Relic Ticket’s Hunter Abramson had been named Catapult’s Entrepreneur of the Year in January.
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FSC Student Gets Support to Market Safety Device for Runners
Brooke Lierman has won $20,000 in pitch competitions for OverTheShoulder, which will detect dangers to runners and alert their contacts
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Filipino Food Company Plans Expansion, Courtesy of Catapult Grant
Two local Asian-focused food businesses, Pinoy Cravings and Omusubee, recently won launch micro grants from Catapult Lakeland. Pinoy Cravings is a Filipino-inspired pop-up food company while Omusubee sells Japanese rice balls.
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Catapult Announces Partnership With Maker Organization
When Catapult Lakeland moves into its new space on Lake Mirror next year, its 9,000-square-foot “maker space” will be operated by California-based TheShop.build, under a partnership announced today.
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New Catapult Plans Recall Cash Feed Building
New plans for “Catapult 3.0” released today show a structure that combines the Mediterranean Revival curves of the Lakeland Cash Feed building it replaces with an expanded version of the glass-and-steel entry envisioned for “Catapult 2.0.” Read on to see architect renderings and floorplans.
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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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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 […]
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Hundreds View Catapult 2.0 Groundbreaking
Howard Wiggs usually wears a suit and tie when he represents the city of Lakeland at officials functions such as ground-breaking ceremonies. But this evening the mayor wore jeans — because this was no ordinary groundbreaking.
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Video Previews Catapult 2.0 and Lakefront From Above
A video that was online briefly yesterday and today offers an aerial preview of the Catapult 2.0 business incubator and the look it will add to Lake Mirror and its Frances Langford Promenade.
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City Donates Land for Catapult 2.0 Parking
Lakeland city commissioners voted 6-1 today to donate a half-acre of city-owned land at the corner of Main and Massachusetts to Catapult Lakeland to be used for parking when the business incubator moves to the former Cash Feed building nearby.