August was a busy news month in Plant City.
In Commission news, city officials selected IDP Properties and Solution Source to oversee the plan to develop the Midtown Development Project to create new residential and commercial buildings in the midtown region of Plant City. In other news, Wheeler Street Station, which will be built at the intersection of Wheeler Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, continues to move forward as receiving permits are underway.
The family of former mayor and city commissioner George K. Collins were present at a commission meeting to accept a proclamation honoring him after his passing on May 15.
Later in August the community came out to honor the life of former Plant City Mayor William C. Meriwether who passed away on Aug 1.
The topping-out ceremony for the new South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City occurred as the highest beam was placed at the top of the building, located east of the intersection of East Sam Allen Road and North Park Road.
Ostingers Baseball Academy, a travel baseball team based in Lithia, has had quite the eventful summer as they recently brought home their second national championship of the year. The team is largely composed of local baseball players from Plant City, Durant and Strawberry Crest High Schools.
