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Category: Business

Posted inBusiness, Environment

Closure of Septic Waste Dump Creates Hardship for Polk Haulers, Homeowners

by Cindy Glover October 4, 2024October 4, 2024

Lakeland is about to launch a two-year ‘septic-to-sewer’ feasibility study, but conversion is costly.

First National Bank building
Posted inBusiness, Dining, Downtown

Downtown Conversion: Art Deco Bank to Italian-Style Steakhouse

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman October 1, 2024October 5, 2024

The owner of the Florida National Bank building has applied for $195,000 in incentives from the Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency.

Family at restaurant opening
Posted inBusiness, Dining, Neighborhoods

Entrepreneur Turns Food Truck Into a Seafood Restaurant Near His Childhood Home

by Stephanie Claytor October 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Daryl King’s Crab Daddy’s Surf & Turf opened Friday on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.

Sarah D. McKay
Posted inActivism, Business, History, People

Sarah McKay, Civic Leader and Philanthropist, Dies at 98

by Kimberly C. Moore September 19, 2024September 21, 2024

The Lakeland native was the first woman to chair the boards of major local educational, health and arts institutions.

Posted inBusiness, Housing, Neighborhoods

Lakeland CRA Shares Vision for Nine-Block ‘Mass Market Area’

by Cindy Glover September 12, 2024October 4, 2024

If the City Commission approves two purchases Monday, the CRA will own more than half of the nearly 40-acre zone.

Yard on Mass
Posted inBusiness

Entrepreneur Presses for Jazz Lounge, Restaurant at Yard on Mass Space

by Kimberly C. Moore September 10, 2024September 11, 2024

Mary’s Bagel Café owner asked to remove one word from her proposal for a high-end restaurant, jazz venue and banquet hall.

Posted inBusiness, City Hall, Downtown

Publix Prepares to Pour $121 Million Into Downtown Technology Campus

by Cindy Glover September 5, 2024September 9, 2024

Lakeland and Polk County approve incentives, tax breaks for 200 new tech jobs and capital investment in downtown properties.

Posted inBusiness, City Hall

Lakeland Opens ‘Business Resource Office’ at City Hall

by Kimberly C. Moore September 3, 2024September 9, 2024

The office will give new and established businesses a single point of contact to help them navigate bureaucratic processes.

Yard on Mass
Posted inBusiness

Lakeland CRA Struggles to Find New Tenant for The Yard on Mass

by Kimberly C. Moore August 29, 2024August 30, 2024

Two businesses submitted proposals, but the selection committee recommended advertising the property again.

Posted inBusiness, Dining, News

Lakeland’s Newest Hotspot is a Speakeasy Called ‘La Gran Muralla’

by Stephanie Claytor August 23, 2024August 30, 2024

The Asian-Latin fusion bar and restaurant has a ‘secret’ entrance disguised as a Coca-Cola vending machine.

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