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At our February meeting, LEDC investors, Catapult entrepreneurs, community advocates, and civic and government ...

The type of development this community longs to see doesn’t just happen. It takes a formula made up of the right ...

A number of Lakelanders were interested in taking the outdoor seating concept one-step further and creating a ...

Over the past few days the LEDC and The Lunz Group partnered to create these renderings to help Lakelanders ...

When we experience a crisis like COVID-19 it reminds us how important it is to have a diversified economy. The ...

Last week the Lakeland Economic Development Council staff called our 135 member companies for the second time ...

We decided we needed to pivot on the project due to recent events. Instead of focusing on those outside our ...

Over the past few business days, LEDC staff has been calling our 135 member companies getting updates on how their ...

The primary role of the Lakeland Economic Development Council (LEDC) is to create jobs, with an emphasis on ...

Lakeland had 13,312 property crimes reported in 2017, according to FBI data, which makes the property crime rate ...

Starting in 2005, the LEDC and its High Skill Investors began traveling to cities around the country to learn best ...

We believe the City of Lakeland should increase its investment in creating high-skill, high-wage jobs in our ...

An economic development incentive can be strictly defined as “cash or near-cash assistance provided on a ...

Catapult was started in late 2013 as an 501c3 educational entrepreneur center in the basement of the Bank of ...

In 2011, Tampa Electric (TECO) executives asked the LEDC to set up a meeting with Lakeland’s city manager and ...

What does broadband have to do with economic development? Companies across the country are making relocation and ...

Why would an “unnamed” business group be opposed to a major residential project in Downtown Lakeland? The answer ...

Devastated.
No word, or words, can really describe the feeling you get when something you have spent two ...

What do all large employers in Downtown Lakeland have in common? A need for available, convenient and affordable ...

Over the past 30+ years in my job at The Lakeland Economic Development Council, we have typically focused on ...
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