SHOP LAKELAND FOR CONVENIENCE AND SAVINGS!

A local survey by Commissioner Gerrit Verschuur indicated that it is not only more convenient to shop at our Lakeland Walgreens at Highway 64 and Canada Road but you can also save money! Dr. Verschuur found that 28 of 43 common items (milk, eggs, beer, paper towels, juice, soft drinks, soups, peanut butter, shampoos and toothpaste) were cheaper at Walgreens than at a Memphis grocery store! And that doesn't even include the savings you can find in the famous Walgreens Sunday Ads!

Although I can't endorse private business, Lakeland residents can take advantage of many local Lakeland businesses that offer excellent service, products and savings. What I appreciate most is the convenience of being able to shop in Lakeland and I appreciate the excellent service and reasonable cost of Lakeland businesses.

Watch for information about local businesses and make an effort to use Lakeland businesses. If you do, you know what I mean, if you don't you will be pleasantly surprised!

Flowers by Regis (in the Lakeland Corners shopping center at Highway 64 and Canada Road, next to ATC Fitness and Little Caesars Pizza, is another alternative to the grocery store which recently moved across the street to Memphis. I believe this leave Flowers by Regis as the only Lakeland flower shop. (The web site is www.FlowersbyRegis.net, not.com. Flowers by Regis is also on Facebook.

Watch for the upcoming listing of Lakeland businesses and plan to make support of Lakeland businesses a priority!

Natural Resources Board, Design Review Commission, Board of Commissioners reschedule meetings

The following meetings have been rescheduled from their normal scheduled dates:

-The Design Review Commission regular meeting will be Tuesday, October 18, rather than Tuesday, October 11.

-The Natural Resources Board regular meeting will be Thursday, October 20, 2011 instead of Thursday, October 13, 2011

-The Board of Commissioners Work Session will be Monday, October 24, 2o11 instead of Tuesday, October 25, 2011.

Lakeland Holiday Parade is December 3, 2011

The Lakeland Holiday Parade is scheduled for Saturday, December 3, 2011. Information on the Parade, entering the parade etc. is available here.

I-40 and Canada Road Interchange Design Publie Meeting Tuesday, October 11

From 5:00 p.m . to 7:00 p.m., next Tuesday, October 11, at Lakeland City Hall, the Tennessee Department of Transportation will conduct a Highway Design Pubic Meeting on the interchange replacement at I-40 and Canada Road. A detailed notice of the meeting is available is available by clicking here or at www.CityofLakeland.com

Preliminary design of the extension of Beverle Rivera Drive to Seed Tick Road will also be on display.

IH Clubhouse renovation scheduled

The Lakeland Board of Commissioners recently approved an architectural contract for plans for renovation of the IH Clubhouse at 4523 Canada Road. Plans are for bathrooms, kitchen, plumbing and interior to be upgraded as well as other improvements such as converting the heating and cooling to natural gas, replacing the septic system and other improvements.

The IH Clubhouse will be closed from at least January 1 through Spring of 2012 for completion of the renovations.

The project is funded 50% by a grant from the Tennessee Local Parks and Recreation Fund.

Lakeland Senior Center walls going up!

Construction of the Lakeland Senior Center has proceeded to the point of the walls going up! The Lakeland Senior Center is funded by a Community Development Block Grant and the City of Lakeland.

The project also includes paving, landscaping and other parking improvements. The project is expected to be completed in early 2012.

Bobbi Cornett art featured in Art in City Hall.

Lakeland City Hall welcomes the return of Lakeland Artist Bobbi Cornett for the fourth quarter "Art in City Hall" art.

The art show features some favorites (at least of City Hall personnel and I!) and some art that may become favorites.

The public is welcome to view the art show any time City Hall is open. Normal City Hall hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and the art may also be viewed when City Hall is open for evening meetings.

Board of Commissioners regular meeting this Thursday

Board of Commissioners meeting 6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 6, 2011: Agenda at http://www.cityoflakeland.com or http://www.lakelandtn.gov

Lakeland Elementary PTA Book Fair Scheduled October 8, 2011

“To the Book Fair and Beyond” is the theme of the PTA at Lakeland Elementary Book Fair for 2011.

The PTA is sponsoring a Community Day (open to the public) from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday October 8, 2011 at the gymnasium at Lakeland Elementary.

Contact Amy at 291-3636 or Lori at 213-0339 for additional information.