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Meet this month’s LoveLakeland CityMaker 👋

LoveLakeland’s CityMakers are Lakelanders who “go the extra mile for their city and their fellow person.”

March 3, 2023 • 
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Kristina + Jeremy Mockabee, LoveLakeland’s recently-named May 2023 CityMakers.

LoveLakeland’s CityMakers are Lakelanders who “go the extra mile for their city and their fellow person.”

Photo provided by LoveLakeland

Congratulations are in order for Teresa O’Brien, LoveLakeland’s recently-named March 2023 CityMaker. 🎉

Teresa is the founder of Help(her), a Lakeland-based company that provides on-demand job matching services for individuals + businesses with qualified girl bosses from across Swan City.

Know someone who goes the extra mile for LAL (and their fellow Lakelanders)? Nominate the next CityMaker.*

SEE WHY TERESA IS A CITYMAKER

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