What are they building there?
Lakelandmarks reads the city and county’s public records — permits, hearings, site plans — and turns them into plain English — what’s coming to your corner, and where it stands. Every answer comes with receipts.
What neighbors are following
City Limits Dance Hall is coming to US 98 North
The first public trace of a new venue for north Lakeland: a freshly permitted wall sign. Opening plans aren’t public yet — we’re watching the address.
Publix is clearing ground for a $23.5M warehouse on County Line Road
The biggest construction value in a month of city permits covers the grading and utility work that comes before buildings. Building permits would be next.
An Ace hardware store and a Waffle House are eyeing Highland City
A county case named for the two roadside staples won a Planning Commission recommendation in June. The final decision is still ahead.
Public records in. Plain English out.
No tips, no rumors — just what’s actually on file, and what it means.
We read the records
Our pipeline checks the city and county’s public systems every morning — permits, hearings, site plans.
We write it like a neighbor
Filings become plain-English project pages — what’s proposed, where it stands, and what happens next. No permit-speak.
You get the receipts
Every claim links to the primary document — the permit, the agenda, the case file. Check our work.
Sunday morning, five minutes, all caught up.
The week’s new filings, the hearings ahead, and every project that moved — written for neighbors, not lawyers.