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SBA Extends Deadline to Jan. 12 for Florida Businesses and Residents to Apply for Physical Disaster Loans for Hurricane Ian
ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today it will extend its deadline to Jan. 12 to give Florida businesses and residents more time to apply for federal disaster loans for physical damages that occurred from Sept. 23 through Nov. 4 due to Hurricane Ian. The disaster declaration includes the Florida counties of…
Read MoreChicken Salad Chick announces Jan. 10 grand opening in Port Charlotte
Chicken Salad Chick, the nation’s only fast casual chicken salad restaurant concept, is opening at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 1799 Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte. In celebration of the grand opening, Chicken Salad Chick is giving away free chicken salad for a year to the first 100 guests. Led by new franchise…
Read MoreChamber celebrates two businesses seeing islands through recovery
Post-hurricane business reopenings continue to inspire ribbon-cutting celebrations for the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce. On Thursday, Dec. 15, The Shack of Sanibel at 1219 Periwinkle Way and Sanibel Captiva Community Bank’s main office at 2406 Periwinkle Way brought the community out to honor the occasions. “Ice cream and money!” said John Lai,…
Read MoreThe Alliance for the Arts Calls for Artists (in Florida) to Submit Work to the 37th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition
FORT MYERS, FL -The Alliance for the Arts is excited to be hosting the 37th Annual All Florida Exhibition. This annual show is the most anticipated of the year. As the name suggests, this exhibition features pieces created by artists working in a wide variety of media from all over the 65,000 square miles that…
Read MoreChicken Salad Chick now open in Estero
Estero, FL – Chicken Salad Chick, a fast-casual, Southern-inspired chicken salad concept, is now open at 10151 Estero Town Commons Place in Estero. In celebration of its grand opening on Dec.7, Chicken Salad Chick hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and gave away free chicken salad for a year to its first 100 guests. Featuring outdoor patio…
Read MoreThe Preserve and Hodges University announce corporate education partnership
The Preserve and Hodges University have announced a corporate education partnership that will allow for The Preserve to recruit through the university, offer internship opportunities and serve the university and its students in a variety of additional ways including guest lectures and job shadowing. Recruiting and retaining high-caliber talent are significant challenges faced by employers.…
Read MoreMark Loren Designs creates, donates Sea Oats Collection to benefit CROW on Sanibel
Fort Myers, FL – A new collection created by Mark Loren Designs based on sea oats will benefit Sanibel Island’s Clinic for and Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW), a teaching hospital and visitor education center dedicated to saving wildlife through state-of-the-art veterinary care, research, education and conservation medicine. “CROW was hit hard and had to move…
Read MoreCommissioners approve grant agreements for housing assistance
Fort Myers, FL – The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to award Disaster Assistance State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) grant agreements totaling about $4.5 million to nonprofit housing development organizations to assist households affected by Hurricane Ian. The grant agreements provide funding for: Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties, Inc. $2.5…
Read MoreSouthwest Florida Community Foundations Receive $375,000 from Governor Ron DeSantis to Assist with Hurricane Ian Rebuilding Efforts
NAPLES/FORT MYERS/ PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis presented the three area community foundations with a check for $125,000 each in a special ceremony in Matlacha, FL, yesterday to assist in their shared goal of rebuilding Southwest Florida after Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian left behind massive devastation in the tri-county area. 100,000 homes were…
Read MoreBiden-Harris Administration Delivers Over $2 Billion in Federal Support for Floridians to Jumpstart Their Recoveries from Hurricane Ian
WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris Administration announced today it has delivered over $2 billion for Hurricane Ian recovery in Florida in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments. FEMA has provided $710 million to households and $322 million to the state for emergency response, while the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has provided $631 million in disaster…
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