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This year’s Mystery Dinner Theatre show, “Murder at Mike’s,” took viewers to Mike’s 50s Cafe to solve a murder. The Aug. 17 show was largely ad-libbed and encouraged audience participation.
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Jackson Elementary School started incentivizing positive behavior in August with a Harry Potter-inspired program. Students were “sorted” into four houses and earn points for their house through good behavior.
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Jim Scott, owner of Jarrett-Scott Ford in Plant City, was the winner of the Plant City Family YMCA’s 2018 Strong Leader Award. Scott is active on the boards of many local civic groups and organizations.
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Sparkman House Luxury Bed & Breakfast owner Theresa Clinton “hams” it up for cameras at the Salute to Ag luncheon.
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Brick City Bricks closed out the month of August with its first-ever Minifig Trading Night, which became a regular monthly event.
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Plant City’s Noon Rotary Club hosts a Community Appreciation Fun Day every year near the end of kids’ summer vacations that connects people with local law enforcement officers and other first responders.
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City commissioners made their frustrations over the lack of upkeep to Walden Lake Golf & Country Club in mid-August and decided to take action.
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he Arts Council of Plant City designed and installed new, colorful banners to hang all over the Historic Downtown district. The first of 50 banners spread throughout the area was raised at the Bruton Memorial Library on Aug. 9.
This past August had four major highlights for Plant City: funding to complete Fire Station Three was found, much-needed road resurfacing projects began, city commissioners stepped up to do something about the Walden Lake golf course situation and we learned residents’ longtime wishes for a Chick-fil-A were to come true. Students got back to school and political candidates came to town to educate local voters about their campaigns in a public forum.
