# Lakeland Economic Development Council: Live, Work, Develop

> Lakeland Live, Work, DevelopFlorida’s Rising Business Hub Voted one of Florida’s top cities for growth, Lakeland is quickly becoming a hotspot for

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## Pages
- [Major Employers](https://lakelandedc.com/major-employers/): Lakeland’s major employers showcase our local economy\. Browse the data from our largest employers, including number of employers, company contacts, and mailing address\. 
- [Available Real Estate](https://lakelandedc.com/real-estate-data/available-real-estate/): Selecting the best site and location for your business is critical\. View the latest database of industrial warehouses, office buildings, flex spaces, and coming soon sites in Lakeland\.
- [Targeted Industries](https://lakelandedc.com/real-estate-data/targeted-industries/): The Lakeland Economic Development Council has identified ten targeted industries that match the community’s strengths, goals, and assets\.
- [Real Estate Data](https://lakelandedc.com/real-estate-data/): The LEDC tracks the latest building \& land sales as well as speculative development construction so that you can stay up\-to\-date with Lakeland market comps\. 


- [Development Activity](https://lakelandedc.com/real-estate-data/development-activity/): For the last 30 years our office has tracked development activity in Lakeland\. Discover which companies decided to invest in Lakeland and see how the economic landscpae has changed over the years\.

## Posts
- [Summer Leadership Program](https://lakelandedc.com/summer-leadership-program/): The Summer Leadership Program was created in 2008\. The goal of the program is to connect 18 to 30\-year\-old interns \& new hires with each other and the community through a 5\-week leadership program\. To date, SLP has had 695 graduates from over 100 companies\.
- [IDEO](https://lakelandedc.com/ideo/): The LEDC worked with the creative agency IDEO and identified learnings, patterns and opportunity areas for Lakeland to explore and worked together to identify and prioritize a range of concepts from quick wins to longer term initiatives\.
- [Foundation Giving](https://lakelandedc.com/foundation-giving/): In Lakeland, $10 million was given to purchase, renovate and equip a 40,000 square foot Historic Building in the heart of Downtown Lakeland on Lake Mirror\. The restored facility, Catapult 2\.0, will house a Commercial Kitchen, Maker Space, Coworking Space, Dedicated Desks and Private Offices for up to 300 entrepreneurs, and is scheduled to open in early 2020\.
- [MidFlorida IT Department](https://lakelandedc.com/midflorida-it-department/): Inspired by tours of Skype and Facebook on a trip to San Francisco/Palo Alto in 2011, MIDFLORIDA's Steve Moseley came back to Lakeland and redesigned Mid\-Florida's IT operations on the 9th Floor of the Marble Arcade to look and feel like a Silicon Valley Tech Office in 2012\.
- [Publix LED Lighting](https://lakelandedc.com/publix-led-lighting/): Today, 75% of Publix stores use CREE LED chips inside the reach\-in frozen food door case fixtures\. These lights are motion activated and burn cooler and cheaper\. 100% of Publix stores have LED lighting in their walk\-in coolers\.

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