Predevelopment activity is slowly increasing in portions of The Lake District, the troubled 160-acre mixed-use project south of the Canada Road-Interstate 40 interchange in Lakeland.

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 meeting also featured a discussion and possible action item related to land at Lakeland Town Square promised to the city for municipal use.

Lakeland Municipal Planning & Design Review Commission has endorsed plans for new business in Town Center, including a pavilion, a gelato stand and 30 townhomes.

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.

The Lake District is still dormant after bankruptcy.

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.

A mother-daughter partnership leads to a temporary fashion boutique for a Lakeland family with hopes of a growing business.

The Lakeland School Systems board’s legislative agenda will focus on the school vouchers and Tennessee’s funding formula. It also recognized Arlington Superintendent Jeff Mayo, who recently died.

Godwin, a sophomore quarterback at Lakeland Prep, earned 62.1% of the total vote after leading the Lions to a milestone victory Aug. 23.

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.

Developer Vince Smith recently gave an update on his two large mixed-use projects in Lakeland: Ashmont and Lakeland Town Square.

A roundabout is being planned for the problematic intersection at Seed Tick Road and Memphis-Arlington Road.

The wall is a three-fifths scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

“It’s getting loud out there about pickleball,” board member Jeff Roman said of the growing demand for new courts.

Sakura and Subarashi will merge and scale down their menus in their new location at 3665 Canada Road. The new site sits close to I-40.