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 […]
Continue Reading2023 Year in Review- October
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 […]
Continue Reading2023 Year in Review- December
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 […]
Continue Reading2023 Year in Review- November
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 […]
Continue Reading2023 Year in Review- Best of Cutest Critter
It’s Read Everywhere 12.21.23
COSTA MAYA MEXICO: Marsha Passmore and Dodie White brought along a copy of the Plant City Observer on their annual sister’s trip in October, a cruise to the Western Caribbean. It’s truly read everywhere!
Continue ReadingWe asked Plant City: How will you be celebrating this Christmas weekend?
We asked Plant City: How will you be celebrating this Christmas weekend?
Continue ReadingObituaries 12.21.23
Obituaries 12.21.23
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City 12.21.23
Barbara Tetro took this photo of a hawk in one of the trees in her backyard in Windmill Point in December.
Continue ReadingFamily Fun in Downtown Plant City
Sylvie Trevena is the manager of The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County (CBHC) Family Resource Center in Plant City. She is a proud mom of four, an educator, and a journalist and she loves helping families in our community. “I am passionate about helping others and supporting vulnerable communities and individuals,” Trevena said. The Plant […]
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