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Category Archives: City of Winter Haven
Coming In For A “Landings”
The Winter Haven Landings property on Cypress Gardens Blvd. closed today on the interim phase, which includes 4.1 acres in the amount of $881,500. Tucker Construction has installed a camera to take photos every ten minutes of the construction progress, … Continue reading
Lakeland/Winter Haven MSA Among Eight Towns In FL Bucking the Downturn …
CNN Money is reporting that Realtor.com has ranked eight Florida communities among the top 10 turnaround towns in the Nation. They primarily attribute the turnaround here (the Lakeland – Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area”MSA”) to the opening of LEGOLAND Florida … Continue reading
WAWA Coming to Winter Haven …
Look for a very popular and successful convenience/fuel store named “Wawa” to build a 5,500 square foot store with an eight-island fuel station at 1490 3rd Street SW — former home of Cypress Lincoln Mercury. The site will be cleared … Continue reading
CSX Files Site Plan for Approval
Evansville Western Railway, a subsidiary of CSX Transportation has applied for Site Plan Approval for the Intermodal Terminal. The 318 acre project in south Winter Haven will ultimately become an integrated logistics center (ILC) that will handle containerized freight. Once this … Continue reading
Haven Job Growth Projected to be Top in Nation …
Susan Adams, Senior Editor for Forbes, posted an article today that places Lakeland/Winter Haven tied for the top spot in job growth in the first quarter of 2012. She writes, “Though Florida was hard hit by the 2008 subprime mortgage … Continue reading
Posted in City of Winter Haven, Employment Opportunity
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Group Forms to Update Haven Vision
Past participants in the Winter Haven visioning effort known as “Our Future By Design” have announced the selection of a Steering Committee that will work to organize an update to the original vision plan released in 2001. Committee members include: … Continue reading
Posted in City of Winter Haven, General Announcements
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VOTE Today! Winter Haven Municipal Elections
Important decisions will be made at the polls today here in Winter Haven. City Commission Seats 1, 2 and 3 are up for election or re-election. Seat #1: Mayor Pro Tem J. P. Powell faces candidate Debra Ogzewalla. Seat #2: … Continue reading
Posted in City of Winter Haven, Political Scene
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City Commission Candidates Forum Breakfast
Mark your calendar for August 31! Send us your questions for the candidates! Three seats on the Winter Haven City Commission are up for election this year. Seat 1: Mayor Pro Tem J. P. Powell is being challenged by Debra Ogzewalla Seat … Continue reading