Business
My Workplace: Adriana Mellas
Adriana Mellas, the upbeat presence behind the Drica’s Specialty Coffees food truck, got national recognition this week when Drica’s was named a 2016 Small Business Champion by SCORE. (There were only five in Florida and 103 total in the U.S.) We talked with Mellas about the path that led her from Brazil to corporate marketing in New York to sharing coffee and pastries in Lakeland.More
The Mystery Bidder for the Realtors Headquarters: FSC
Last week, The Ledger reported that a mystery buyer had put in an unsolicited bid to buy the Lakeland Association of Realtors headquarters at 820 S. Florida Ave. Now it turns out the wannabe purchaser is Florida Southern College. LAR members vote Wednesday on the proposed sale. City officials recently smoothed the way for the college to turn land near the LAR building into parking for nearby dorms on Lake Morton.