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Walker Road Food and Water Distribution Site Update

Published: October 15, 2024

Bartow, Fla. (Oct. 15, 2024) – Polk County’s Walker Road food and water distribution site (1035 Walker Rd., Lakeland) will cease operations tomorrow, Oct. 16. The site will shut down at 6 p.m. today and reopen at 8 a.m. tomorrow, but it will cease operations once supplies are exhausted. This will likely occur before the standard 6 p.m. closing time.

The site is ceasing operations because power has been largely restored and stores have reopened.

For more information, please call the Citizens Information Line at (863) 298-7500 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.


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