Youkey Theater at the RP Funding Center is getting a new roof
The city pulled a $1.5 million permit to replace the roof over Youkey Theater at Lakeland's RP Funding Center.
Lakeland's civic center complex on Lime Street and Lake Beulah Drive — the RP Funding Center, which includes Youkey Theater — is the site of a $1.5 million roof replacement. Records show a permit issued in January 2026 to remove the old roof and install a new Soprema Sensi-Tite Kee membrane system on the theater, with R F Lusa & Sons Sheet Metal listed as the contractor.
The same city-owned complex shows a steady run of smaller activity in the records: a new events sign at the RP Funding Center, a transit-stop bench, and a series of routine event permits tied to university graduations, a Veterans Day ceremony, and CRA grants for a veterans monument and a mural. Those are ordinary operations at a busy civic venue rather than new construction.
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ims.lakelandgov.net · City of Lakeland sign-in required Sign permit BLD26-00875 (RP Funding Center)
ims.lakelandgov.net · City of Lakeland sign-in required Transit bench permit BLD25-07644
ims.lakelandgov.net · City of Lakeland sign-in required