The city of Lakeland’s role in transforming an abandoned Publix store into a modern customer service center for the Polk County Tax Collector won a statewide award. The Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency received the Roy F. Kenzie Award for an outstanding rehabilitation, renovation or reuse project from the Florida Redevelopment Association. The video was part of city’s […]
Category: Neighborhoods
Posted inCity Hall / Local Gov't, Neighborhoods
BridgeWater Residents: Don’t Expand Warehouses
Source: The Ledger
Posted inNeighborhoods, Transportation
Six Bike-Share Locations Identified
Six locations between Dixieland and Memorial Boulevard have been selected for a pilot bike-sharing program that would let users borrow bicycles for short commutes or quick recreational rides.
Posted inBusiness, Neighborhoods
Tudor House Getting a Twin
Lakeland’s Tudor House, which got attention when it moved from Lake Hollingsworth to Florida Avenue last year, is more than doubling in size. A look-alike addition is going up on the north side of the house.
Posted inNeighborhoods, Transportation
Bikeshare Proposal Rides Into Lakeland
Bicycle sharing — a system of stations with bikes you can borrow for a short commute or a few hours’ recreation — could come to Lakeland as soon as November.
Posted inActivism, Neighborhoods
First Baptist Church Program Feeds Memorial Blvd. Neighbors
Source: The Ledger
Posted inNeighborhoods, Public Safety
LPD Nabs 3-Legged Gator, Hauls It to Lake Hunter
After being tipped off by a bicyclist, Lakeland Police officers apprehended a three-legged alligator along Missouri Avenue early this morning, shoved it into a police cruiser and released it into Lake Hunter. Video after the jump…
Posted inNeighborhoods
What’s Up With the Carved Panda Waving at Hollingsworth Passersby?
Source: The Ledger
