Plant City, Florida - That "Right-Size" Community Brochure, ca. 1960

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A brochure for Plant City, Florida, highlighting all this city has to offer, including markets, workers, recreation, living conditions, transportation, citrus, phosphate, farm produce and cattle.

Plant City Development Committee

State Library of Florida, Florida Ephemera Collection

1960 (circa)

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Plant City (Fla.)

Hillsborough County (Fla.)

Tampa (Fla.)

Saint Petersburg (Fla.)

Pinellas County (Fla.)

Jacksonville (Fla.)

Duval County (Fla.)

Miami (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

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Land Sales And Development

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Plant City Florida That "Right-Size" Community Right in the middle of everything in Peninsular Florida

Look Into PLANT CITY Florida Markets Midway between great metropolitan areas: Tampa 22 mi St. Petersburg 42mi Jacksonville 166 mi Miami 198 mi Surrounded by rual consumers. Workers Good Labor-Management Record, Cooperative, Healthy, Low Absenteeism. Recreation Convenient to both Atlantic and Gulf beaches, hundreds of lakes and amazing attractions. Living Conditions Unexcelled Climate, New Schools, Large Hospital, Many Churches. CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING PLANT CITY IN PENINSULAR FLORIDA Put your PLANT in PLANT CITY, Florida Transportation R.R. Main Lines. Atlantic Coast Lines, Seaboard Airline, Several Motor Freight Lines, Buses, Air Strips. Citrus Near center of nation's greatest citrus producing area. Over 4,000 acres new groves started in Plant City area last 2 years. Phosphate A few miles from largest deposits in United States. Farm Produce World's winter Strawberry Capital. Large Farmers Market. Vegetables -Over 25,000 acres, and increasing over 1,000 acres per year. Cattle Near center of vast cattle raising area. 75,000 beef cattle in Plant City area. Excellent Plant Sites for Metal Products - Textiles - Food Processing - Chemicals

Plant City was founded in 1883. Population in city now 14,000. The trading population 55,000. Value of building permits has doubled each year for the past three years. Government Plant City has for years operated efficiently under the City-Manager system. County government is also efficient and cooperative. Taxes The Florida Constitution prohibits State Income Taxes and State Inheritance Taxes. The first $5,000 assessment on your home is exempt from property tax, which amounted to 34 mills in the county area last year, including schools. Within the city there was an additional 19.5 mills. Industry Existing industries include - Citrus Canning, Juicing, Concentrating and Crystallizing, Freezing of Strawberries and other fruits, Phosphate Mining and Processing, Heavy Tank and Body Fabricating, Lumber and Wood Working Mills, Fertilizers and Insecticides. Plant City has the Right-Kind OF GOVERNMENT- City, County, State- EFFICIENT ECONOMICAL and COOPERATIVE to NEW INDUSTRIES OF NEIGHBORS FOR YOU- FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL Let Us Help YOU! PUT YOUR PLANT IN PLANT CITY Write or Come See Us Plant City Development Committee P.0. Box 1509 Plant City, Florida Phone 4-4101 303 E. Baker St.