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Lakelandist Explores/Concocts Christmas Parade History

The Lakelandist goes audio, looking into the origins of the Lakeland Christmas Parade in its first podcast. Did the Lakeland Christmas Parade replace the earlier Miss Succulent Orange Pageant and Parade? The Lakelandist fills us in on improbable #lkld history in its in-augural podcast. https://t.co/KuLzdAYUdq pic.twitter.com/ltmuJTzwmU — Lkld Now (@LkldNow) December 5, 2018 Source: The […]

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Catapult 2.0: Old Front Comes Down

Crews today demolished the false front on the building overlooking Lake Mirror that will become the Catapult 2.0 small business incubator. The facade, added more than a quarter century after the structure was built in 1924, will be replaced with a dramatic steel-and-glass entryway. Next steps in the renovation project will be interior work to […]