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This week marked another milestone for Tampa Hope, a shelter tucked into the industrial sprawl of the city’s eastern edge run by Catholic Charities Diocese of St. Petersburg: The groundbreaking of a 7,000 square-foot community center. When complete next year, the facility will serve as a hub for residents to access a range of social and medical services in a quest to get people off the streets and into permanent housing: https://trib.al/orTBNOY
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Avelo Airlines now provides nonstop service between Lakeland Linder International Airport and Tweed-New Haven Airport in southern Connecticut. Avelo is the first and only airline offering this service, according to a media release.
Lakeland airport lands its first commercial airline in over a decade
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