Plant a seed


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 11:00 a.m. February 24, 2017
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  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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Executive Summary
Community. Plant City Issue. The city has cultivated a pro-business message. Key. Multiple entities have worked together to reshape the city's brand.


Plant City business and civic leaders faced a stark reality three years ago: Lakeland, the city's neighbor down Interstate 4, had hammered the east Hillsborough County city in economic development.

 

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