Barry Friedman of LkldNow Awarded Lakeland Vision’s Cygnet Award

Lakeland Vision Cygnet Award Presentation –
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 @ The Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony in D Minor

LAKELAND, FL – Lakeland Vision is proud to present its signature Cygnet Award to Barry Friedman of LkldNow on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Symphony in D Minor’ at the RP Funding Center located at 701 W Lime St, Lakeland, FL 33815 (during the performance’s intermission).

At Lakeland Vision, we are passionate about advancing our mission and celebrating successes. Our organization collaborates with a broad range of community stakeholders to implement a comprehensive action plan shaped by the community’s own vision of its future.

The Lakeland Vision Cygnet Award was unveiled to the community in 2017 and is bestowed upon companies, organizations and individuals that strive to achieve our strategic goals in order to impact our community in positive and significant ways.

We are proud to present the first Cygnet Award of 2019 to Barry Friedman, Founder/Editor/Publisher of LkldNow. Barry exemplifies the characteristics of a true visionary and models the passion for Lakeland that the Lakeland Vision Board of Directors seeks to recognize through this award program. Barry has poured countless hours of time, energy and service into keeping citizens informed of news, current events, activities and initiatives and LkldNow fulfills a significant number of goals and strategies outlined in the community’s Vision Document (which can be found at www.LakelandVision.org).

Past recipients of the Cygnet Award include The Lakeland Rotary Clubs for The Rotary Playground in Hernando’s Landing Project and the Rotary Concert Series, April Mucci, Owner/Editor/Publisher of LakelandMom.com and the Lakes Education/Action Drive (LEAD) for the annual Lakeland Cardboard Boat Challenge.

Any company, organization and/or individual with a project that meets and fulfills portions of the community’s Vision is encouraged to apply for a Cygnet Award. Inquiries may be sent to Executive Director, Laura Rodriguez at Lrodriguez@lakelandvision.org.