Centered within one of America’s most strategic growth corridors, Lakeland has remarkable future opportunities. To set the wisest stage for our city’s growth, we must maximize this core value: Honor everyone. This advantage provides a difficult-to-replicate attribute...
Renderings courtesy of The Lunz Group Gospel, Inc. has been serving the homeless community in Lakeland since 2011. Gospel Village is its latest initiative: a permanent supportive housing program designed to last a lifetime. To be a “maverick” is to be open-minded and...
Photography Courtesy of LaFrancine Burton “I remember when … I would sit at my mother’s feet, and she spoke of a time … when there was an entire black community where the RP Funding Center now stands.” During the days of segregation in the 1800s, prominent black...
Lakeland’s arts scene reveals the true value of our creative community photography by Jordan Weiland, Philip Pietri, Tina Sargeant and Sarah Brewington They’re all over the city: in the restaurants downtown, congregating in classrooms, sharing pints and ideas...
Connect and be Connected, Love and be Loved, Know and be Known. Story by Jason Demeo • Photography by Penny & Finn My wife, Hillary, and I have lived in Lakelandfor nearly 10 years. With the love bugs hassling us and the July heat threatening to melt the tires off...
