Until about a year ago, the local real estate market was booming. Over about a three-year stretch, builders routinely filed plans for major commercial and residential developments, including some with hundreds of homes. The city building department could hardly keep pace. ...more

May 31, 2008

Items of interest from Monday's commission meeting include: •Commissioners unanimously approved the final platting of Alexander Oaks, a six-lot commercial development near Alexander Street and Mendonsa Road. A plat is a map that shows how a property will be divided. The 8-acre site features a mix of commercial and office space. ...more

February 14, 2008

The Youth Parade may be two weeks away, but Pat Pogue is already busy making plans to ensure its success. ...more

February 14, 2008

When construction is completed next year on a planned 68-unit affordable housing community south of St. Clement Catholic Church, it will rise above the church's fellowship hall and its tallest spire. ...more

February 13, 2008

PLANT CITY - When construction is completed next year on a 68-unit affordable-housing project planned by St. Clement Catholic Church, it will rise above the church's fellowship hall and its tallest spire. ...more

February 8, 2008

An old recreation center on East Young Street has been taken over by the city now that the former tenant, the Plant City Family YMCA, let its lease expire Dec. 31. ...more

February 6, 2008

Last year saw the city plan for growth in a large sector mostly north of Interstate 4 and an 85-acre area south of historical downtown, and officials braced for the lower revenues that the state's property tax reforms would bring. ...more

January 28, 2008

The tiny service station on Wheeler Street has seen war, peace and nearly a century of change. Only time will tell if the sturdy structure, which occupies a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, can weather the storm brewing over its new incarnation as a drive-through grooming and pet supply store called Pet City Center. ...more

January 24, 2008

PLANT CITY - Members of the Improvement League of Plant City already had purchased candy and beads for Saturday's parade honoring the life and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ...more

January 18, 2008

PLANT CITY - A fire gutted a one-story home this morning in the 1500 block of South Alexander Street. ...more

January 3, 2008