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VOLUME 6, NO. 61
YOUR HOMETOWN. YOUR NEWSPAPER
. YO UR NEWS PAP ER . GAUGING DOWNTOWN’S VISION
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Residents are invited to attend a Town Hall to voice their vision for Plant City’s downtown. The meeting will be held on Sept. 10 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER
Main Street Plant City and the City of Plant City have partnered together to host a community town hall meeting next Tuesday night for Downtown Vision Planning. The collaborative process will help create a vision plan that will help with the planning and designing
services needed to guide downtown’s development initiatives for the next three to five years. Any resident, property owner or business owner is invited to attend and share their thoughts on what the future of downtown Plant City should be. “The time is prime for our community to undergo this process as we look to the future of Plant City and how to best serve the economic, business, recreation, and residential needs of our city,” Plant City Main Street Chair Nick Thurston said. “Thank you
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to the City of Plant City for its strong partnership on this important initiative. We are extremely confident in the skills and track record of Community Design Solutions, and are eager to develop this plan for revitalizing and growing downtown Plant City.”
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