Plant City

Known best for its agricultural roots, Plant City plays host each year to thousands of visitors intent on tasting the sweet nectar of homegrown strawberries drowning one of the local’s famous shortcakes. While the plump red berries are king, fish farms, blueberries, ornamental plants and cattle ranching are close competitors for producing some of Florida’s finest farm-to-table specimens. City leaders are also eyeing 85 acres south of downtown for a new Midtown featuring residential, office and retail spaces, anchored by a public green.  

Child Abuse Prevention Month spotlights year-round efforts to support parents, protect children

Bay Area hospital systems, community nonprofits have array of research-backed programs and resources to prevent child abuse.

Children’s Board Family Resource Centers empower families, communities

Children's Board Family Resource Centers serve families, communities across Hillsborough County.

The Redefining Refuge team, with founder and Executive Director Natasha Nascimento in the center, during Operation Dragon Eye, a two-week missing child operation across Tampa Bay considered the most successful child recovery operation is U.S. history
Redefining Refuge: Natasha Nascimento’s mission of hope for exploited children

Launched in 2010, Tampa Bay nonprofit Redefining Refuge has a vital, heart-wrenching role in providing care, support, and advocacy for children and youth recovered from exploitation and trafficking.

United Food Bank and Services of Plant City's innovative F.E.E.D. program educates parents on the connection between nutrition and early learning
Plant City nonprofit’s innovative F.E.E.D. program connects nutrition, early learning

United Food Bank and Services of Plant City's innovative F.E.E.D. program educates parents on the connection between nutrition and early learning.

Suncoast Community Health Centers’ Mobile Dental Program brings dental care to the community
Coalition works to break down barriers to dental care access in Hillsborough, across Florida

Florida faces a dental care access crisis. Suncoast Community Health Centers’ innovative Mobile Dental Program and the coalition Floridians for Dental Access are part of the effort to solve it.

Masthead gallery: Historic Plant City

A photo gallery from historic downtown Plant City

Notice of public hearings
Hillsborough County Legal Notice: Disaster Relief

Notice of public comment period and public hearings to review the Hillsborough County Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR).

Hillsborough County firefighters demonstrate the silicone and carbon fiber blanket used to contain electric vehicle fires.
Hillsborough hurricane event showcases rescue vehicles, delivers message: “Be prepared”

Hillsborough County's pre-hurricane season media day shows off the SHERP rescue vehicle and a silicone and carbon fiber blanket for containing electric vehicle fires. It also delivers a serious message: Be prepared.

The Children's Board of Hillsborough County marks Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month by spotlighting nonprofit partners working on solutions to the critical community issue
Children’s Board marks Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month, honors nonprofit difference makers

The Children's Board of Hillsborough County marks Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month by spotlighting nonprofit partners working on solutions to the critical community issue and presents its Family Support Champion Award to two dedicated nonprofit workers.

The Children's Board of Hillsborough County's 2025 Family Guide is a comprehensive tool for helping families find valuable community resources and programs.
Children’s Board of Hillsborough County 2025 Family Guide: A tool to find community resources

The Children's Board of Hillsborough County 2025 Family Guide is a valuable tool to help families find a wide range of community resources 

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