After much self-promotion and reference here, Age of Barbarity: The Forgotten Fight for the Soul of Florida is now ready for purchase for $25 from the CreateSpace online store. Here is the link. This is print-on-demand. You...

Special to Lakeland Local by Karen Snir Play Me A Song is a place where creativity, hard-work and inspiration come together to create a meaningful learning environment for music students of all ages. The studio offers...

Special to Lakeland Local by Taylor Flumerfelt Less than a year ago, Yvonne and Richard Aguero took a trip to DeLand, Florida to participate in its monthly 4th Friday Artisan Alley and Art Walk Event with the intentions of...

Matthew Wengard is a bit of a renaissance man: jazz bassist, website designer and stationer. What’s that last one? Matthew designs and prints stationary. Invitations, advertising, thanks you notes and such are the...

The General Store, Evolution Records and Mollys have a new neighbor: “Bosphorous, a Turkish Kitchen”. I had a chance to step inside yesterday and those working on final preperations were super nice. They even let...

A local landmark found a new owner today when the Florida Department of Citrus building was purchased by TLC Family Church, Inc. Growing through a series of rentals, TLC has moved nine times in 10 years. The Citrus...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about why Lakeland Local doesn’t sell advertising. While I’m not looking for sponsors, I wanted to reach out to the local business community. That’s why I offered local businesses...

Recently I alluded to the Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce’s Tuesday Leads Group and noted I’d write more about it later. Well, here you go… The Chamber’s leads group is all about growing your...

I attended a Lakeland Chamber of Commerce Leads Group meeting this week (more on that in another post), and learned an interesting tidbit of information. After 42 years as a Holiday Inn franchise, HI Development (the owners...

I originally saw the video on a friend’s Facebook page but it came from Darkstay Productions and looks like it was posted over a year ago. Good job guys! <3 Publix. The Publix Music VideoDarkstay Productions |...

Southeastern University’s 4th Annual National Leadership Forum, which was held in March, can be seen for free online Sept. 9-10. The university will present this special webcast to those who pre-register at...

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...

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...

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...