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Article: Investor Jerry Herring played vital role in business district's revitalization.
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- The Ledger (Lakeland, FL)
- Article date:
- July 16, 2006
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Byline: Jeremy Maready
Jul. 16--The drone of a fleeting Amtrak train reverberated off the hardwood floors and brick walls of Jerry Herring's Lakeland office.
It's not an annoyance for the commercial Realtor -- he said it's just a part of being downtown.
"Train? What train," he said with a chuckle. "You get used to it. I don't think it would be a true downtown if you didn't have a train."
From his second floor office on Kentucky Avenue, Herring, 59, can see the locomotive racing past Munn Park. While the railroad was a major reason for the creation of downtown Lakeland, Jerry Herring is a major force in its future.
But Herring ...