Awards & Recognition

Vertich named to Forbes 2023 list of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors

05/30/2023

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 presents STAR Award to Stofft Cooney Architects

05/29/2023

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…

Avow awarded reaccreditation from the Joint Commission

05/23/2023

Avow has achieved reaccreditation of The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. “As a heath care accreditor, The Joint Commission works with health care organizations…

Owners Kendal Potesta , Scott Pace named Developers of the Year for Chicken Salad Chick success in Southwest Florida

05/22/2023

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…

Commissioner Watkins Brown receives 2023 FLC Home Rule Hero Award

05/22/2023

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’ Ian Schmoyer speaks at Builder 100 Leadership Summit

05/17/2023

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 Earns Prestigious 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency

05/17/2023

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.…

SWFL Public Relations Professionals Win Image Awards

05/16/2023

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…

Junior Achievement honors 2023 Business Hall of Fame Laureates

05/12/2023

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida (JA) recently celebrated 35 years of honoring and recognizing business leaders in Southwest Florida with a record-breaking gala at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples. On Tuesday, April 18, over 400 business leaders gathered to induct 2023 Laureates JoAnn Elardo, founder of Cape Spirits Inc., Thomas M. Moran…

Mary Gentile Receives Top Honor, Named Among Women of Influence

05/11/2023

FORT MYERS, Fla.  – LandQwest Commercial Property Management is pleased to announce that its President, Mary Gentile, CRX, CSM, is among the GlobeSt.com – Real Estate Forum Class of 2023 Women of Influence.   The Women of Influence program recognizes a growing number of commercial real estate female professionals for remarkable achievements in the Commercial Real Estate industry. These…