Awards & Recognition
Fort Myers, FL, – The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to award nearly $5.4 million in State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) grant agreements to local partners for affordable housing. The grants will provide assistance to 48 very low and 49 low-income households including 53 households that include individuals with special needs. The SHIP…
ECHO, a leading nonprofit global agriculture development organization, announced a transformative boost to its fundraising efforts with the confirmation of a generous $100,000 matching donation. This pivotal contribution comes at a crucial time for ECHO as it seeks to expand its reach and involvement at its four regional impact centers around the globe. The anonymous…
Fort Myers, FL — B&I Contractors, Inc. is proud to celebrate Certification Nation Day on November 1, along with the community of Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies across the country. Great Place to Work® has designated November 1 as Certification Nation Day to honor and acknowledge companies working to create great places to work for…
CHARLESTON, S.C. | – Sunbelt Properties today announced that it was awarded the #23 spot in the Best Places to Work Multifamily® rankings, and the #42 spot on the Best Places to Work Multifamily® for Women list, presented by Multifamily Leadership. The prestigious accolade was announced at the Multifamily Innovation® Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, held in early…
NAPLES, Fla. – Naples-based Optima Academy Online (OAO), the world’s first virtual reality school, is a semifinalist for the 2023 Yass Foundation for Education’s Yass Prize, which is known as the Pulitzer of Education Innovation and will award $1 million to the eventual winner. The Yass Prize celebrates the country’s education provider who best demonstrates…
NAPLES, FLA. — Premier Sotheby’s International Realty is proud to announce that three of its top Naples-area individual advisors and one of its top-producing teams have been honored among the Top 100 agents worldwide within the Sotheby’s International Realty® network. This distinguished recognition brought the world’s top agents together for an evening of celebration in…
Naples, Fla. – The Global Business Council of Naples Area Board of REALTORS® has been awarded the Platinum Global Achievement Program Award from the National Association of REALTORS®. This places Naples Area Board of REALTORS® in the top 10% of Global Councils nationwide. Naples Area Board of REALTORS® has shown the highest level of service to its…
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Christopher Alan Homes received eight awards from Lee BIA at the 2023 Industry Awards held recently. The Lee BIA Industry Awards honor building and construction industry professionals who make superior contributions to the residential home building and commercial construction industry in sales, marketing, design and outstanding achievement, both individual and corporate.…
FORT MYERS, Fla. –Mike Hartman, senior vice president and senior loan officer at Sanibel Captiva Community Bank, was named mortgage originator of the year for an outside title agency at the Lee Building Industry Association’s annual Industry Awards Nov. 9 at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center. The Lee BIA Industry Awards honor building…
NAPLES, Fla. – STARability Foundation is pleased to announce it has received a $35,000 grant from the Collier Community Foundation. These funds will support STARability’s Trailblazer Academy: Enhanced Mobility Project, which includes the purchase of a new wheelchair-accessible transport van. The new van will allow STARability to expand services and opportunities for participants that rely…