Panama City Holiday Tree Giveaway planned for Dec. 11
The City of Panama City, through its #ReTreePC initiative, is hosting a Holiday Tree Giveaway on Saturday, December 11, 2021.
Trees will be given away on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning at 9 a.m. at both the Panama City Farmers Market (218 Harrison Ave.) and The Market at St. Andrews (Beck Avenue). The giveaway is limited to one tree per person.
Citizens can choose between a Tennessee Holly or Eastern Red Cedar.
Meet the Editor
Wendy Weitzel, The Star’s digital editor, joined the news outlet in August 2021, as a reporter covering primarily Gulf County.
Prior to then, she interned for Oklahoma-based news wire service Gaylord News and for Oklahoma City-based online newspaper NonDoc.com during her four years at the University of Oklahoma, from which she graduated in May with degrees in online journalism and political science.
While at OU, Weitzel was selected as Carnegie-Knight News21 Investigative Fellow among 30 top journalism students from around the country. She also was senior editor managing a 12-person newsroom in coordination with Oklahoma Watch, a non-profit news organization in eastern Oklahoma.