Join DLP
The Downtown Lakeland Partnership is a membership based Downtown Lakeland marketing co-operative, which means to participate in DLP activities and marketing opportunities you must be a member of the DLP. Memerbship preference is given to business located within the Downtown Lakeland boundary. Businesses outside the Downtown Lakeland area must apply for membership.
Many members who are located elsewhere whose business type compliments the mission of the Downtown Lakeland Partnership see the value in member benefits and have a love for Downtown Lakeland and its continued vitality. Businesses located outside of Downtown Lakeland must apply and be approved. Approval is based on business type and how that business is able to fulfill the mission of the Downtown Lakeland Partnership. Because the membership committee meets only once per month, applications are not immediately reviewed. Please allow 30 days for application review. Do not send a check with your application. You will be invoiced if approved.
See who the current members are.
Partnership rates for the Downtown Lakeland Partnership:
PARTNERS (only businesses located in Downtown Lakeland use this application): Application
$200 – Non-profit rate within the DLP boundaries (see map)
$200 – Downtown Businesses with FTE equivalents of 1-3 employees
$300 – Downtown Businesses with FTE equivalents of 4-10 employees
$400 – Downtown Businesses with FTE equivalents of 11 or more employees$400 – Downtown Businesses with FTE equivalents of 11
or more employees
$500 – GOLD Member – Any size business or individual regardless of location can be a gold member. Gold member benefits include name recognition on the cover of the quarterly newsletter, name listing and website link from the DLP home page, recognition at the DLP Annual state of Downtown meeting.
DIPLOMATS: Application
$300 – Businesses, nonprofits and organizations located outside of the DLP boundary (see map)
AMBASSADORS: Application
$400 – * Reserved for hotels, universities and colleges, and other entities outside of the DLP boundary that cater directly to out-of-town guests.
To join the partnership, download and fill out the appropriate application and mail with a check to DLP PO BOX 3499 Lakeland FL 33802 or if you are a business located within the DLP boundary, pay your dues online HERE.
Application – Fill out the applicable form from the above category and mail or fax (868-7707) to apply to join the DLP.
AS A MEMBER YOU AGREE TO:
• Accept and respond to DLP correspondence via email.
To keep administrative costs low (and membership rates reasonable) we do virtually all contacts with members via email. Please be sure to check your junk mailbox for DLP emails that may have ended up there. We send event information, marketing information, networking information, invoices, etc via email.
• Check the DLP web site for event and other important Downtown Lakeland information.
The DLP web site is updated DAILY. From daily lunch specials to member news to upcoming events…we try to keep everything you need to know on the web.
• Share DLP emails with friends, family and co-workers.
YOU are our best source for spreading information about Downtown Lakeland. Please forward emails about events and businesses to others to help us get the word out.
• PARTICIPATE
Your membership is only valuable if you take advantage of what the DLP benefits have to offer. Please take the time to go through the pages of this web site. You may have suggestions on things to add or ways to organize. We need your input. Plus you’ll learn about all that DLP has to offer.
If mailing your membership check, send to:
DLP Mailing Address:
PO Box 3499
Lakeland FL 33802
FAX: 863-868-7707
