Plans for affordable workforce apartments near Tigertown are a step closer. Developer Green Mills Group of Fort Lauderdale was selected for an $8 million state Community Development Block Grant for disaster recovery to build the 80-unit Parker Pointe building on East Bella Vista Street. Source: The Ledger
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Transport Hub Could Spark Growth West of Downtown
Dreams of more vibrant development to the west of downtown Lakeland got a boost today when city commissioners signaled they’d like to see a transportation hub built just north of the RP Funding Center in the next five to 10 years.
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Lakeland Tours of Christmas Lights
The Lakelander’s Christmas light tour includes both a whimsical map illustration and a Google map for driving. LakelandMom’s tour extends beyond Lakeland and also includes a Google map.
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Fighter Jet Testing at Linder Wraps Up This Week
People living near Lakeland Linder Airport can expect noise from fighter jets just a little longer. Draken International, whose pilots fly as enemy combatants in military training exercises, has until Sunday to finish testing its newly revamped Mirage F1 fighters. After that, the airport’s main runway closes for an upgrade for 90 days, a closure […]
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Video: The Yard on Mass Ribbon Cutting
Dozens of well-wishers turned out today for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at The Yard On Mass, a family-friendly food truck park and beer garden that opens Friday at the northwest corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Parker Street. View video of the seven-minute ceremony after the jump:
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Neighbors Push Back on Lakeside Village Apartment Plan
The option to build an office building just north of the entrance to Lakeside Village has been a market dud, but apartments on the Harden Boulevard tract could do the trick, a representative for the Drummond Company told the city’s Planning and Zoning Board Tuesday.
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Despite Denials, Couple Persists With Preschool Plans
Even though two city boards have rejected their plans, Thomas and Madison Brawner say they are pressing on with their proposal to turn the 107-year-old Deen House into Alta Schoolhouse, a preschool.
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Proposed City Rules Affect Food Trucks, Downtown Buildings, More
The evolution of food trucks from simple commissaries to rolling kitchens serving gourmet morsels has promoted the city to consider changes regulating their waste disposal.
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Spa Owners Have Their Eyes on the Deen House; City Planners Recommend Denial of Preschool
The owners of a downtown spa say they’d like to move their operation to the Deen House in the Lake Morton neighborhood if plans to use the 107-year-old mansion for a preschool fall through.
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Photos: A Look Inside the Deen House
Photographer David Dickey Jr. got a chance this week to take some shots inside the Deen House, the 107-year-old landmark at Success Avenue and Frank Lloyd Wright Way. The Lakeland Planning & Zoning Board is scheduled to decide Tuesday on a conditional use permit allowing the building to be used as a preschool. Source: Facebook: […]