Gov. Rick Scott stops by to honor NuJak
LAKELAND — Two Sundays ago, Frank Kendrick sat in church as his pastor, Wayne Blackburn, announced that someone in the congregation “is going to receive an incredible amount of favor.” The next day, Kendrick learned he would be receiving a visit from Florida Gov. Rick Scott at his Lakeland construction business, Nujak Companies. Scott stood […]
2017 Fast 50: NuJak Companies
What are some key accomplishments your company has achieved in the past 12 months? In March, NuJak moved into our new office — doubling the size from our previous space. Some of our other accomplishments include: Ministry Today Magazine, “Blessed to Build” four-page Marketplace Ministry feature, May-June issue Tampa Bay Business Journal, Largest Minority-Owned Businesses […]
Lakeland Regional Health marks 100 years of care
No one escapes the sufferings of birth and death, and for those pivotal times Americans have community hospitals. In Lakeland, that hospital is Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, which this year is celebrating its 100th anniversary. During the past century, the hospital has been known as Morrell Memorial Hospital and Lakeland General Hospital, but the […]
Lakeland Regional Health and BayCare get national recognition on Great Places to Work list
Two Polk County hospital systems — Lakeland Regional Health and BayCare — are on Becker’s Hospital Review’s 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare. Lakeland Regional Health currently has 5,433 employees. BayCare — a West Central Florida affiliation of 14 nonprofit hospitals that includes Winter Haven Hospital and Bartow Regional Medical Center — has more […]
Florida Board of Governors to meet at Florida Poly
Florida Polytechnic University will host the Florida Board of Governors on Wednesday and Thursday in the Innovation, Science and Technology Building at the school. The meeting will be from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. On Thursday, the Board will meet from 7:30 a.m. to noon. It is the first time, the Board of […]
City to Study Four Sites for Parking Garage
LAKELAND – The city will examine four downtown locations to build a parking garage city leaders hope will enliven blocks seen as underutilized while addressing the limited amount of all-day parking in the district. The city is expected to hire Kimley-Horn and Associates, a civil engineering firm, to perform a “due diligence study” to […]
