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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...

by Charlotte Roberts, SLP Intern Hello and welcome to what I am sad to say is my last blog for my time with the Summer Leadership Program. I am headed back to school this weekend, so I am missing this group’s graduation, but I have thoroughly enjoyed their company and...

By Charlotte Roberts, SLP Intern            Welcome to your favorite part of the week! The Summer Leadership Program Blog recap is here, and you are going to love this one folks because man oh man did we have a fun filled day yesterday. After two weeks of talking...

           Welcome back to the Summer Leadership Program’s official weekly blog! As of eight o’clock last night week two has officially wrapped! Yesterday was fun filled and a little hot while we got the chance to experience the outdoor adventures Lakeland has to...

By Charlotte Roberts, SLP Intern             Hello and welcome to the beginning of session 2! Although Kelsey and I’s July Fourth holiday was mostly spent mourning the end of our first session, this second group has already proven to be so enjoyable and exciting they...

          Hello and welcome to one of our last blog posts of session one! I cannot believe next week is our last week together, it feels like yesterday, Charlotte and I were printing the final name tags and table tents for the arrival of our first group.            ...

By Charlotte Roberts, SLP Intern             Hello and welcome back to what I hope is your favorite part of the week, the SLP blog recap! Buckle up and get comfortable because yesterday was a blast, and we have a lot of material to cover so I hope you are ready.     ...

By Charlotte Roberts, SLP Intern         Hello and welcome back to the Summer Leadership Program blog! Here we are already almost halfway through the program and a little tired after quite an exciting day yesterday.        The day opened bright and early once again;...

By Charlotte Roberts, SLP Intern      Hello and welcome to the first official blog post of the 2022 Summer Leadership Program!        After months of work by our SLP team, I am elated to finally be writing this recap of the first session and even more overjoyed that...

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