As much natural beautify as Lakeland Florida has, Lakeland is very much a modern city with modern amenities and international airport that is attracting companies like Amazon.
The city has made it a goal to become one of the startup capitols of America. Lakeland competes very favourably with locations like San Jose, California, and other high tech centers thanks to its venture capital access, well educated citizenry and support from the local city.
In addition, starting up in Lakeland gives you ready access to the capital markets in New York without the burdensome taxes and costs.
Catapult Lakeland has been in operation just 7 years and has already achieved more than 200 entrepreneurs engaged, 27 business of all kinds launched, and 31 micro-grants awarded. More information is available on their site at Catapult Lakeland.