Southeastern University's 4th Annual National Leadership Forum, which was held in March, can be seen for free online Sept. 9-10.
MidFlorida Credit Union is sending letters to its members who use the Central Branch on Gary Road, notifying them that members' accounts will be transferred to a new location and the facility's role will change as of Oct. 1....
We get quite many press releases. Many are about local events, or company news, but every now and then you get one that catches your attention for one reason or another. Today the Polk Theatre will be closed; Not to prepare the stage for a new production or break down an old set. “We will spend eight hours removing drywood termites from the stage area,” said Ted Horton, the Truly Nolen Branch Manager in Lakeland. Did anyone else immediately get an image of men with mouse ears on their hands and knees picking up termites with tweezers? No? OK, then. On to the next release...
Better than chocolate in peanut butter, one of Lakeland's recent additions to the downtown business sector has teamed up with Lakeland's pre-eminent filmmakers. It's a small project, but one soon to be very visible as Smart Creative has designed the key art for Endure, the film from the creative team at Nfocus.
The paint isn’t dry, but the USF Polytechic incubator “Blue Sky West” is quickly moving forward. Blue Sky is the University of South Florida Polytechnic initiative to jump start technology related businesses in Central Florida. While the location in Winter Haven is geared toward existing businesses, the center in Lakeland will focus on new companies. [...]
If there were only two businesses I could shamelessly promote until the day I died, it would be Publix and Chick-fil-A....
If you are in the Highland City area and like sports (with or without adult drinks) then you will be happy to know Linksters Tap Room is now open in the Highland City Publix shopping plaza. The sign went up this weekend but it’s been open for a few days… If you want to see how one of the partners, Bro, makes a mean martini keep reading…Stop in and say hello to your new bartenders and say you read about it here on LakelandLocal.com. (Be responsible don’t drink and drive).
The Publix at the Southgate Shopping Center reopens tomorrow at 8 a.m. First opened in 1957 and given facelifts over subsequent years, the building was razed to the ground in early 2009 and rebuilt in less than nine months. Look inside for a large number of photos taken today and a preview of the departments.
The Southgate Publix opens tomorrow. Our latest installment of the Southgate Publix series features some of the full page advertising from the days leading up to the opening.
The revitalized Publix opens in Southgate on Thursday. Today, we look back to when George Jenkins and Publix brought shopping to the South end of Lakeland. Check inside for facts, figures, and some ads from opening day, November 19, 1957.
Tuesday, November 19, 1957 was the day Southgate opened for business. The center's key store was the opening of the largest Publix in Lakeland. Many Lakelanders are anticipating the reopening of the Southgate Publix on October 1st. Inside is our a short introduction to this week's series on the Southgate Publix...
The Lakeland Flying Tigers are offering a free game and job fair tonight. Simply bring your resume to the game tonight for free admission. The team is also hosting a job fair from 6pm to 8:30 pm. The game starts at 7pm. The team has announced they'll hold the job fair rain or shine.
I will admit I am a craigslist junkie. When we bought our home and were “revitalizing” we were glued to the site. My husband and I purchased a dishwasher, microwave, and stove for $300, some furniture, a grill, a TV (twice), and all sorts of other odds and ins. Last year a group of my [...]
It wasn't long ago that the Lakeland Chamber made a serious faux-pas with their choice for a Lakeland Commissioner endorsement. So, what happened this afternoon....?
I learned of this a couple of weeks ago when my husband and I hit the Starbucks on U.S. 98 North as we began a two-week road trip to Colorado and Wyoming. Several Starbucks locations that once were 24-hours have changed their hours. Those locations now close at Midnight. However, there are still some 24-hour [...]
Sales activity has picked up for Lakeland’s Real Estate market with increasing sales since March 2009 recording 169 Lakeland homes sold in June. An increase from 156 homes sold the previous month and more importantly a 14% increase from the previous year. Our interactive map and the report from Realtor Petra Norris inside...
Some news is best delivered in bits and pieces...like our series of articles on red light cameras. Each commission meeting, each interview with the players, added a new view of the cameras and how they'd make a difference in our community. Sometimes, it's best to start with the framework and add the details later. The red light camera series was a collection of traditional news articles, analysis, and commentary. That will also be true of our coverage of the Polk Neighborhood Stabilization Program (Polk NSP). Congress passed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 to give $4.92 billion dollars to local communities to acquire and redevelop foreclosed properties. Approximately $14.5 million was given to Polk County to purchase and rehab at least 61 homes in the county. That program became Polk NSP. This week the organization announced they were open for business. Familiar with the process to this point, we met with the two principles to discuss the project.
Bio: This is a creative outlet and soapbox for Lorrie Delk Walker where, at times, she has stuck her foot so far into her mouth, surely she has quashed any hopes of ever being elected to public office. Lorrie is a writer, avid recycler, small-time chicken farmer, SPCA foster parent and fan of all things Downtown Lakeland. Posts from Delk Walker's popular blog, Tales From the Delk Side, were added to the Lakeland Local archives and can be found here.
