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One Liners Polk: Lakeland Linder, Centex and more

| Hanna Gade

► Lakeland Linder International Airport received the 2023 Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives General Aviation Airfield Project of the Year Award for the construction of a new CAT III Instrument Landing System. (Pictured above)

► Centex, a division of national homebuilder PulteGroup, opened its latest Polk County community,Lake Alfred Pines, at the intersection of Old Lake Alfred Road and North Buena Vista Drive. 

► The Watson Clinic Foundation, in Lakeland, received a grant from the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation, in the amount of $15,000, for the Bridge of Hope Program. 

► Jona-Bells, a new cafe offering Brazilian acai bowls, has opened, at 3135 Knight Station Road, Lakeland. 

► Korea-based LowCarbon and Florida-based Ocean Green Hydrogen held a groundbreaking ceremony for their clean hydrogen and carbon capture plant, at 5000 Old State Hwy 37, Mulberry. 

► WorkComp Solutions, a workers’ compensation insurance firm in Lakeland, was nominated for the CompLaude Award, presented by Workcomp Central. 

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