Polk County embraces red-hot industrial market

If Florida’s economy is hot, Central Florida is hotter. If Central Florida is hotter, Polk County is hottest. If Polk County is hottest, then Winter Haven is ablaze.

  • By John Haughey
  • | 10:00 a.m. January 11, 2022
Calvin Knight Lakeland Economic Development Council Vice President for Business Development Ashley Cheek says the region should continue to be hot in 2022.
Calvin Knight Lakeland Economic Development Council Vice President for Business Development Ashley Cheek says the region should continue to be hot in 2022.
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Pinpointing 2021 milestones and projecting 2022 highlights should be easy in Polk County, where the population has increased more than 20% since 2010 and its location straddling Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando sustains job-generating growth in manufacturing, distribution and logistics.

 

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