Household care in Tampa Palms, New Tampa (Tampa, FL)
Tampa Palms, New Tampa (Tampa, FL)
Tampa Palms is the original New Tampa master-planned community, opened in 1986 along Bruce B. Downs Blvd and I-75, with 28 villages, a private Arthur Hills golf course, five resident-only parks, an owners association and a community development district.
What a visit looks like in Tampa Palms
Tampa Palms is where New Tampa started. Ken Good bought the tract from Deltona in 1985, the community opened a year later, and the City of Tampa annexed the area in 1988, so Tampa Palms is inside the city limits of Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County, ZIP 33647. Two organizations run it: the Tampa Palms Owners Association at Compton Park, which enforces the standards, and the Tampa Palms Community Development District, which owns the parks and ponds and shows up as its own line on the tax bill. Tampa Palms III sits under a second district, the Tampa Palms Open Space and Transportation CDD.
Gates vary by village. The Reserve has the only 24-hour manned gatehouse in Tampa Palms; for the other villages, tell us at the meet and greet whether yours has a gate and how visitors get in. The park system, Compton, Amberly, Hampton, Oak and River Park, is private to owners and members, with resident photo IDs issued at the Compton Park office. We are just down Bruce B. Downs from Cross Creek, and a Tampa Palms visit is part of a normal week for us.
Many owners here bought in the late 1980s and 1990s and stayed, so much of our Tampa Palms work is company for a parent who is still in the family home: conversation, a meal cooked in her own kitchen, laundry folded, a ride to an appointment on Bruce B. Downs, or a few hours of respite so a spouse can get to the YMCA on Compton Dr. Dog walks go at sunrise and after 7 p.m. in summer, and the River Park trails along the Hillsborough River are the cool-weather option for a walk together.
We live a few streets over in Cross Creek, on the same side of the county line.
Getting in
Tampa Palms is 28 villages and is not gated as a whole; The Reserve has the only 24-hour manned gatehouse in Tampa Palms. Tell us your village at the meet and greet and, if it has a gate, add us to your guest list before the first visit.
Amenities and who can use them
The amenity center is resident-fob restricted, so if you want us at the pool or clubhouse with your kids or your dog, we need your fob.
About Tampa Palms
- Where
- Tampa Palms Blvd off Bruce B. Downs Blvd · Tampa, FL 33647 · Hillsborough County
- Getting there
- along the I-75 and Bruce B. Downs Blvd corridors, bordering the Hillsborough River to the south
- Established
- 1986
- Homes
- 2,277
- Governance
- CDD (Tampa Palms Community Development District (Tampa Palms III is under the Tampa Palms Open Space & Transportation CDD)) + HOA
- Gate
- Some gated villages
- Lots
- estates, single-family custom homes, townhomes and apartment villages across 28 villages
- On-site school
- Tampa Palms Elementary (6100 Tampa Palms Blvd) and Chiles Elementary (16541 Tampa Palms Blvd W)
- Zoned schools (Hillsborough County Public Schools)
- Tampa Palms Elementary · Liberty Middle · Freedom High
- Seasonal ownership
- Low: mostly year-round households
- Pets here
- Dogs walked on the boulevards and park trails; River Park along the Hillsborough River is the cool-weather walk, and summer walks run at sunrise and after 7 p.m.
- Nearby
- Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club (5811 Tampa Palms Blvd) · Compton Park (16101 Compton Dr) · New Tampa Family YMCA (16221 Compton Dr) · Freedom High School and Liberty Middle School (Commerce Park Blvd)
Services in Tampa Palms
These are the two services we list for New Tampa. Everything else on the price list is available here too, just ask.
Tampa Palms questions
The gate, the schools, the amenities and what a visit looks like here.
Is Tampa Palms gated?
Not as a whole. Tampa Palms is 28 villages, and The Reserve is the one with a 24-hour manned gatehouse. If your village has any kind of gate, tell us at the free meet and greet and we will get on your visitor list before the first booking.
Which schools serve Tampa Palms?
Tampa Palms is in Hillsborough County Public Schools. Tampa Palms Elementary and Chiles Elementary are both on Tampa Palms Blvd inside the community, with Liberty Middle and Freedom High on Commerce Park Blvd. Zones vary by village, so check your address on the district School Zones Locator.
What is the difference between the TPOA and the Tampa Palms CDD?
