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Angel investors from the Tamiami Family of Angel Funds invested an additional $200,000 in Kind Designs, its second investment in the Florida-based climate-tech company that manufactures environmentally friendly Living Seawalls to protect coastal communities from rising sea levels. With this most recent investment, Kind Designs has now raised a total of $400,000 from Southwest Florida…
Read MoreVisory Health, a women-led, patient-first health tech prescription platform that is transforming the way women, families and caregivers access affordable healthcare through its online prescription discount card, today announces its national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise. The certification comes to those who exemplify dedication to creating diversity and supporting the female workforce. While a company…
Read MoreLee County has announced that its collaborative efforts with FEMA in recent weeks have resulted in a 30-day extension for submitting documents that will reflect the actions taken in the Special Flood Hazard Area after Hurricane Ian, demonstrating full compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In a letter from FEMA received Friday, the…
Read MoreThe Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to award design contracts for the Fort Myers Beach Fishing Pier and nearby Lynn Hall Memorial Park, both of which were destroyed by Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022. Each contract was negotiated through a competitive process. Each will be funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s…
Read MoreThe public is invited to attend a free event called Edison Awards Day next Wednesday, April 17 from noon-4 p.m. to celebrate the start of the Edison Awards in downtown Fort Myers. The community can enjoy live music by the Ben Allen Band while exploring the Innovators Showcase and watching live products and demonstrations from nominees.…
Read MoreInnovative Food Holdings, a national seller of gourmet specialty foods to professional chefs, announced a new contractual partnership with Cheney Brothers as a broadline distributor partner. With the contract signed, Innovative is now embarking on the technical integration of their respective platforms and expects orders to begin flowing in the back half of this year.…
Read MoreLee County’s contractor, OHLA USA, begins work this month to widen Ortiz Avenue from Colonial Boulevard to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The project will widen the roadway from two lanes to four travel lanes and include a 6-foot sidewalk on the east side of the road and a 10-foot paved trail on the…
Read MoreLee County will provide an update Tuesday related to FEMA’s announcement that it would alter discounts on National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premiums by retrograding the county’s and four municipalities’ Community Rating System (CRS) classifications. This issue will be publicly discussed during the regularly scheduled Lee Board of County Commissioners meeting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday,…
Read MoreThe SanCap Chamber and islands community cheered this week as two iconic Sanibel businesses celebrated reopening their doors following hurricane recovery. They include Sanibel Siesta on the Beach at 1246 Fulgur Street on April 8 and the Bait Box at 1041 Periwinkle Way on April 9. “I guess you could say our official re-opening was…
Read MoreCollaboratory announced the City of LaBelle has been selected to join the Municipal Action Cohort: Connecting Adults to Postsecondary and Workforce Success. This new peer-learning cohort is led by the National League of Cities (NLC) and CAEL (Council for Adult and Experiential Learning) to accelerate city efforts to design, develop, and launch an initiative to…
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