Bartow, FL -- Super Summer Shows continue this week at the Bartow Library.

On Wednesday, July 6: Ninth Period, There and Back Again: Around the World in 60 minutes features comedy, magic, music, puppets, and live animals.

The event runs from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Doors open 20 minutes prior to performance.

Polk County, FL -- Ten Florida communities were awarded $7 million in brownfields grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Polk County one of them.

Florida received more grant funding than any other state in the nation to help communities revitalize properties environmentally, restore economic vitality and alleviate potential health risks.

Polk County received two brownfields revolving loan fund grants totaling $1,000,000 will be used to provide loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities for sites contaminated with hazardous substances and petroleum in Polk County and the Cities of Mulberry and Fort Meade.

Winter Haven, FL -- The City of Winter Haven is having a public presentation on Tuesday, June 7 to discuss the expansion of Chain of Lakes Trail and Third Street SW Roadway.

The expansion of the trail will go from downtown to Avenue G and U.S. 17 SW.  Currently, Third Street SW from Magnolia Avenue to Avenue G SW is a four-lane roadway, which was formerly U.S. Highway 17.

The City was awarded a $715,083 grant from FDOT to complete the following as part of the downtown revitalization efforts, the trail network and the beautification work:

• Reduce the existing four-lane roadway to two lanes
• Construct a trail on the east side of the roadway connecting South Central Park to Avenue G (Citi Centre Area)
• Provide a six-foot sidewalk and on-street parking on the west side of the roadway
• Install landscaping and drainage features along the corridor