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VOLUME 11, NO. 39
RIBBON CUTTING MARKS OPENING OF PLANT CITY TENNIS CENTER
It’s a great day to play in Plant City. MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
The City of Plant City held a ribbon cutting ceremony March 14 for the Plant City Tennis Center facility, a part of Ellis-
Methvin Park, located at 120 N. Wilder Rd. The center features six lighted HydroGrid clay courts and four lighted hard courts. The swanky new building includes an observation deck overlooking the courts, a climate-controlled player lounge area, all new pro shop and restrooms.
Several city leaders and staff were present, along with tennis enthusiasts, to tour the new facility. “It’s taken a lot to get to this point, there’s no doubt we’ve suffered with time delays, supply chain issues and everything else that has frustrated our progress on
CORVETTE AWAY, CHECK IN HAND Unity in the Community receives check for $336,000
PAUL CATALÁ STAFF WRITER
It took Francis Schnell two hours to find parking, but the effort eventually landed her in a brand new car. Along with her husband, Matthew, son, Mark and daughter, Nicole, at about 4 p.m., Schnell —who lives in the Westchase area of North Tampa — bought five, $5 raffle tickets for the annual Stingray Chevrolet New Vehicle Raffle.
For the 15th year, Stingray Chevrolet has donated a new car to the raffle, with proceeds going to a Plant City-based, all-volunteer organization which plans annual fundraising events for more than 60 local charities and organizations.
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this project but at no time did the people involved give up, they stuck to it and that is emblematic of the teamwork that has gone into this facility,” said City Manager Bill McDaniel.
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