Lakeland board considers traffic-calming roundabouts
The meeting also featured a discussion and possible action item related to land at Lakeland Town Square promised to the city for municipal use.
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The meeting also featured a discussion and possible action item related to land at Lakeland Town Square promised to the city for municipal use.
Lakeland officials have authorized seeking up to $22 million in bonds to help with construction of a new recreation facility that will be operated by the YMCA.
The trail will cut through a forested area, providing a connection from Cool Springs Park, into the city’s athletic fields and tie into the new trail within the Lakeland Town Square mixed-use development at Memphis-Arlington Road.
After a year of negotiation, Lakeland reaches an agreement for a recreation facility where a rundown motel once stood.
In the past dozen years, Lakeland has made strides in population, new businesses and a stronger economy, allowing for more enhancements for the city.
Cool Springs Park is envisioned to include a skate park, an 18-hole disc-golf course, a splash pad, a zip line and trails. The board also approved a goat yoga program at the city’s parks.
The proposed command center would be south of Interstate 40 off Canada Road.
The delay in the building of BlueOval in Haywood County could impact Shelby County suburbs closest to the Ford Motor Company development.
Lakeland officials approve approach to help fund improvements to the Memphis suburbs’ gateway near the exit of Interstate 40.
Lakeland officials have endorsed a new TIF — the suburb’s fourth — for improvements along U.S. 70 at Seed Tick Road.
As a way to celebrate the suburb, Lakeland officials have funded a new video scoreboard for the high school football field. A video supporting Lakeland is part of the plan.
With additional students joining the junior class at Lakeland Prep, the city and school district are working on traffic woes, including installing a new signal.
A look at The Lake District’s complicated timeline. The future of the mixed-use project in Lakeland remains in limbo.
Two months after a new owner took over The Lake District in Lakeland, work remains in limbo, but research apparently is being done behind the scenes.
Lakeland approves its annual budget, maintaining the lowest municipal property tax rate in Shelby County.
Michael Walker, Lakeland city manager, said development in the suburb has not only helped enhance the city but also provided a successful revenue stream.
“Taxes stink, but they are necessary to accomplish our goals as a city,” Lakeland Mayor Josh Roman said after the meeting.
Leaders of the Memphis suburb intend to avoid a property tax increase for the coming fiscal year that begins in July.
Developer Yehuda Netanel has fallen short in his attempt to obtain the necessary financing to save his The Lake District project in Lakeland.
While increased interest rates and rising cost of materials have slowed the housing market, things could improve by the end of this year or the first of 2025.
The Heathfield project received its latest approval during a Lakeland Board of Commissioners meeting this week as development along U.S. 70 steadily continues.
The Lake District financing again appears to be in limbo as deadline passes, but foreclosure delayed.
“We’re excited for this next chapter in the development of the Lakeland Gateway,” City Manager Michael Walker said. The motel will be the second Lakeland has torn down in less than six months.
The Lakeland Municipal Planning and Design Review Commission recommended approval for the Heathfield mixed-use planned development outline plan at the future northwest corner of Seed Tick Road and U.S. 70.
Lakeland officials say the necessity of finishing a road could help ease traffic in some nearby neighborhoods.