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  • New 96-Bed Behavioral Health Center to Benefit Polk County

    Sean Mallott, Contributing Writer|Updated Dec 11, 2019

    Lakeland Regional Health, with support from the City of Lakeland, is planning to construct a three-building, 96-bed center to better serve the behavioral health inpatient and outpatient needs of the Polk County community. The $46 million Center for Behavioral Health & Wellness will be built near Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center and will treat adults and adolescents for mental health problems, substance abuse, memory disorders and more. Outgoing LRH President Elaine...

  • Four Polk Colleges Training Cybersecurity Experts and Analysts

    Sean Mallott, Contributing Writer|Updated Nov 27, 2019

    As the nation struggles to train enough cybersecurity experts and analysts to fill a shortage that has grown by 50% since 2015, four Polk County colleges are offering courses and degrees to help prepare students for this growing field. In the next two years, about half a million cybersecurity jobs will remain unfilled, according to the Principles for Growing and Sustaining the Nation's Cybersecurity Workforce. Around the world, that number could reach 3 million, according to...

  • Nucor Steel Empowers Employees to Solve Problems

    Sean Mallott, Contributing Writer|Updated Sep 5, 2019

    When the company was having difficulty finding qualified electricians, their maintenance managers decided to work together to find a solution. Six years later, one of those solutions has been implemented locally and is helping one local teen prepare for his first full-time job at Nucor Steel Florida Inc. in Frostproof, about 20 miles south of Lake Wales. Tommy Massey, maintenance manager at Nucor Steel Florida, said the pool of talent for industrial electricians who could work...

  • Why Leaders Should Be Using Data to Improve Decision Making

    Sean Mallott, Contributing Writer|Updated Aug 20, 2019

    Leaders who use data often lead companies that excel, making it one of the most critical pieces of information for those in the top spots of companies around the world. The "Global Leadership Forecast 2018" found that leaders who use data to run their companies are: • Nine times more likely to have closely integrated talent and business strategies. • Seven times more likely to have a strong workforce that includes future leaders. • Two times more likely to have grown aggre...

  • Experts Say Polk Real Estate Market is Hot, Hot, Hot

    Sean Mallott, Contributing Writer|Updated Jun 26, 2019
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    Hot, hot, hot. That's what experts are calling the Polk County real-estate market, where inventory of existing houses remains low and homebuilders are busy. Various reports rank the local real-estate market in the Top 5 among major metropolitan areas, continuing a trend that started in 2018. Realtor.com places the Lakeland-Winter Haven MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in this case is Polk County) as the No. 1 hottest market in the country, followed by Grand Rapids, Mi...