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The Kiwanis Club’s annual Stuff the Bus event started in Stingray Chevrolet, where hundreds of book bags were filled with school supplies and later donated to students. This year’s haul featured 1,250 bags delivered to 28 schools and jackets donated to 18 elementary schools. The PCHS Key Club and Little Miss Plant City court also helped Kiwanis “stuff the bus” this year.
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Sharon Spires’ hard work uncovering a headway to the Tampa Bay Watershed was celebrated in July with a special ceremony at the Plant City Commons Community Garden, where it was first discovered.
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Plant City Stadium hosted its big annual Fourth of July celebration on Independence Day and brought hundreds of local families to its grounds to celebrate America with food, fun and live music.
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Plant City residents David and Susan Sullivan opened Florida’s first HteaO store in Lakeland after many months of working to bring the franchise out of Texas and promoting it in and around Plant City. The store serves freshly-brewed iced teas every day and uses natural ingredients as well as its own filtered water.
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Keel Farms invited the public to come out and stomp some fruits for limited-edition wine and sangria, which was sold in late August at the winery’s Sangria Night event.
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Plant City Stadium hosted its big annual Fourth of July celebration on Independence Day and brought hundreds of local families to its grounds to celebrate America with food, fun and live music.
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Mercedes Perez became the first woman to hold the title of Assistant City Manager this summer.
Plant City celebrated America’s independence in July, but there was plenty more than that to recognize.
Mercedes Perez made Plant City history becoming the first Assistant City Manager on record. The Sports Village project officially fell through, but Plant City did learn it’s getting a new Starbucks at James L. Redman Parkway and Alexander Street, as well as the 1,400-acre Lakeside Logistics Park off of Henderson Way. Plant City was named one of Business Insider’s top 25 American suburbs for fast-growing home values. Three Plant City-area students were named state FFA officers.
There was also a big discovery made at the Plant City Commons Community Garden: a small trickle on its grounds is actually a headwater of the Tampa Bay Watershed, so a special dedication ceremony was held in July to mark the start of the water’s journey into Tampa Bay.
