March arrived and with it came the Strawberry Festival, although slightly different than normal. Headline entertainment was cancelled and the festival spent over $600,000 on alterations and additions put in place to make the annual festival run as safe and smoothly as possible with the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Long-time local community leader Sharon Moody […]
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Year in Review: April 2021
After originally being postponed, Plant City’s annual MLK Fest kicked off in April, taking over downtown with a Parade that began and ended at the Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center. The festival continued with events that ran throughout the month, including the MLK Leadership Breakfast where keynote speakers joined in honoring five Plant City residents […]
Continue ReadingYear in Review: May 2021
Downtown Plant City kicked off the month of May with a massive Star Wars-themed party to honor May the 4th, also known as Star Wars Day. What began at the city’s monthly Last Friday in Downtown event, the celebration continued on Saturday and wrapped up on Tuesday — the fourth of the month — as […]
Continue ReadingYear in Review: June 2021
June was a month of change all throughout Plant City as Grace Manor broke ground on their second facility and Phil Waldron took the reins as Florida Strawberry Festival Chairman after over 30 years of work with the festival, including stints as volunteer, treasurer, secretary, associate director, director and vice chairman. The Sadye Gibbs Martin […]
Continue ReadingYear in Review: July 2021
Frontline Community Services teamed up with City Cuts Barber Shop, the Plant City Lion’s Club and Feeding Plant City for their first Haircuts for the Homeless event. The event provided haircuts, hygiene products and a hot meal for Plant City’s community in need. Stingray Chevrolet was filled with book bags and school supplies as the […]
Continue ReadingYear in Review: August 2021
Downtown Plant City is growing. The 25-acre area of Plant City known as “downtown” is unique and key to the attractiveness to existing and new businesses and their customers. People open businesses in the area and visit because of this attribute and fostering that going forward is important. It also helps support local businesses, the primary […]
Continue ReadingYear in Review: September 2021
New Vision Cat Club, the Cat Fanciers’ Association’s original Bengal breed club and a licensed club within the association, to hold shows in Central Florida, held their a CFA Cat Show in Plant City. The show was the club’s fourth held at the Expo Hall, with each one getting easier and getting better according to […]
Continue ReadingYear in Review: October 2021
The Plant City C.A.R.E.S. Team held their first Helping Hands Outreach Event in partnership with several law enforcement agencies across the Tampa Bay Area, including the Plant City Police Department, the Tampa Police Department, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department and the Tampa International Airport Police. The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce officially said goodbye […]
Continue ReadingYear in Review: November 2021
Plant City once again put on its dancing shoes as contestants came out to perform for the annual Dancing with the Locals. Achieve Plant City school moved into its new location, the Wesley Centre, as it celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Before and after Veterans’ Day, numerous events were held in honor of our soldiers. A […]
Continue ReadingYear in Review: December 2021
A federal grant program now allows many Plant City projects to thrive. This includes a new splash water park. Elks Lodge #1727 once again held its annual Christmas get together for first responders. This year, several from Plant City Fire Rescue received promotions at the lodge. First Responders were introduced into a new event that […]
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