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Lakeland city commissioners voted unanimously Monday to make it easier for developers to put affordable, multifamily projects alongside warehouses and factories in commercial or light-industrial areas of Lakeland. The commissioners amended the Land Use Development Code so qualifying projects no longer require zoning changes and approval from the City Commission...

City Makes it Easier to Build Affordable Housing in Commercial Zones

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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Lakeland-based payroll and human resources company OMS Group (Outsource Management Solutions) gave away $25,000 to ten local nonprofit groups nominated by the company’s employees. Each group received a $2,500 grant. Nine of the 10 are listed as leading nonprofits on the GiveWell Community Foundation website. Directors of all the organizations told LkldNow how they are using the funds and how grants in general help them meet their budget requirements.

10 Lakeland Nonprofits Receive $2,500 Grants from OMS Group

Dear readers: Ever since founding LkldNow in 2015, a personal goal of mine has been to develop the next generation of leadership so that LkldNow can continue growing and providing independent news about quality-of-life issues in Lakeland long after my eventual retirement. I am pleased to announce that Cindy Glover...

Introducing Cindy Glover, LkldNow’s New Editor

The Lakeland Family YMCA may be one step closer to a major expansion and a new name after the City’s Planning and Zoning Board meets on Tuesday. The board will vote on a zoning change that would allow for the construction of a two-story 41,000-square-foot field house and a 4,000-square-foot addition to the childcare building, plus changes to parking and traffic flow.

Cleveland Heights YMCA Seeks Zoning Approval for $21 Million Expansion

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Farhad and Gianna Rahmani are bringing Persian cuisine to Lakeland through a food truck that merges tastes from Farhad’s native Iran with flavors familiar to Americans. The home base for the food truck, Feasts of Persia, is at 3304 S. Florida Ave. in the Marathon gas station parking lot near Walmart and across from Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen.

New Food Truck Brings Persian Flavors to Lakeland

Florida lawmakers kicked off their 60-day legislative session on Tuesday with a docket of more than 1,700 bills – including many on provocative issues like a 6-week abortion ban, transgender medical care, migrant relocation, permitless carry for concealed weapons, and the death penalty for child sex abusers. But Lakeland...

City Hopes DeSantis-Backed Bill Will Deliver Long-Sought I-4/SR 33 Improvements

Miami, FL

Another bus service is stopping in Lakeland. FlixBus is planning to stop at Lakeland’s Gow B. Fields Park and Ride, located on U.S. 98 just south of I-4, during its routes between Tampa, Orlando and Miami, according to Tom Phillips, executive director of the Citrus Connection. The district owns the Gow B. Fields Park and Ride site.

FlixBus Plans Service from Lakeland to Tampa, Orlando and Miami

A 69-year-old Lakeland man died Monday afternoon after he was ejected from his 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer when it rolled over on Harden Boulevard, left the road and struck several trees, according to Lakeland police. Nicolas Hernandez died in the accident, which happened around 12:50 p.m. a little south of Lakeland...

Harden Boulevard Reopens Following Fatal Single-Vehicle Accident

The Lakeland Police Department began issuing body-worn cameras to sworn officers last December. Patrol officers were the first to receive the cameras, according to Robin Tillett, the department’s spokesperson. As of February, the department had issued 176 of the 250 cameras ordered, Tillett said. The remaining groups to receive...

15 Things To Know About LPD’s Body-Worn Cameras

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