Business

After attracting Plant City customers to her Lakeland location, All American Furniture owner Bonnie Evans began to consider opening a store in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. She found the perfect spot off East Baker Street while driving through town one day.

By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Jake Austin, the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation’s new Plant City-based project manager of business retention and expansion, isn’t too keen on wearing a tie. And, he’s more comfortable standing inside a manufacturing plant than sitting around a conference table in some high-rise in downtown Tampa. That’s precisely why […]

By Michael Eng | Managing Editor For Plant City Commissioner Rick Lott, it is nearly impossible to overstate the potential of the Midtown project. “This will be the most significant development in Plant City since Walden Lake,” he says.

By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor If you looked up “busy bee” in the dictionary, Yvonne Fry’s picture likely would be under it. It’s hard to believe there is just one of her — between the Tomlin Middle School PTSA meetings she heads up and the two businesses she owns. But this woman on the […]

By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor It’s been a long road for the Walden Lake Golf and Country Club. After exchanging through multiple hands, suffering lowered membership and, most recently, undergoing bankruptcy, the club still is hanging on.

By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor With the Christmas season upon us, many have been busy bustling from store to store, picking up gifts, stocking stuffers and decorations. But, unlike massive chain stores and corporate retailers, five shops in Historic Downtown Plant City have a special furry friend greeting the customers — a shop pet. […]