As the Lakeland School System adds a senior class, the district’s budget reflects the increase for the coming fiscal year.

Before Lakeland became a city in the late 1970s, the area north of Canada Road and Interstate 40 was an amusement park with hopes of becoming a Disneyland-type destination,

The Lakeland Board of Commissioners also initiated the design process for an aquatics center at the soon-to-be-built Lakeland Community Center north of the Interstate 40 and Canada Road interchange.

Lakeland officials have approved their part of an agreement with Bartlett to improve Lakeland’s sewer infrastructure with the goal of separating from the Memphis treatment system.

“Special education preschool students throughout Tennessee do not get much funding. It’s almost a totally unfunded mandate,” Lakeland School System board member and legislative liaison Michelle Childs said.

A vacant tract southwest of the Interstate 40 and Canada Road interchange in Lakeland could soon become a subdivision after a recommendation from a city commission.

An agreement between Bartlett and Lakeland will allow for more sewer capacity and more development opportunities. 

The Lakeland Industrial Development Board received updates on several projects this week, including The Lake District and Ashmont.

The Lakeland Board of Commissioners received updates on several projects this week, including the status of work on The Lake District and the suburb’s community center.

Suburbs around Shelby County are waiting for the certified rate from reappraisal before diving into the any budget process.

A couple of new-home developments in Lakeland and Arlington have run into unexpected delays that are setting back completion by more than a year.

“Our students learn well inside the building, so we were looking at what we could do on the outside of the building that could also provide those same learning opportunities.”

With the discussion of school vouchers beginning this week, suburban leaders said they are watching the events in Nashville and hoping the special session doesn’t mean approval of the controversial approach.

Several suburban officials have found a way to escape the pressures of day-to-day government by taking to the stage to perform.

City Center Liquor has opened in Lakeland. The business is the suburb’s second liquor store and probably the last one until at least 2030.

Lakeland Commissioner Connie McCarter has gained a reputation as a dissenting vote on the Board of Commissioners. The first-term official says her goal is to control city spending.

Friction erupted when a Lakeland commissioner gave Mayor Josh Roman a piece of her mind over a last-minute addition to the meeting’s agenda.

The Lakeland Municipal Planning and Design Review Commission endorsed the preliminary development plan for the newest phase of the project, located north of the Interstate 40 and Canada Road interchange.

The past two years have been a busy time for Lakeland Mayor Josh Roman. Overseeing a city as its mayor tends to take a lot of attention.

The district approved the $3.5 million acquisition of a 20,000-square-foot office building at 3009 Davies Plantation Road in October, and the deal closed last month.

A new flow of funds to Lakeland will be used to build an early childhood center at the proposed community center, providing a much-needed service to the city.

The name of 9-year-old Brody Townsend will be attached to the suburb’s athletic complex as a lasting memory of a boy “whose life and resilience touched many.”

Lakeland continues to work with Tax Increment Financing in hopes of generating revenue for other projects, such as roads and infrastructure.

Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors will try to salvage the plans for The Lake District after the multifamily development suffered financial problems.