Jan 7, 2021 | Recent News
By: Lucia Forero At the LEDC, on days when we need a break, we like to play GameMonk on Slack. GameMonk is a trivia game that gives you 60 seconds to type as many answers as you can to the prompt you are given. It is always fun to see which team...
Feb 28, 2022 | City, Downtown, Recent News
by Katie Worthington Decker The type of development a community longs to see doesn’t just happen. It takes a formula made up of the right ingredients – an engaged citizenry, a receptive and forward-focused city government and private sector partners all asking the...
Mar 2, 2022 | Recent News
by Katie Worthington Decker When Thibault Manekin was a young boy, he had a life altering experience that came in the form of watching the movie Mississippi Burning. He describes the scene of the church massacre when a KKK member assaults a young boy around the same...
Sep 30, 2022 | Recent News
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....
May 30, 2024 | Recent News
Hello and welcome to the first official blog post of the 2024 Summer Leadership Program! The first day of SLP has been a long time coming, and I couldn’t be happier to finally see months of planning and dedication come to life, and – of course – our eager...
Jun 6, 2024 | Recent News
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...
