The city of Lakeland’s state funding application for Lakeland Linder Regional Airport for a project that will attract new companies to the city has won support.
The city was one of six recipients announced Monday for more than $18 million in funding from the $85 million Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, which was established by Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature last year. The fund is meant to support economic development projects that create jobs, enhance infrastructure or develop workforce…