Business
Jimmy Belle’s Has Closed
Jimmy Belle’s Seafood Market and Grill, which attracted a large following as soon as it opened 20 months ago, has closed. A new message was added to the restaurant’s sign on South Florida Avenue last night: “Closed. Thank you for your business.” More
Lakeland Swimsuit Designer Recognized by Business Journal, Essence
Lakeland swimsuit designer Altrichia Cook won a lot of attention in June when Nicki Minaj wore one of her fashions on the cover of Cosmopolitan. She’s enjoying a new round as she became one of Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Businesswomen of the Year and appeared in Essence. More
Entrepreneur Offers Big-Office Amenities to Small Businesses
There’s an irony about My Office and More, a new business in the center of downtown Lakeland. The purpose of My Office and More is to offer emerging businesses big-office amenities without big-office costs. But the costs have been anything but small for Kate Lake, the 57-year-old entrepreneur who spent more than a year conceiving of a co-working space for Lakeland businesses and finding the right place for it. More
Lakeland Businesses Lack Affordable Broadband, Consultant Tells City
Lakeland is rich in the amount of ultra-high-speed fiber optics running underground, but poor in the amount of it that’s available to businesses and homes at an affordable price. More
The Ledger’s headquarters building in downtown Lakeland is up Nicki Minaj’ Cosmo Cover Brings Attention to Lakeland Designer
Many people in Lakeland already know about Altrichia Cook and her swimsuit company, Allusions by A. LeKay. But thanks to Nicki Minaj and a Cosmo cover, the world is learning about the 28-year-old Lakelander. More
Orange Bikes: Clever Marketing or Disrespectful Litter?
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When old bikes spray-painted orange started showing up around Lakeland over the weekend, residents took notice — and many weren’t happy. Some Facebook users hailed them as clever viral marketing, but others felt the painted bikes recall — in a disrespectful way — white “ghost bikes” that memorialize bicycle fatalities. More
Dixieland Getting an Evening Farmers Market
Fans of locally grown produce in Lakeland will get to try another weekly farmers market starting next Wednesday. Dixie Twilight Market will operate from 4 p.m. until sundown Wednesdays in the parking lot behind Dixieland Village. More
Ledger Lays Off Eleven in Newsroom
Eleven news employees, including three photographers and three copy editors, were laid off by the Ledger Media Group this week. More