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LAKELAND, FL (June 4, 2020) | The organizers for Black Lives Matter Polk have successfully submitted an event request form with the City of Lakeland to hold a protest march on Sunday, June 7^th starting at 2:30 p.m. The march will start at Lakewood Terrace Apartments on 14^th Street and will ultimately end at Munn Park, traveling approximately three miles to the final destination.  Another group will start at Webster Park, 1255 Webster Avenue, and join the protest march at 10^th Street.

UPDATE: On May 31, 2020, at approximately 9:00 p.m., officers responded to a traffic crash involving two vehicles near the 4100 block of New Tampa Highway. According to reports, a 2002 Buick was traveling eastbound, and a 2017 Toyota Camry was traveling westbound. As both vehicles approached each other, the Toyota left its lane of travel, entered the eastbound lane of travel ...

LAKELAND, FL (June 2, 2020) | Following the direction from Governor DeSantis’ Office and Executive Order 20-131, the City of Lakeland will continue a phased reopening of Park spaces.

LAKELAND, FL (June 2, 2020) | Peter Lugo, Co-Founder and President of Lugo’s Craft Spirits, LLC will be donating 400 personal bottles of hand sanitizer to the City of Lakeland On Wednesday, June 3^rd at 10 a.m. Mayor Bill Mutz and other City officials will accept the donation that will be used as facilities start to re-open to the public. Lugo's Craft Spirits is a family-owned and operated distillery in the heart of Lakeland that specializes in developing craft rum spirits. During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the company started producing hand sanitizer as a way to assist in meeting the high demand for the product. 

LAKELAND, FL (June 1, 2020) – The Lakeland City Commission voted unanimously to instill a City-wide curfew mirroring the Polk County Sheriff Department’s curfew that goes into effect at 8 p.m. this evening and expires at 5 a.m. in on the morning of June 2^nd.  

LAKELAND, FL (May 29, 2020) | Site work continues on Summit Consulting’s new eight-story 135,000 square foot building located at 117 N. Massachusetts Avenue in downtown Lakeland. Summit purchased this 1.2-acre Lake Mirror property from the City of Lakeland in early March after completing an extended due diligence period.

LAKELAND, FL (May 29, 2020) | City Manager Tony Delgado announces his retirement after 23 years of service with the City of Lakeland effective September 26, 2020. Delgado said, “This certainly was not an easy decision and I am honored that I was provided the opportunity to serve the citizens of Lakeland. This is such a wonderful and vibrant community and I am proud to have been part of an outstanding team of public servants who work diligently to assist in making Lakeland a great place to live and work.”

LAKELAND, FL (May 28, 2020) | This Agenda at a Glance includes highlights for the upcoming June 1^st City Commission Meeting Agenda.  The agenda and backup materials are available to view and download at LakelandGov.net/Agendas. The Lakeland City Commission will discuss agenda items in detail at the Agenda Study session on Friday, May 29^th starting at 8:30 a.m. 

LAKELAND, FL (May 22, 2020) | A number of City of Lakeland Park facilities will start opening to the public on June 1, 2020 with safety protocols in place.  Park users are strongly encouraged to practice social distancing, good hygiene, and personal protection when using City of Lakeland facilities.

LAKELAND, FL (May 20, 2020) | The City of Lakeland was selected to receive a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award for Operation Awareness and Citizen Engagement Solutions by ESRI. ESRI is an international supplier of geographic information system software, web GIS and geodatabase management applications. The company was founded as the Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969 as a land-use consulting firm and since that time they have become a leader in GIS solutions.