Lakeland

Lakeland offers an entrancing mix of urban, rural, and historic aspects that earn it the title of &quote;Florida's Best Town.&quote; Munnville, Rome City, and Redbug were just a few of the suggested names for the small Central Florida community that would come to be known as Lakeland. Not long after its founding, other descriptive monikers-&quote;Lovely City of Lakes&quote; and &quote;Highest, Healthiest, Busiest&quote;-would be applied. Recently ranked as the tenth &quote;Best Place to Live&quote; of medium-sized cities in the South, Lakeland today offers an entrancing combination of contrasting elements that all work well together. Fields of strawberries and rolling hills covered with citrus groves surround a growing city comprised of a mixture of structures, both new and old, modern and beautifully preserved. Commercial entities join with cultural organizations in mutually beneficial relationships to produce a quality of life that many other cities only hope to attain. Lakeland may well be as it was advertised in 1905-&quote;Florida's Best Town.&quote;