► North Lakeland will get a new Lakeland Hills Fire Rescue EMS Station, designed by CMHM Architects, for a 4,000-square-foot facility to serve as a prototype for other county facilities in the future.
► A new, state-of-the-art, Veterans Affairs clinic opened, in south Lakeland, at 2080 Meadowland Park Blvd, behind the Sam’s Club, on Lakeland Highlands Road.
► The Community Health Care Section will purchase a 2025 Freightliner M2-106 model mobile medical unit with a cab and chassis for $600,000, which will replace an aging mobile medical unit and allow the health organization to continue providing health screenings, vaccinations and education to Polk County residents.
► Lake Buffum, located in southern Polk County, is getting a new boat ramp with a walled channel that will allow for year-round boating and fishing.
► Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine will help provide county-funded behavioral health services to qualified residents that are at, or below, 200% of the Federal Poverty Level, in Polk County.
► MySky Aviation Solutions, a private aviation company in Lakeland, appointed Kyle Garren as the vice president of charter sales and logistics.
► Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center will utilize $291,000 in Indigent Health Care funds to purchase and build-out two cargo vans, converting them into mobile audiology vans.
► La Gran Muralla, a hidden speakeasy-style restaurant, opened at 2810 Lakeland Highlands Road, Lakeland. (Hint: Look for the Coca-Cola vending machine)
► Rodda Construction is improving Simmers-Young Park, in Winter Haven, at a cost of about $5.8 million, to convert five grass soccer fields to artificial turf, add two concession stands/restrooms and new athletic field lighting.
► Stacy Butterfield, Polk County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, received the Legislative Impact Award from the Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers Association.
► The Polk County Housing and Neighborhood Development Division is soliciting proposals from builders to provide affordable rental developments, in Bartow, to feature approximately 80 units for low-income seniors, and there will be a Winter Haven development featuring more than 80 multi-family units.