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Catapult currently houses 130 entrepreneurs in a 10,000-square foot facility. Parking was a critical issue that needed to be addressed for the project to be viable. The largest issues for Catapult were unknown costs related to renovating a large warehouse in disrepair and where to find parking. Typical development issues were discussed from zoning to utility extensions. Restoring this building was something no one else in our community was willing to tackle for many reasons, from prohibitive cost to getting Lakeland’s Historic Preservation Board approval (future blog). In multiple meetings, Catapult shared our vision for restoring the Cash Feed building, an abandoned warehouse on Lake Mirror, into a newly renovated ($10 million) entrepreneur hub with co-working, offices, commercial kitchen and maker space (Read More). Less than a week later, Catapult representatives met with Lakeland’s Mayor, city manager, city department heads, representatives from the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority, Downtown Lakeland Partnership, Community Redevelopment Agency, Historic Lakeland and Lakeland Historic Preservation Board. In September 2015, Catapult put Lakeland’s Cash Feed and Vacuum Cleaner buildings under contract with the intent to move our 501c3 non-profit entrepreneur center, Catapult, to Lake Mirror.
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This extremely generous gift is open and available to anyone and everyone in our community.
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Due to its initial success and the obvious need to move beyond its initial experimental stage, local private donors through the Give Well Community Foundation have given and pledged over $17 million to grow and expand its facilities and programs. Catapult was started in late 2013 as an 501c3 educational entrepreneur center in the basement of the Bank of America Building in downtown Lakeland.
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