Small Business

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Including gifts for neighbors, foodies, significant others, homebodies, students, and gifts under $20.
Find out where you can go on Thanksgiving Day, what’s closed this year, and where to find Thanksgiving dishes ahead of time.
Flex your artistic muscles or let the experts lead you step by step through crafting classes.
Get active, learn something, or treat yourself — here’s how you can make the most of just one hour around Lakeland.
Discover one of Lakeland’s hidden gems or try a local favorite restaurant for the first time on the next street in this series.
From how to get on the debris pick-up list to where you can get clean water, keep these resources in mind for after the storm passes.
These five entrepreneurs will pitch their businesses for the chance to secure up to $10,000 in micro-grant funding.
Restaurants + real estate aren’t the only developments that have been popping up around Swan City. Next time you’re out on the town, here are three boutiques worth popping your head into.
Find a new outfit or the perfect gift for a friend at these locally owned small businesses.
Check out fall and Halloween-themed events happening in and around Lakeland in this seasonal guide.
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Including gifts for significant others, retirees, holiday parties, young people, and gifts that ship fast.
Keep an eye out and perhaps you’ll see one of these cryptid creatures in Lakeland — or maybe it will see you.
Could this be the real estate deal of the century? Learn how Publix is buying two downtown buildings for $10 each — and what you could get for that same price.
Find discounted clothing, accessories, shoes, and home goods at this national retailer’s first Lakeland location.
Pack your reusable shopping bags, because we’ve rounded up seven farmers markets around Lakeland, FL.
Due to the Moving Florida Forward Initiative, new I-4 express lanes are coming nine years in advance between I-75 and County Line Road.
Do you prefer to live in the past, or are you looking ahead to the future? Compare a 1925 home with a newly built house that just hit Lakeland’s real estate market.