Awards & Recognition
Naples, FL – Gulfshore Playhouse and The Collier Citizens Council are pleased to announce that Kristen Coury, a stalwart of the arts in Collier County, is this year’s winner of the Murray Hendel Civic Achievement Award, given annually for extraordinary contributions to the community. “I’m humbled and overjoyed to be acknowledged as this year’s recipient…
Wednesday September 6, at the annual Visit Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism, Tony Lapi of Sanibel Captiva Beach Resorts received among the highest awards of anyone in tourism, in our state, as he was inducted into the Florida Tourism Hall of Fame. The year was 1976 when the ambitious 20-something Tony and his wife Angie…
Fort Myers, FL, – The mobility-on-demand program developed by LeeTran, Lee County’s public transit provider, has been recognized with the prestigious “Bold Steps Award” at the state-level in the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) “Build a Better Mousetrap” competition. The competition is a national recognition program for transportation innovation. This award highlights LeeTran’s commitment to revolutionizing…
STARability Foundation is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency has earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates STARability as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating an effective use of its donations based on Charity Navigator’s criteria. “Our Four-Star Charity Navigator rating is further validation…
John Wright, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank’s executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer, has been named Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation’s board chair. Wright joined the board in May 2021 and has served on the finance committee. Wright joined the bank in 2020 after relocating to Southwest Florida from Baltimore, Maryland. Wright…
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Priority Marketing earned 11 awards at the 2023 Florida Public Relations Association’s (FPRA) annual Golden Image Awards. The Golden Image Awards is a statewide competition that recognizes outstanding public relations programs while encouraging and promoting the field of public relations. Honorees reflect a standard of excellence and serve as the best…
Fort Myers, FL – CoStar Group, Inc., the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces, announced the CoStar Power Broker Quarterly Deals winners for the second quarter of 2023. Randy Thibaut, ALC, and William Rollins, CCIM, ALC, of LSI Companies, came out on top of the list of winners for the…
The Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF), founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF), announced that it has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation to support essential healthcare services for at-risk and underprivileged children in Collier County. “With the help of the Schulze Family Foundation, NCEF has been…
Baker Senior Center Naples, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors, has been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Moorings Park Foundation to grow the number of weekly Brain Joggers classes for older adults with early memory loss and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Brain Joggers offers an opportunity for individuals…
The Southwest Florida community came together to recognize local businesses and leaders at the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Chamber Awards, held July 27 at the Caloosa Sound Convention Center in downtown Fort Myers. The program celebrated the installation of the Chamber’s 2023-24 board of directors and featured award ceremonies, grant presentations…