Lakeland’s Comprehensive Plan:
Our Community 2030
Host: Commissioner Sara McCarley, Lakeland Vision
There’s a new Plan in Lakeland and our August Listen Lakeland show shares the details! Our guests are Teresa Maio, the City of Lakeland’s Planning and Housing Manager in the Community and Economic Development Department; and Pat Steed, the Executive Director of the Central Florida Regional Planning Council who are two of the primary authors of the City of Lakeland Comprehensive Plan: Our Community 2030. This exciting update to an important Plan will guide the development and support the growth of the Lakeland Community during the next decade. It was adopted by the Lakeland City Commission in July.
The Plan brings together the community’s vision and the City’s vision and mission to shape one of the most important requirements to plan for the future of the City and the surrounding Lakeland Planning Area.
Our Community. Our Future. Our Vision. which is the community’s own vision of its future focused on four areas:
All of these focus areas are included in the new Lakeland Comprehensive Plan, as we explore with our Listen Lakeland guests.