MARK YOUR CALENDARS! (click image for link) Saturday, October 1, 2011        9:00 – 3:00 South Kentucky Avenue (between Main and Lemon Streets)   Downtown Lakeland Help uncover Polk County’s undiscovered talent in this festival for lovers of all things “Book”! Here’s your chance to meet and support local authors, illustrators and publishers (just in time for the [...]

You spoke, and Sparky listened! Lakeland natives as well as visitors have been requesting both Lakeland and The General Store shirts, so, thanks to the artistic talents of Rob Smith Jr. and Marty Jones at Jones and Sons Printing, your wishes have been granted! The 100% preshrunk cotton tees feature Sparky, our hard-working and tail-wagging CFO (Chief [...]

THE GENERAL STORE is proud to announce the newest addition to our selection of unique creations by local artists. “My name is Karin Munkacsi-Whitley and I love, love, love to BEAD! I’m a beadaholic and make beadalicious baubles for your lobes. If you are looking for earrings that will not go with anything else, or mixed [...]

Boyd Pridmore is a man of many ideas and endless energy! He is an entrepreneur, from “Jesus is the Reason for the Season” yard signs to “Flabalsawood” Hiking Sticks, castor oil remedies to the Nail -Saver Key Keeper. Boyd sees a need for something and figures out a way to make it happen! Retired from the [...]

 THE GENERAL STORE has added SEVEN new ”word artists” to our line-up of local authors! From hobbies to mysteries, autobiographies to novels, your summer reading getaway is just down the street! Caused & Effect by Bernie Bourdeau is a fast-paced tale of the insatiable quest for vengeance, the illusion of what we witness, and the elusive path to forgiveness. [...]

The stories of the Swamp Ape roaming through the wilds of Florida go back almost 150 years. One of those critters has decided to fulfill his lifelong obsession with the great state of Florida by breaking away from his home in the Big Cypress Swamp and seeing what he has only read about and seen [...]

Yep, good old “sippin’ sodas” – the ones that take you back to a simpler time. From Boylan’s Birch Beer (think rootbeer, but a bit different) and Black Cherry to Frostop’s Orange and Creme (just like a melted Creamsicle!). We’ve even managed to harness RC Cola, Nehi Peach and Grape (Radar O’Reilly would be SO [...]

WHEN YOU SHOP LOCAL, your loved ones get great gifts and you help support the local economy! What better for book-lovers than literary works from some of Polk County’s own? LOCAL AUTHORS invite you to enjoy the stories – from Cracker Cowboys to Missionaries, War Heroes to Poets, Inspiration for Business to Inspiration for Life - and [...]

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The Polk Authors & Illustrators Festival! Saturday, October 2, 2010         9:00 – 3:00 South Kentucky Avenue (between Main and Lemon Streets)   Downtown Lakeland Help uncover Polk County’s undiscovered talent in this festival for lovers of all things “Book”! Here’s your chance to meet and support local authors, illustrators and publishers (just in time for [...]

Sparky invites you to her house for “Dog Days of Summer” fun! Join us at The General Store on First Friday, August 6 - from 6:00 – 9:00 as Sparky hosts: GEODOGS OF SUMMER – a Geocaching Event to raise funds and awareness for Save Our Homeless Pets / Polk Co. Animal Control         geocaching.com  GC2B42X SAVE [...]