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FREE • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020
CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE The holidays have finally arrived and dozens of events are being hosted over the next few weeks.
BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER
The holidays are upon us and many families are weighing the options of celebrating from the comfort of their own homes or attempting to find a safe and merry event. Plant City is still geared up to celebrate, though many of the traditional
events look a little different this year. Whether you want to drive around and look at Christmas lights or head to a parade, the Observer has compiled a list of local activities that may be just what your family is looking for. Bear in mind that nearly every event listed is asking attendees to practice social distancing and follow CDC guidelines.
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NORTH PARK ISLE SHARPENS ITS VISION A modification to the North Park Isle Planned Development District was approved last week after commissioners reviewed the detailed breakdown of what the district plans to bring to life. BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER
After years of anticipation, altered deadlines, studies, surveys, proposals and delays, the public finally got a glimpse at what was in store for the North Park Isle Planned Development District. During the Nov. 23 city commission meeting, a full presentation was shared on the detailed plans for the North Park Isle Planned Development District, including total acreage, total residential units, lot width, access points and more. This was the follow-up to a commission meeting on Feb. 24 where smaller lots and some of the other proposed changes were examined. The city held a special commission workshop on Aug. 10 regarding smaller lots and the applicant addressed those concerns before bringing it back to the commission last week. “I’m voting for this tonight and we’ve been working on this
a long time,” Mayor Rick Lott said. “We’ve had some very hard meetings where we were going, ‘We will do this, we won’t do that’ and I just want to recognize that you never get 100 percent of what you want. I can tell you that this is very close. This is a great example of how you have listened to us and you’ve gone back to the paths and the parks and the amount of open space being at 40 percent, not many communities are built that have 40 percent of space like that. I counted the roads and there’s only homes on eight roads that will not be on water, so the majority of people will have water in their backyards so they’ll have that and not a neighbor in the backyard. I like the two community centers, I like the signage, I like the buffering, I like that we got away from just shrubs to actual walls that border between the roads and communities. So there’s a lot of things I like.”
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