PLANT CITY - Former Mayor and Commissioner Mike Sparkman has decided to seek Commissioner Robert Brown's seat in the April election. ...more

December 14, 2007

Commissioner Bill Dodson announced Tuesday that he is running for a third term on the city commission. ...more

December 8, 2007

A former city commissioner and six-time mayor is planning a political comeback. ...more

December 8, 2007

PLANT CITY - A former city commissioner and six-time mayor, Mike Sparkman, has announced his intention to run for a city commission seat in 2008. ...more

December 4, 2007

Commissioners are considering a new incentive program for residential homebuilders to help energize a stagnant housing market. ...more

October 17, 2007

PLANT CITY - Commissioners are considering a new incentive program for residential homebuilders to help energize a stagnant housing market. Their plan would use reserves from the city's general fund to pay for increases in transportation impact fees so developers do not have to. ...more

October 11, 2007

PLANT CITY The housing market is sluggish if not downright disastrous, commissioners said at their meeting Monday. According to city building department records, four residential permits were issued in August. During the height of the boom in 2005-06, about 30 permits were issued monthly, records show. With the downturn in mind, Mayor Rick Lott proposed delaying increases in transportation impact fees until April 1, a move he said would help stimulate residential building permit activity. ...more

September 26, 2007

Improving the roads that run through the rural areas north of Interstate 4 has become a paramount concern because that sector will undergo tremendous growth during the next 20 years, officials said. ...more

September 26, 2007