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Hello and welcome to the first official blog of SLP Session 2! Katie, James, and I have been so excited to meet the participants and kick off this session and it couldn't have gone better. To kick off the day right, participants were served breakfast from Black and...

Hello and welcome to the final blog of Session 1. I know I speak for James and Katie when I say we are truly thankful for each and every participant for being here with us over the past 5 weeks. I personally have learned so much from all of the participants and...

Welcome to the blog of week 4 of SLP. Our "Love Lakeland Day" was full of interesting sites around the city. We learned a ton about the city's different cultural and industrial staples. To start our day we had a light breakfast from Chick-fil-A and a quick briefing by...

Hello and welcome to the official Summer Leadership Program week 3 recap. Now that the participants have been poured into a little bit, they were given the opportunity to pour back into the community and get a taste of what it is like to serve for great local...

Welcome to the official SLP week 2 blog! Week 2 was packed with wonderful, talented speakers whose workshops and lectures focused on the theme of “leadership within the workplace.” Upon arrival, participants were served breakfast from Mitchell's as we gave them an...

We had pleasure of introducing the City of Lakeland's newest team member, Valerie Ferrell, Manager of the Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency. Valerie returns to the Lakeland CRA after serving as the Senior Redevelopment Coordinator for Hillsborough County.We also...

At our February meeting, LEDC investors, Catapult entrepreneurs, community advocates, and civic and government leaders heard from author and social entrepreneur Thibault Manekin…

We know economic development is not the most exciting topic out there; however, we believe that learning about it, even if it just a little bit, can be a really good idea!