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Faith-based nonprofit Hope House Florida is set to move into the former Faith Lutheran Church building in the Lake Hollingsworth neighborhood.

Commissioners asked the city attorney to draft a 12-month pause on large-scale facilities, with votes expected in July.

The tree is estimated to be about about 200 years old.

At least two commissioners want time to develop rules for a fast-growing industry that is not addressed in Lakeland’s land use code.

The “Project Swan” proposal remains active. The applicant only withdrew from the scheduled June 3 Development Review Team meeting, not from the development review process.

In November, a constitutional amendment will appear on ballots statewide that would reduce — and potentially eliminate — property taxes on homesteaded properties.

The proposal is for a 600,000-square-foot data center.

More than 50 residents attended Monday’s City Commission meeting, despite a city effort to explain that the project remains in the earliest stages of review.

The 600,000-square-foot “Project Swan” concept raises questions about power, water, zoning, and whether the city code even allows data centers.

LPD officers, sergeants, and lieutenants will get raises Oct. 1 after a wage study found they were earning thousands less than peers at comparable agencies.

The fish kill appears to have been a relatively small, natural event caused by several stresses hitting an especially sensitive species at once.

More than 12,000 Polk County seniors are estimated to need help with daily activities, but families and providers say cost and logistics often put care out of reach.