FREE • THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2023
VOLUME 10, NO. 54
FIRST RESIDENTS MOVE INTO FARM AT VARREA COMMUNITY
An estimated 150 new residents are expected to call the development home in the first ear. MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
While the flur y of construction activity continues in the Farm at Varrea, a 1,008acre community located just off Mid ay
Rd., dozens of homes are either nearing completion or ready for new owners. In fact, several families now call the master-planned community home, including Jennifer Rimes, who was the fi st of several people to close on a new home in
a single day last month. She purchased the Cali model, a 1,828 square-foot singlestory home with four bedrooms, two baths and a two-car garage on a 50-foot wide lot.
PASTOR CALVIN E. CALLINS SR.
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CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY AT GREATER NEW HOPE ANOINTED MINISTRIES
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MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
Plant City resident Calvin E. Callins Sr. was recognized by the city commission this month for 25 years as pastor at Greater New Hope Anointed Ministries. Dozens of family members, friends and parishioners attended the meeting to show their love and support for Callins Sr. City officials sh ed stories about their interactions with the man. “We go way back, when I was a middle school teacher at Turkey Creek he was in my eighth
grade history class,” recalled Commissioner Mary Mathis. “He has such a wonderful voice and I love him and his family.” Callins Sr. was humbled to be recognized for his service to the city and its residents. “I want to express my love for this city and the people in it,” he said. “For this commission to take a moment to see the religious side and the God side of what someone does is awesome, that’s what makes Plant City so special to me because they know God keeps this city covered.”
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