Year In Review

2023 Year in Review- September

December 28, 2023 By Observer Staff

Plant City City Commission recognized Commissioner Michael Sparkman for his 30 years of service as a commissioner. The commission also adopted the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget, set at $108,79,353. The budget included a substantial investment in the city’s workforce. Full-time, non-bargaining employees received a 13.5 percent salary adjustment on Oct. 1. The question of what […]

2023 Year in Review- October

December 28, 2023 By Observer Staff

Walden Lake residents were shook this month when Walden Lake LLC filed plans, citing the Live Local Act, for a multifamily development on approximately 319.26 acres within the Walden Lake community that would include 1,530 multifamily units and 468 townhome-style multifamily units, comprised of one- and two-bedrooms+ units up to three stories high. In a […]

2023 Year in Review- December

December 28, 2023 By Observer Staff

We don’t have to look back to far to look for happenings in December. We haven’t yet ended the month. Plant City kicked off the holiday season in style with the heavily-attended Lights of Love and Plant City Christmas Parade. It didn’t take long for residents to get into the giving spirit, as residents, business […]

2023 Year in Review- November

December 28, 2023 By Observer Staff

Plant City residents had no shortage of spooktacular Halloween fun. Festivities kicked off Friday night with Plant City Main Street’s “Nightmare On Main Street,” where thousands of people, many in costumes, strolled city streets in search of candy. There was plenty to go around. Also held that evening was Monster Mash at the Plant City […]