Several times a year, local musicians come together for an amazing concert known as Underground Polk. Underground Polk is held at the historic Polk Theatre in downtown Lakeland. In this segment we talk to Polk Theatre...

The ‘Your City Your Budget’ online tool is now live and available for citizen engagement.  Have you thought about how you would balance the Lakeland city budget? In preparation for the 2013 budget discussions,...

Economic development often needs a boost. Lakeland Community Redevelopment Manager, Tamara Sakagawa, sits down with us and explains business development incentives in the Dixieland neighborhood. photo credit: Chuck Welch...

In 2011 local musician Michael McArthur, raised funds for his debut EP by using the funding platform Kickstarter. We catch up with Michael to see how things are going with his recordings and get an update on his expected EP...

Listen Lakeland is back with a new audio interview. Lakeland native, Karin Munkacsi-Whitley, had found a creative and positive way to deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Her story recently gained attention and is...

Stacy Smith has the coolest job in Lakeland, unless it’s a near boiling 95 degrees outside. Chances are you have met or seen Stacy working his mad horticultural skillz at Hollis Gardens. Chances are also that you don’t...

Editor’s Note: On Thursday we announced the news that Lakeland Vision Director Shannon Lanier had announced her resignation. Below is the email Lanier, also a columnist at Lakeland Local, sent to her board. Dear...

If you haven’t seen how one man can capture a community with an iPhone, check out the Lakelandr Tumblr page. Matthew Dockery (a.k.a. @Lakelandr for all the Twitter peeps), a Lakeland...

Lakeland Vision was asked to facilitate a panel discussion about social media on the morning of May 5th. The audience: the 2011 Leadership Lakeland class (Class XXVIII, if you’re keeping count). Each year, participants of...

Big hat – Check. Mint Julep – Check. Kentucky Derby on the tele – Check. Support a great local organization – Check. This Saturday is the world’s best excuse to kick back some Kentucky Bourbon and act like an...

A year ago, as the Lakeland City Commissioners were working their way through the current city budget, they asked for citizen input. This year, in preparation for the 2012 budget discussions, Lakeland Vision is creating an...

In the United States we use the term “historic” pretty loosely, but the intent is always to highlight something that has been so well preserved that it has stood the test of time (and, in Florida’s case, weather). This...

Editor’s Note: Lakeland Local is teaming up with Lakeland Vision to share their monthly radio interview program with our readers. This edition, we’re linking to the program segments that will play at your...

ConnectLakeland will act more as a news aggregate in that the community creates the content. Individuals and organizations will be able to log in and post information they feel is relevant to the community. By Shannon...

(Editor’s Note: Due to my position as the ConnectLakeland Task Force Chair, I asked Shannon Lanier, Executive Director of Lakeland Vision, if she would mind writing how ConnectLakeland has joined with Lakeland Vision...