The Lakelander’s art contest for kids It seems our city has entered a renaissance per se, a new season of creating and cultivating dreams. When a city’s creative space is award-winning, it’s only fair to say these artistic individuals aren’t only creative, but they’re...
Lakeland Montessori Middle School Students Vote to Cancel End of Year Trip, Vote to Send Money Earned from School Business Project to Relief Efforts in Nepal Instead. Here at The Lakelander, we want to acknowledge unique acts of kindness – especially when...
It’s not every city that can provide a supply of sunshine perfect enough for a party year-round. But here in Lakeland, we are just so lucky. The generous warmth this land o’ lakes pours on us is more often than not the ideal setting for an outdoor celebration...
After making our way through some of the richest and most robust coffees Lakeland has to offer, we want to make sure that all you avid coffee drinkers in Lakeland will get out and explore all the great coffee in this city. That is why we have created The Lakelander...
TIRED OF THE DAILY GRIND? PERK UP WITH A COFFEE FROM ONE (OR MORE) OF THESE LOCAL PURVEYORS photography by Rob Crosby Legend has it that coffee was discovered by goats, dancing goats, in fact. One afternoon in Ethiopia, a goat herder discovered the goats chewing on a...
