COVID-19: A Lakeland Business Update
By: Steve ScruggsOver the past few business days, LEDC staff has been calling our 135 member companies getting updates on how their businesses are being affected by COVID-19. This isn’t a health care update, but more of a current state of union with regards to...
What is the LEDC’s Vision?
By: Steve Scruggs The primary role of the Lakeland Economic Development Council (LEDC) is to create jobs, with an emphasis on high-skill, high-wage jobs and increase Lakeland’s tax base. But, if you asked me what I really wanted to accomplish over my last 33 years...
Lakeland Rated #6 Safest Place to Live in The US
Msn.com recently rated us the #6 safest place to live in the US. Best Places 2019 Rank: 59 Metro Area Population: 652,256 Median Home Price: $171,967 Median Annual Salary: $40,560 Violent Crime Rate: 285.1 Property...
Building a Citizen-Centered City
Building a Citizen-Centered City C Starting in 2005, the LEDC and its High Skill Investors began traveling to cities around the country to learn best practices. These trips have led to many ideas we have brought back to Lakeland and implemented. In April 2017,...