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Category: City Hall

Posted inDowntown

Public Input Debate Delays Vote on Downtown Deal

by Barry Friedman October 2, 2017August 9, 2022

Two hours and forty three minutes after they began discussing the issue, the City Commission voted 4-3 today to wait two more weeks before deciding whether to sell 10+ downtown acres to a Tampa developer that wants to build 306 apartments and townhouses. And most of the people in the audience were happy for the […]

Posted inCity Hall

Confederate Monument Options Will Be Aired in Mid-October

by Barry Friedman October 2, 2017August 9, 2022

When city commissioners convene a town hall meeting later this month to hear comments about the Munn Park Confederate monument, it will be open to anybody who wants to comment rather than focusing on “stakeholder organizations.”

Posted inCity Hall

North Lake Mirror Land Sale Under Consideration

by Barry Friedman October 1, 2017August 9, 2022

City commissioners are being asked Monday morning to approve a contract to sell 10 acres behind the LPD headquarters to a Tampa developer planning a 306-unit multi-family complex.

Posted inCity Hall

Church-State Partnership Cleans Neighborhood

by Barry Friedman October 1, 2017September 1, 2022

Source: Facebook: Lakeland Police Department

Posted inCity Hall

Audio: Radio Show Discusses Strong Mayor Issue

by Barry Friedman September 29, 2017September 1, 2022

Hear a primer on the strong mayor issue on October’s “Listen Lakeland” radio show. LkldNow’s Barry Friedman discusses the issues with Lakeland Vision’s Laura Rodriguez.   The show also includes an interview with civic volunteer/leader Kimberly Elmhorst and a feature about the Pedal Power ministry at First Presbyterian Church. Source: Listen Lakeland

Posted inCity Hall

Lakeland Ballot Is Finalized

by Barry Friedman September 22, 2017August 9, 2022

There were no surprises as qualifying for city offices ended at noon today. All of the candidates who had announced for mayor and city commission filed their paperwork, and no last-minute candidates emerged.

Posted inBusiness

City, County Offer Incentives to Geico to Bring Jobs

by Barry Friedman September 19, 2017September 1, 2022

Polk County and the city of Lakeland are each offering Geico $369,000 plus other incentives if it lives up to promises to bring 300 to 500 new jobs to a new $12 million facility planned to be built near their current Pipkin Road site. Source: The Ledger

Posted inCity Hall

City Commission: Business Incentives, Noise Enforcement

by Barry Friedman September 5, 2017August 9, 2022

City commissioners handled a wide range of issues today in a series of meetings that began at 7:40 a.m. and ended after 2 p.m. They agreed to incentives to bring an unnamed employer promising 500 new high-skill jobs to Lakeland, and they considered a request to change downtown noise regulations. Here’s a roundup of the […]

Posted inCity Hall

City Inviting Organizations to Comment on Confederate Monument

by Barry Friedman September 5, 2017August 9, 2022

Lakeland city commissioners considered three options this morning for getting public input on the emotional issue of what — if anything — to do with the Confederate monument in Munn Park:

Posted inCity Hall

Wiggs on the Monument: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

by Barry Friedman August 29, 2017September 1, 2022

In an editorial-page column in The Ledger, Mayor Howard Wiggs calls for “collectively crafted solutions” to divisive issues such as the Confederate memorial in Munn Park. While not explicitly taking sides in his column (he’s defended the monument when it’s been criticized by members of the public at City Commission meetings), he  singles out anger seen […]

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