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VOLUME 11, NO. 32
PLANT CITY BOUNDARIES ENLARGED AFTER THREE ADDITIONAL ANNEXATIONS APPROVED AT JAN. 22 COMMISSION MEETING Plant City Gets Bigger As City Commission OKs Annexations MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
While the 243.13 acre Oakfield Business Park Planned Development rezoning on Swindell Road was the main topic of the Jan. 22 commission meeting, three additional annexation requests were heard by city commissioners.
Annexation applications allow for the expansion of the City’s boundaries to include previously unincorporated property and must be contiguous to the existing city limits. Annexations may be initiated by property owners or by the City.
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STRUT THEIR STUFF AT BUSINESSES HONORED AT GREATER LOCALS 46TH ANNUAL STRAWBERRY FASHION SHOW PLANT CITY CHAMBER’S ANNUAL GALA THE BERRY LATEST FASHION WAS ON AND 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DISPLAY AT THE ANNUAL EVENT. Photo Courtesy of Crown Entertainment
MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
THE GAVEL WAS PASSED TO 2024 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD LISA RHODES. MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Gala was held last Friday night and was extra special because they also celebrated the organization’s 100th anniversary of providing leadership to improve Plant City’s businesses and community.
Held at the John R. Trinkle Center at Hillsborough Community College, last year’s Board of Directors was recognized, the honorary gavel was passed from 2023 Chairman of the Board Wesley Joyner to 2024 Chairman of the Board Lisa Rhodes, new board members were sworn in and local businesses recognized as the community’s “berry” best.
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More than 600 people watched models strut down the runway, with more than one strawberry-themed outfit, at the Florida Strawberry Festival’s 46th Annual Fashion Show and Luncheon on Jan. 25. The event, sprouted in the 1970s, was originally held in the basement of First Presbyterian Church. Fifty people attended the show. This year, more than
70 local models participated in the event, held at the Charlie Grimes Family Agricultural Center, showing off outfits assembled by local shops including RAOK Boutique, South Florida Baptist Hospital Gift Shop, Denise Young Boutique, Sweet Roots Apparel, Fringe Boutique, Russels Western Wear, Bridal by Crown, and more.
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