The Tampa Palms Owners Association is the homeowners association: deed restrictions, architectural approvals and Compton Park. The Tampa Palms Community Development District is a unit of special-purpose government that owns and maintains the parks, ponds and rights of way, funded by an assessment on your property tax bill.
Can you keep my mother company a few afternoons a week in Tampa Palms?
Yes. Senior companion visits are conversation, a shared meal, light housekeeping, laundry and errands, plus accompaniment to appointments. We are a short drive down Bruce B. Downs from Cross Creek, so a standing Tuesday and Thursday afternoon fits our route.
Nearby communities
Where these facts come from
Every fact on this page was checked on 2026-09-12 against tpoa.net, thereservetp.com, en.wikipedia.org, mrmedia.com, themacklecompany.com, invitedclubs.com, votehillsborough.gov, tampapalmscdd.net, gis.drmp.com, tpostcdd.com, nces.ed.gov, tampaymca.org, geocoding.geo.census.gov. Communities change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it the same week.
- TPOA office 16101 Compton Dr, Tampa FL 33647; 28 villages; borders the Hillsborough River to the south along the I-75 and Bruce B. Downs corridors; prime developer Ken Good; governed by an owners association and a CDD
- Twenty-four residential villages with 2,277 homes; two apartment villages with 1,110 apartment homes; one private golf course and country club; five parks including River Park (45-acre nature preserve on the Hillsborough River, trails, canoe access), Compton Park community center (heated junior Olympic pool, three lighted tennis courts, two lit basketball courts, playground), Amberly Park (12 acres), Hampton Park (10 acres); TPOA enforces deed restrictions, CDD owns parks and ponds and is funded by tax assessments; resident photo IDs issued at Compton Park
- Tampa Palms park system (Compton, Amberly, Oak, Hampton, River Park) is private for owners and members of Tampa Palms; seven tennis courts
- The Reserve at Tampa Palms is an HOA-managed restricted access community with the only 24-hour manned security gatehouse in Tampa Palms
- Neighborhood within the New Tampa district of the city of Tampa, Hillsborough County; coordinates 28.0917, -82.3825; ZIP 33647; named top master planned community in the US for 1987 by the NAHB; schools Chiles Elementary, Tampa Palms Elementary, Liberty Middle, Freedom High
- New Tampa annexed by the City of Tampa in 1988; Tampa Palms is the oldest neighborhood within city limits
- Ken Good bought Tampa Palms from Deltona Corp. in January 1985; by 1986 it was little more than an administrative building
- Deltona sale to Ken Good closed March 29, 1985; a year later Tampa Palms opened
- Tampa Palms Country Club, 5811 Tampa Palms Blvd, Tampa FL 33647; private club; 18-hole Arthur Hills-designed course; 11 Har-Tru tennis courts; junior Olympic pool; fitness center
- Tampa Palms Community Development District and Tampa Palms Open Space and Transportation Community Development District both listed as Hillsborough County CDDs
- Tampa Palms CDD site; office 16101 Compton Dr, Tampa FL 33647
- HCPS 2026-27 school zones (sch_year 20262027), queried as a point in polygon at the Tampa Palms point 28.0917, -82.3825: Tampa Palms Elementary (6100 Tampa Palms Blvd), Liberty Middle (17400 Commerce Park Blvd), Freedom High (17410 Commerce Park Blvd). A point-in-polygon answer is definitive for that point only, and Tampa Palms is 28 villages that span more than one elementary zone in practice, which is why Chiles Elementary is also inside the community; check your own address on the district School Zones Locator.
- TPOST CDD covers Tampa Palms III (Area 3), Richmond Place (Area 6) and West Meadows (Area 7)
- Tampa Palms Elementary 6100 Tampa Palms Blvd; Chiles Elementary 16541 Tampa Palms Blvd W; Liberty Middle 17400 Commerce Park Blvd; Freedom High 17410 Commerce Park Blvd; all Tampa FL 33647
- New Tampa Family YMCA, 16221 Compton Dr, Tampa FL 33647
- Census Bureau geocoder: 16101 Compton Dr, Tampa 33647 is inside Tampa city, Hillsborough County
Book care in Tampa Palms
Start with the free meet and greet at your house. We take notes on the gate, the door and the routine, and nothing is booked until you say so. Serving Wesley Chapel, FL and New Tampa.