Only six metro areas have a lower percentage of homes with broadband Internet than Lakeland-Winter Haven, a new Brookings Institute study says. And Internet adoption here actually fell 1 percentage point between 2013 and 2014, according to the study. More
The Wednesday-evening Dixieland Twilight Market has moved from the parking lot behind Dixieland Village into the mini-mall’s breezeway.
“It’s brought a greater sense of community,” says Andy McEntire, co-owner of Concord Coffee, which looks out onto the market. More
A second hotel is being planned for the grounds of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport to accommodate the need for more rooms as corporate parks in southwest Lakeland expand, city commissioners were told today. More
Todd Baylis signed a paper Wednesday that he sees as a $580,000 investment in his technology businesses. Others see it as an investment in redeveloping the eastern edge of downtown Lakeland. More
At a meeting Wednesday on ways to expand Lakeland’s fiber optic network, city commissioners said they’d like to see a pilot program making ultra-fast Internet available to homes and businesses in and near the downtown area. More
Kimberly Wyant can’t believe her good fortune. After learning she would have to move her