What Lies Beneath the COVID-19 Financial Landscape?

A look at the current financial and legal issues created by the pandemic. The instability of the global financial markets has businesses in flux as they reassess their risk management approaches following the COVID-19 crisis. Join us Thursday, May 28 at 3 p.m. as we take a look at the state of the financial environment from an…

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Diamond Custom Homes successfully launches Building Dreams Foundation

Naples, Fla. (May 26, 2020) — Naples-based luxury home builder Diamond Custom Homes has announced that its inaugural launch event raised $15,700 for its new Building Dreams Foundation. The company officially introduced the foundation during an event in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Collier County, held March 11 at the residence of Diamond Custom Homes…

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LEE & ASSOCIATES GROWS PRESENCE IN THE SOUTH WITH LATEST EXPANSION: NAPLES, FLORIDA

Seated left to right: Brock Rasmussen, Bill Young, Jeffrey Buckler, SIOR, Biagio Bernardo, and James Walls; Standing left to right: Claire Searls, Thomas Webb, CCIM, MSRE, Michael Mahan, and Elli Shufflebarger May 26, 2020 (NAPLES, FL) – Lee & Associates, the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firm in North America, announces the opening of a Naples, Florida location. The…

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LeeCARES PPE for Small Businesses Program Overview

Applications open May 26, 2020 Overview Lee County Government is investing $57.5 million in Human & Business Services to provide immediate assistance for individuals, families and businesses. Funds are available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act federal stimulus package. Lee County has identified $3 million in emergency support that is available…

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Unilever webinar – Creating a Better Employee Morale Now and Moving Forward

This webinar has already taken place. To view the recorded session, please click here and enter your information. A link will be sent to the provided email address with instructions to access the on-demand recording.  Duration: 34 minutes Available On Demand Click Here In this webinar, we’ll talk with mental health and food service professionals to…

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Collier County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) at work

The economic challenges of this COVID-19 pandemic era cannot be underestimated.  The unemployment figures for Florida, and the nation, say it all.  As we slowly, very slowly, return to some kind of normalcy, a new normalcy with social distancing and mask-wearing, the carnage of the effects of closing down the economy remain with us.  When…

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COVID-19 Update: Is it Time to Reopen?

By Patrick Neale & Associates –Email T. 239.642.1485 SBA Payroll Protection Program Forgiveness Application Greater Naples Chamber Back to Business Guide New CDC Guidelines There have been several significant updates on the COVID-19 recovery front in the last few days. SBA Payroll Protection Program Forgiveness Application One of the most important updates for businesses that…

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Disaster Relief Payments for Employees

By Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co., P.A. – Email 239.433.5554 On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a national disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. By doing this, it unlocked the option for employers to utilize Section 139 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Section…

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CareerSource Southwest Florida Reopens Centers

Fort Myers, Fla. (May 20, 2020) – The work search requirement waiver will expire on May 30, 2020; therefore, we are reopening our career centers effective June 1, 2020 preferably by appointment in order to assist our job seekers with job search requirements and other services. “Even though we have closed our career centers due…

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Seminole Casino Hotel Distributes Grocery Store Gift Cards to Qualifying Employees

IMMOKALEE, Fla. (May 20, 2020) – Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee provided employees who earn less than $50,000 per year with grocery store gift cards Friday, May 15 during a drive-through distribution. A first round of grocery store gift cards valued at $100 each was presented to team members on Friday, May 1.  About Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee Open…

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