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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!

A number of Lakelanders were interested in taking the outdoor seating concept one-step further and creating a pedestrian-only Kentucky Avenue. We asked our friends at The Lunz Group to visualize that concept for you…

Over the past few days the LEDC and The Lunz Group partnered to create these renderings to help Lakelanders visualize what temporary and/or permanent outdoor seating might look like on Kentucky Avenue and Main Street.

When we experience a crisis like COVID-19 it reminds us how important it is to have a diversified economy. The following is a list of questions we have been asking ourselves as part of a project we are calling “The Other Side”.

Last week the Lakeland Economic Development Council staff called our 135 member companies for the second time during the Covid-19 crisis. We have been getting updates on how their businesses have been affected.

Many of you have seen the inspirational video produced by local creatives, Andy McEntire, Aaron Marsh, Nate Fleming & Kevin O’Brien called The Light. To date, it has received over 65,000 views. But more importantly, it touched Lakeland’s heart in a time when we needed it.

We decided we needed to pivot on the project due to recent events.  Instead of focusing on those outside our community, we thought it would be more powerful to shine the light on our heroes right here in Lakeland.