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The Florida DEO Accepting Proposals to Participate in the 2022-2023 Community Planning Technical Assistance Grant Program
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced it is accepting proposals for the state’s Community Planning Technical Assistance (CPTA) Grant program for state fiscal year 2022-2023. Administered by DEO, the CPTA Grant program provides local communities an opportunity to address various planning initiatives such as economic development, resiliency strategies, and critical local…
Read MoreNuesana Health and Wellness Opens Their Mobile Doors
Naples, Fla. – Nuesana Health and Wellness has recently opened up their mobile doors to the community of Southwest Florida. Certified as an Autonomous Nurse Practitioner, Sabrina Arguelles owns and operates the mobile health concierge business with her husband, Albert Arguelles, a US Army Veteran. As a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Sabrina has over 20…
Read MoreAccion Opportunity Fund Partners with Alignable, Increasing Small Businesses’ Access to Credit
San Jose, Calif. — Accion Opportunity Fund (AOF), the nation’s leading nonprofit organization providing small businesses with access to responsible capital, networks, and coaching, today announced a referral partnership with Alignable, the online social network of over 7 million entrepreneurs in the U.S. Accion Opportunity Fund is now a vetted lender on Alignable’s newly launched…
Read MoreNew Scientific Opinion Poll: Small Business Owners Experience Unlevel Playing Field with Large Companies and Big Tech
Washington, D.C. – Small Business Majority released a scientific opinion poll that reveals most small business owners seek a more equitable playing field with larger competitors, particularly on digital platforms and in the area of contracts and agreements. Even before the pandemic, large corporations maintained a stranglehold across all markets and industries. When many small…
Read MoreVERSAGYM™ expands mobile fitness operation to Texas
Naples, FL – Thinking big, Naples-based VERSGAGYM™ is springing forward with its mobile fitness business into Texas and deeper into the South. The mobile fitness operation will first focus on the Texas communities of Allen and McKinney, near Dallas. “We plan on launching in just about every Southern state by the end of this year,”…
Read MoreOne Source Business Capital Closes $5,000,000 SBA Loan for Startup Modular Home Manufacturing Company
ESTERO, FL – One Source Business Capital (One Source) closed a $5,000,000 SBA 7(a) loan that provides working capital to a Modular Home Manufacturing Company startup. These funds will assist the company, based in South Carolina; build 100 homes for a developer in Savannah, Georgia. The client needed financing to purchase equipment, inventory, and working…
Read MoreThree small business-friendly policies to help cut expenses and cope with inflation
Guest Commentary by Anne Zimmerman, Opinion Contributor While there has been a slew of recent positive news about our growing economy, inflation is commanding all our attention. Unfortunately for Main Street Mom-and-Pop businesses, many elected leaders are choosing to use this as a cudgel to bash their opponents rather than doing the hard work of…
Read MoreCRA Approves 2010 Hanson Street for $8.2 Million Tax Increment Rebate
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) recently approved a tax increment rebate and development agreement for 2010 Hanson Street located in the Cleveland Avenue redevelopment area. The CRA approved a tax increment rebate in the not-to-exceed amount of $8.2 million for 2010 Hanson Street disbursed at 85 percent of increment…
Read MoreGov. DeSantis appoints Kevin Karnes as Lee County Clerk of Court
FORT MYERS, FLA. – Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Kevin Karnes as Lee County Clerk of Court & Comptroller, filling the seat of retired Clerk Linda Doggett. Karnes is a 14-year veteran of the office and previously served as chief operating officer, overseeing approximately 300 employees in departments handling court services, finance and technology. He…
Read MoreStudio+ acquires TDM Architects, Inc.
Award-winning architecture and design firm Studio+ has acquired TDM Architects, Inc., a full-service architectural and planning company founded in Los Angeles in 1994. Recently rebranded as Studio+, the firm has 30 years of expertise in education, including K-12 schools, higher education, religious, athletic, school modernization, child development centers, multifamily, senior housing modernization and aerospace. “The…
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