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Innovation Drives Economic Growth

Our Mission: To lead the collaborative economic development efforts of the Polk Technology Region by promoting and growing an economy based on high-skill, high-wage sustainable and evolutionary businesses.

When you are building the most advanced manufacturing facility your industry has ever seen, you have to have confidence in the long-term commitment of the community. We found just that in Polk County.

Ross Dalton
Gtech Printing Corporation

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Britney Woodman, 13, left, and Matthew Dean, 14, heat up strips of painted "Tyvek" in Betsy Reeves' art class at McLaughlin Middle School & Fine Arts Academy in Lake Wales in November 2012.

McLaughlin Middle and Fine Arts Academy Offers Arts Major

McLaughlin Middle and Fine Arts Academy wants to give students intensive arts training that ties into academic studies. Also, students who start sixth grade this fall could be McLaughlin's first high school graduating class, if administrators…

Filed in: Education & Workforce, Lake Wales, News

Gov. Rick Scott Vetoes 9 Polk Projects From State Budget

Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's structures at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, will receive $350,000 for a renovation project after approval by Gov. Rick Scott on Monday.

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed nine Polk County projects in the 2013-2014 state budget that he signed Monday. The two largest local projects rejected were $2.5 million for construction of the University of South Florida/Lakeland Regional Medical…

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