New angles on a design for Summit Consulting’s planned downtown headquarters didn’t change commissioners’ positive feelings for the lakeside office building, which received a 5-0 vote of approval Monday.
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Posted inDowntown
Summit Project Gets Good Reviews as Commission Looks to Future
The proposed design for Summit Consulting’s upcoming nine-story headquarters downtown drew positive comments from city commissioners Friday before the conversation diverted to a discussion about a future “highline” pedestrian walkway.
Posted inArts & Culture
New Director Plans to Broaden the Scope of Lkld Live
Lkld Live needs to be less a music venue than a home for creativity as it moves into maturity and its next act, said Nate Fleming, the nonprofit arts venue’s new executive director.
Posted inConsumer
On Broadband, Lakeland to Request Buffet of Choices
Absent a clear vision for their broadband ambitions and eager to capitalize on recent prodding for information by communications technology companies, commissioners agreed Friday to issue an open-ended request for proposals to firms willing to create a partnership with the city.
Posted inPolitics
Lakeland First’s Big Spending Has Changed City Elections
The fifth win by a candidate endorsed by a Lakeland-centered political action committee illustrates a new model for winning city campaigns: more focused, more professional and much more expensive.
Posted inCity Hall / Local Gov't
Downtown Tower Deal Gets Commission Go-Ahead
A project to move a Lakeland-based company and its 500 employees to a new downtown tower on Lake Mirror won approval today from the City Commission, which agreed to trade the city-owned land for a 30 year nights-and-weekends lease of 150 parking spots.
Posted inCity Hall / Local Gov't
Deal for Summit Tower on Lake Mirror Coming to a Vote Monday
A deal to build a nine-story office building on city-owned land on the northwest shore of Lake Mirror is headed to city commissioners Monday for discussion and an expected approval.
Posted inBusiness
Mayor: Spectrum’s Enhanced Service Should Settle Broadband Debate
If there was any question about Mayor Bill Mutz’s position on whether Lakeland should build a fiber-to-the-home internet utility, an event Friday touted as a significant announcement about Lakeland’s gigabit ambitions should settle it.
Posted inNeighborhoods
Neighbors Push Back on Lakeside Village Apartment Plan
The option to build an office building just north of the entrance to Lakeside Village has been a market dud, but apartments on the Harden Boulevard tract could do the trick, a representative for the Drummond Company told the city’s Planning and Zoning Board Tuesday.
Posted inHealth
LRH Plans Mental Health Facility, Expanded Services
Lakeland Regional Health is hoping to move quickly on a new behavioral health facility just south of the main hospital campus, expanding and centralizing services it says are integral to the mental health of the community.