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Independent, community-driven news about Lakeland, Fla.

Category: Business

Posted inDowntown

Downtown Board Approves Design of 7-Story Oak Street Complex

by Barry Friedman December 21, 2022December 23, 2022

The developers plan 200 apartments and townhomes surrounding a 420-space, three-level parking structure.

Posted inBusiness

Mutz: Lakeland Airport Focusing on Cargo Growth as Hopes for Passenger Service Fade

by Kimberly C. Moore December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Amazon will add space to park two more jets and more trucks at its airport facility under an updated city lease.

Brooke Lierman
Posted inBusiness

FSC Student Gets Support to Market Safety Device for Runners

by Stephanie Claytor December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

Brooke Lierman has won $20,000 in pitch competitions for OverTheShoulder, which will detect dangers to runners and alert their contacts

Robin Phillips
Posted inPeople

Phillips Photographers Building Sells as Owner Refocuses His Career

by Donna Renfroe December 12, 2022December 16, 2022

At 68, Robin Phillips will concentrate on photo restoration. The Florida Avenue building his father constructed in 1962 is being sold to the publisher of The Lakelander magazine.

Posted inBusiness

Keymark’s $36 Million Expansion Includes a New Facility

by Kimberly C. Moore November 19, 2022November 28, 2022

The manufacturer is expanding capacity at its Knights Station Road plant and adding a new facility on Drane Field Road.

Posted inBusiness

Global Fish Canning Company Opening a Plant in Lakeland

by Kimberly C. Moore November 17, 2022November 28, 2022

The Spanish company Frinsa is investing $21 million and plans to hire up to 115 people.

Posted inDining

Nitrogen Ice Creamery Opens on County Line Road

by Stephanie Claytor November 14, 2022November 14, 2022

Customers request flavors and add-ins, then see their dessert instantly frozen with liquid nitrogen.

Posted inCity Hall

City Commissioners Consider Funding For Minority And Other Start-Up Businesses

by Kimberly C. Moore August 18, 2022October 25, 2022

The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce is asking city commissioners to approve up to $800,000 in federal funding to lure already established minority business associations to town.

Posted inBusiness, City Hall

Read It in the Morning Paper: Oakbridge Building, Ledger Site

by Barry Friedman August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

THE OAKBRIDGE PUBLIX on Harden Boulevard will be demolished and replaced with an updated store design under a building permit issued last week. Work on the 34-year-old structure is scheduled to begin next month, a store employee said. Publix corporate officials did not respond to requests for details. (Subscribers-only story) THE LEDGER SITE at Lime […]

Posted inBusiness

Airport Update Includes Latest Noise Mitigation Plan

by Kimberly C. Moore August 16, 2022October 25, 2022

Lakeland Linder International Airport’s latest plan to reduce aircraft noise over Lakeland neighborhoods is getting a final review this week before being submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, the airport’s interim director told city commissioners on Monday.

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