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.  

Hillsborough County Teacher of the Year Clayton Nylund, the head of Blake High's science department, says he is responsible for 150 additional students because of the teacher shortage.

Hillsborough County Public Schools referendum: Investing in teachers for student success

The Hillsborough County Public Schools property tax referendum increases teacher pay to level the playing field with neighboring counties and solve the district's critical teacher shortage.

Feeding Tampa Bay needs volunteers for its hurricane relief distribution events.
Helping out, getting help after Helene, Milton deliver double blow to Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay area nonprofits, community groups and volunteers have expanded their hurricane relief and recovery efforts after Milton dealt the region a second blow. Here are ways to help and get help. 

Padres de Crianza Program Manager Tamara Alvarado
Padres de Crianza supports Latino kinship caregivers in Hillsborough County

With funding from the Children's Board of Hillsborough County, Gulf Coast JFCS program Padres de Crianza supports Latino kinship caregivers in Hillsborough County.

Success 4 Kids & Families programs like Successful Families and Nurturing Parenting strengthen families and communities in south and east Hillsborough County.
Nurturing parents, strengthening families in Hillsborough

Through community promotoras and programs like Successful Families and Nurturing Parenting, Success 4 Kids & Families strengthens and supports the large Hispanic community in east and south Hillsborough County.

Water Street Tampa won multiple awards at the 2023 Planning & Design Awards.
Enter projects in the 42nd annual Planning & Design Awards

The Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission is accepting entries for the 42nd annual Planning & Design Awards. 

With a Florida Department of Transportation grant expiring, free rides on the TECO Line Streetcar may soon be coming to an end.
ACCESS 2050 survey sheds light on public’s transportation priorities in Hillsborough

Results from the Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization's ACCESS 2050 survey shed light on the public's transportation priorities for the next 25 years. 

The Hillsborough County Transportation Planning Organization Board of Directors' annual vote to update a five-year plan of countywide transportation projects is Wednesday.
Hillsborough TPO board votes on transportation project priority list Wednesday evening

The Hillsborough County Transportation Planning Organization Board of Directors' annual vote to update a five-year plan of countywide transportation projects is Wednesday evening.

As Plan Hillsborough works on Live Grow Thrive 2045, the update to Tampa's Comprehensive Plan, sea level rise, climate change and resiliency are among the policy priorities.
Plan Hillsborough population projections: 500,000 more residents by 2050

Plan Hillsborough, the planning agency for local governments in Hillsborough County, projects the county will be home to 2 million by 2050, with the population of the greater Plant City area more than doubling and more people moving to Tampa's urban core. 

The widening of County Road 39 from State Road 674 to State Road 60 received substantial opposition in the ACCESS 2050 survey.
ACCESS 2050: Mapping out Hillsborough’s transportation needs and priorities for the next 25 years

The Hillsborough County Transportation Planning Organization is going through the once-every-five-year process of updating the countywide long-range transportation plan. They want your input.

The Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County has launched a pilot grant program for childcare centers that give young children the foundation to succeed in school.
Early Learning Coalition pilot grant program supports childcare in Hillsborough at crucial time

The Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County's pilot grant program uses American Rescue Plan Act money to fund an array of programs and initiatives at childcare centers in the county.

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