Mike Kelley’s team won the Florida Senior Games 3-on-3 basketball championship for the third year in a row. Turkey Creek First Baptist Church put on a school bus driver’s appreciation day, and treated school bus drivers, transportation aides, and office staff to breakfast and prizes. Plant City received a state-funded grant for $9,500,000 for city roadways. The Mega Dog Adoption Festival took place in Plant City. Strawberry Crest High School’s Savannah Griffith received a scholarship to play volleyball with the Florida College Lady Falcons. Plant City’s young innovators gathered at the Arthur Boring Civic Center for Camp Invention, a nationally-acclaimed summer program that transforms elementary school students into tomorrow’s inventors. Courtney Miller opened a storefront for Fire Flower Candles in downtown Plant City to use the proceeds to support her horse rescue. South Florida Baptist Hospital Nutritional Services staff put on a surprise 57th wedding anniversary party for frequent cafeteria patrons John and Ann Boyd. City government successfully campaigned with the county and the state to begin resurfacing Park Road instead of 2027 to September 2025. Scouting America Greater Tampa Area Council held its annual Soaring Eagle Reception at the Plant City History & Photo Archives where it honored Ed Verner with its Soaring Eagle Award. Plant City High School named Will Blankenbaker as the new head coach. The city changed a longstanding ordinance prohibiting tattoo shops to allow Dixie Station Tattoo to open in downtown.
