Awards & Recognition

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2023 Industry Appreciation Awards, which celebrate Lee County businesses that drive the local economy, employ our workforce and shape their industries. The 30th annual awards program is coordinated by the Horizon Foundation, Horizon Council and Lee County Economic Development Office. Nominations will be accepted online through June 30.…

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Priority Marketing collected nine Local Image Awards, including the top honor – a prestigious Grand Image Award – through an annual competition that recognizes measurable excellence among public relations professionals. Held April 27 at Suite Forty Eight in Fort Myers, the Florida Public Relations Association, Southwest Florida Chapter recognized the firm’s…

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Corey Vertich, CFP®, founding principal with Uhler and Vertich Financial Planners was selected by Forbes magazine for its annual list of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors, which recognizes advisors from national, regional, and independent firms. The Forbes ranking, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria, mostly gained through…

STARability Foundation recently presented a STAR Award to its dedicated vocational partner, Stofft Cooney Architects. The award was presented to Partner John Cooney by employee and STARability Trailblazer Academy participant Matthew Martel. The award recognizes local businesses that employ STARability participants, including those enrolled in the Trailblazer Academy, a community-based program focused on providing vocational…

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Chicken Salad Chick, the nation’s only fast-casual chicken salad restaurant concept, recently named franchisees Kendal Potesta and Scott Pace as Developers of the Year at the company’s annual conference event held on March 20 in Atlanta. The Developer of the Year award is given to a franchise owner who has exhibited…

FORT MYERS, Fla.  – The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) announces that Vice Chair, Teresa Watkins Brown, has been selected as a recipient of the 2023 Home Rule Hero Award by the Florida League of Cities. The Florida League of Cities (FLC), the united voice for Florida’s municipal governments, recently recognized the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency…

Christopher Alan Homes President and CEO Ian Schmoyer was a featured panelist at the 2023 Builder 100 Leadership Summit, an annual conference attracting the nation’s top homebuilders, developers and industry leaders. Schmoyer participated in the panel discussion, “Building on Margins: Lessons from the Top Private Builders,” sharing the innovative, strategic and personal approaches to business…

Baker Senior Center Naples, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for local seniors and their families, announced that it has been awarded a 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid. Candid is a 501(c)3 organization that provides the world’s most comprehensive data and information about nonprofit organizations and the social sector.…

FORT MYERS, Fla. –The Southwest Florida Chapter of the Florida PublicRelations Association (FPRA) presented 14awards for excellence in public relations programming and projects at the 2023 Local Image Awards celebration, held on Thursday, April 27 at Suite Forty Eight in Fort Myers. FPRA members organized an afiesta-stylethemed event, which also recognized four-chapter members and two…