City Commission is discussing a draft resolution on Munn Park monuments. After today, the resolution will be revised by the city attorney, and commission will vote on it Dec. 4. #lkld pic.twitter.com/Kwb7u8nKA6 — Lkld Now (@LkldNow) November 17, 2017 The resolution keeps the current Confederate monument in place but asks city staff to draft a […]
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Election Victim: The Movement to Relocate the Statue
ANALYSIS One of the losers in Tuesday’s Lakeland elections appears to be the movement to relocate a Confederate monument from the center of the town square to a place of honor elsewhere in the city.
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Cash Feed Building on Lake Mirror Coming Down
Ninety-three years after it was built to process and warehouse citrus products, the Cash Feed building overlooking Lake Mirror is going to be demolished.
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CRA Looking at Ways to Increase Public Scrutiny of Land Deals
City commissioners heard howls of protest last week when they were about to vote on a contract to sell 10 vacant acres near the LPD headquarters to a private developer. Most of the complaints weren’t as much about the terms of sale or the developer’s intentions as much as a perception that the deal was […]
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LkldTV Is Gone; Long Live LkldLive
Randy Borden bought a distinctive, mid-century building in downtown Lakeland to house two of his dreams: a video news-and-information service about Lakeland and a performing arts venue for shows attracting up to 200 people. While Borden recently had to close LkldTV, the for-profit video service, he wants to make it clear to Lakeland that LkldLive, […]
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Catapult Video Explains Cash Feed Building Issues
A video by Catapult members Jamie Clemens and Caleb LB Randall looks at damage inside the Cash Feed building on Lake Mirror caused by Hurricane Irma. That damage has forced the Lakeland Economic Development Council to abandon its plans to convert the 1924 building into a new home for the Catapult Lakeland small business incubator. Next step: The Lakeland […]
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Public Input Debate Delays Vote on Downtown Deal
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 […]
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Second Hotel Planned for RP Funding Center
City efforts to bring more convention business to the RP Funding Center got a boost today when the Lakeland City Commission approved the sale of property across Lime Street to a local company that plans to build a suite hotel.
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Contemporary Office Building Planned Near Lake Mirror
Lakeland investor Wesley Beck is planning a modern, three-story office building with a glass facade and balconies overlooking Lake Mirror on vacant land between the Amtrak station and Lakeland Brewing Co.