine’s quiet goal is simple. She is not trying to see you every month forever. She wants you to feel good enough that the only time you pop in is to say, “I feel amazing.”

Outside the clinic, Carine is a neighbor first. A mom juggling schedules. A pro who believes health should be a partnership, not paperwork. That is why Wellness Vitalized treats the whole person, not just the chart.

If you just want to be treated, see a doctor. If you want to be well, see Carine.

Wellness Vitalized

Southshore Story Time

Where Did Boyette Go? A Riverview Story

Part 3: The Fade Into Riverview

As roads improved and development shifted north and west, Boyette’s center of gravity weakened. Stores changed hands, fields turned over, and new subdivisions replaced open land. By 2010, the census folded Boyette’s boundaries into Riverview, a paper change that matched what locals already felt on the ground: the old town was now a neighborhood threaded into something larger.

Things to do

What’s Washing Up on The Shore This Week

We Know a Guy…Or Girl

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“Keep it Local!”

We’ve Passed Our Peak

We just slipped past the Sept. 10 peak of hurricane season and, for once, Mother Nature hit snooze. No named storms at the peak. That is rare. In fact, it is one of only three times since 1966 that the two weeks leading into the peak had zero named storms. Enjoy that sentence. Read it twice. Then remember it is still hurricane season.

So why the quiet? A few ingredients lined up. The Madden–Julian Oscillation (say that among friends, you’ll sound smart 😉 )parked sinking, drier air over the Atlantic, which smothers storm growth. Saharan dust helped dry and stabilize the air. Wind shear and a less favorable temperature setup kept would-be storms from organizing. Translation: the ingredients were on the counter, but the oven was not preheating.

Before anyone retires the hurricane kit, a quick reality check is in order. Late September and October can flip the switch fast, especially in the Gulf and Caribbean. The pattern that quieted the Atlantic can move on, the atmosphere can open for business again, and those little disturbances marching off Africa do not care about our plans.

What does that mean for Southshore? Keep doing the smart stuff. Clear your drains, trim what needs trimming, and keep an eye on the daily forecast. If smart signals shorten the car line and your weather app stays boring, celebrate with a Pina Colada on the porch. If the tropics wake up, you will already be a step ahead.

For now, enjoy the lull. Quiet is nice. Prepared is nicer.

Southshore Spotlight

Veterans Helping Veterans

Veterans Helping Veterans USA is an Ocala-based 501(c)(3) that runs a one-stop resource center for veterans and their families, offering emergency financial help, counseling, housing and utility assistance, employment support, and a food pantry. The nonprofit is independent from the VA and relies on private donations and grants, and it currently holds a Four-Star rating from Charity Navigator.

Nominate your local hero by emailing us at [email protected]

Foodies Only

Food Reviews with The Honest Food Guy

Foodie Friday is back and The Honest Food Guy is chasing tacos. Today he is hitting Taqueria Don Julios in Riverview. Will the salsa slap and the carne asada sing? Review below. 🌮😋

If you’ve got a restaurant, food truck, or even a lemonade stand, it could be featured here. Email us at [email protected]

Local Sports

Football

Lennard vs Gateway, Friday 9/12 @7:30 PM - Away

East Bay vs Bloomingdale, Friday 9/12 @ 7:30 PM - Away

Sumner vs Newsome, Friday 9/12 @7:30 PM - Away

Riverview vs Plant City, Friday 9/12, @ 7:30 PM - Home

Spoto vs King, Friday 9/12, @7:30 PM - Home

News or Events you’d like to share? Email us at: [email protected] 

Until next time,

Keep It Local.