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5/16/2008  Economic Development Meeting Highlights Growth
Lakeland Economic Development Council's annual breakfast event gives rundown on business activity. Pepsi Bottling Group showed off its new Lakeland home Thursday: an 110,000-square-foot facility at Interstate Commerce Park that will be used to refurbish thousands of vending machines and soda fountains each year. The arrival of Somers, N.Y.-based Pepsi Bottling was one of several announcements made during the Lakeland Economic Development Council's annual breakfast. Other highlights included:

5/16/2008  FSC to Build $1.5M Tech Center
Construction on the new building will start this summer. The Marshall and Vera Lea Rinker Foundation has donated millions of dollars to a number of small colleges throughout Florida.

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