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One Liners Polk: Florida Southern College, Munn Park and more

| Jo-Lynn Brown

► Lakeland’s City Commission chose a design concept for the revitalization of Munn Park.

► The Polk County Utilities Division took first place at the 2024 Florida Water Environment Association’s Operations Challenge, also known as the Wastewater Olympics. 

► The Florida Southern College School of Architecture is scheduled to open to undergraduates, in the fall of 2025, with a master’s program, expected to begin in 2028.

► Sabrina’s Delicacies opened, at 4610 Cleveland Heights Blvd., Lakeland. 

► Dr. Faeza Rashid Kazmier and her husband, Dr. Peter Kazmier, made contributions of $50,000, each, to Florida Polytechnic University, resulting in the naming of two classrooms in their honor. 

► Pour Bear Coffee opened at 4608 Cleveland Heights Blvd., Lakeland. 

► Lakeland’s City Commission voted unanimously to grant ACE a three-year lease for a 290-square-foot retail space, inside the terminal’s secure passenger lounge. 

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