Last Wall Coming Down This Week – Come Watch

The community is invited to watch as the last wall of the former Factory Outlet Mall is taken down at 10:30 a.m. Thursday (3.1.18)...

IDB/EDC Meetings: Resolution, Updates, Marketing

By Alan Johnson, IDB/EDC member The Industrial Development Board (IDB) met briefly Thursday night (2.22.18) to review a resolution to repeal Resolution 2017/12.01 authorizing the...

MPC Monthly Meeting: The Pet Hospitals and Mobile gas station

By Carl Helton, MPC Board member At the Thursday (2.15.18) meeting of the MPC (Municipal Planning/Design Review Commission), Commissioner Wesley Wright joined the Board as...

Fire Closes Back Yard Burger for Several Weeks

Fire Closes Back Yard Burger for Several Weeks An early evening fire tonight (2.13.18) at the Lakeland Back Yard Burger, 9000 U.S. Highway 64, has...

Look What’s Missing on E. Davies Plantation Road

The aggressively pruned trees at the Mobil gas station, 3665 Canada Rd, have been removed. Photos taken today (2.10.18) show the “trimmed” mature trees are...

BOC Meeting: Replace Those Trees, Approval of City Fire Services

Between the Beer Board meeting and the regular BOC (Board of Commissioners) meeting tonight (2.8.18), two entities were ordered to replace trees felled without...

Long Landing: Work Stopped, Penalties to be Determined

A weekend mass cutting of mature trees at Long Landing, an upscale subdivision off Seed Tick Road, has come to a halt and awaits...

Removing Trees on Seed Tick Road – Unpermitted, Says the City

Removing Trees on Seed Tick Road – Unpermitted, Says the City Jim Atkinson, Lakeland city manager, reports today that over the weekend a non-disturb common...