Aero Academy’s Pilot Training Solves a Business Problem
International Aero Academy in Lakeland fills the need to quickly replace the diminishing number of professional pilots as retirements thin their ranks, Flying magazine reports.
Business
Candy Maker Leaves Brick and Mortar Behind
The Business Observer catches up with Lea Williams, who took her Got Candy & More from a downtown Lakeland storefront to a food truck. Williams says she values the flexibility of being able to take her home-made products to the customer and focusing on labor and material instead of rent and utilities. Her first stop will be at Swan Brewing on April 22.
Trial Starts: Fired Fleetwing Chief Seeks $3 Million Back Pay
David Ricketts claims he was unjustly fired three years ago.
42-Acre Airport Project Aims to Land Cargo Traffic
Land clearing is expected to start in July on the project on the north side of Lakeland Linder Airport. The $13 million cost to prepare the site is being split between the city and the Florida Department of Transportation.
Swan Brewing Set to Open on Lake Wire
With a 4/20 opening, the microbrewery at Pine Street and Lake Wire Drive spreads the growing downtown entertainment district to the west side of Florida Avenue.
FACEBOOK: Get info on Swan Brewing’s grand opening and upcoming entertainment there
Downtown’s Got Candy Becoming a Food Truck; Cake Decorator Moving In
A candy-and-sweets shop is leaving its brick-and-mortar home downtown for life on the road as a food truck. The storefront at 115 S. Kentucky Ave. where Got Candy and More has operated since 2011 will become home to a cake-decorate business, according to a news release issued today.
Farmers Market Spawns Brick-and-Mortar Businesses
Reporter Kimberly C. Moore chats with two business owners who graduated from the Downtown Farmers Curb Market to brick-and-mortar locations: Delta Ryan, whose Take Heart non-profit is opening a shop for fair-trade crafts on North Kentucky Avenue in the next few weeks, and Stacy Tabb, who co-owns Boondock Studios, which offers leather goods, artwork and art classes on Florida Avenue downtown. Other businesses with a physical location that started at the market: Swan Brewing, opening April 20 on Lake Wire, Born & Bread Bakehouse, 801 E. Main/The Poor Porker and Scout and Tag.
ALSO IN THE MORNING PAPER:
- Food critic Eric Pera gives Fish City Grill 4 stars, giving it props for not feeling like a chain restaurant even though it is.
- Things to do this weekend include hearing film director Annie Howell at FSC today and tomorrow, and running through colored bubbles at Maddox Ranch Saturday.
Massive Warehouse Off I-4 Sold for $59.6 Million
The 605,412-square-foot facility was built last year in the CenterState Logistics Park on State Road 33 north of I-4 (map) as the area’s largest speculative warehouse. It is fully leased to a company that distributes Gatorade products. Seller: Brennan Investment Group and Greenfield Partners. Buyer: Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT Inc. of Los Angeles.
