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The highly anticipated Margaritaville Beach Resort Fort Myers Beach held its groundbreaking ceremony this past Friday. Put on by the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce and Fort Myers Beach Friends of the Arts, the celebration included the DeAngelis Diamond project team, developers, local and regional business, political leaders, and Margaritaville supporters. “After more than…
Washington, D.C.―As the U.S. Senate appears poised to pass a bipartisan infrastructure plan to provide investments in our roads, bridges and broadband, the status of a more expansive “human infrastructure” package appears less certain. The latest survey from Small Business Majority finds that small businesses need additional support on their road to recovery, and they strongly favor…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced $750,000 in workforce training funds that are available for Floridians interested in pursuing nonagricultural occupations in rural areas through the Everglades Restoration Agricultural Community Employment Training Program. Created and funded by the Florida Legislature, and administered by DEO, the Everglades Training Program is designed…
Fort Myers, FL, Aug. 3, 2021 – The Lee Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday awarded two contracts for projects to mitigate stormwater flooding in the San Carlos Park area. San Carlos Park was particularly hard hit by flooding in 2017 when heavy rains in August were followed by Hurricane Irma in September. In June…
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Aug. 18, 2021) — For the sixth time in seven years, MY Shower Door has been recognized among Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing and most successful independent businesses in the country. MY Shower Door ranks 4,878 on the 2021 list, thanks in large part to the company’s tremendous growth in the…
Fort Myers, FL, Aug. 17, 2021 – The Lee Board of County Commissioners today voted to approve a contract to design the Palm Creek Filter Marsh Project within the Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve East in North Fort Myers. The project consists of the professional engineering and related services for development of a pond and wetland network…
(July 30, 2021 – Naples, FL) – SAFE AND SOUND has grown significantly since Mark Gabel founded the company in 2008. Another milestone has now been reached with the opening of their new showroom located at 2900 Tamiami Trail North near downtown Naples. The new location will serve as the largest retail custom safe showroom in Collier…
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Aug.18, 2021) — Seagate Development Group has completed the development and construction of Scotlynn USA Division Inc.’s North American corporate headquarters at 9597 Gulf Research Lane in Fort Myers. In addition to eight acres of site improvements and a road extension, crews built a 60,000-square-foot, class-A multinational transportation and logistics facility –…
FORT MYERS, FL – The 2021 REIS Real Estate Symposium takes a comprehensive look at water quality and the implications for real estate and economic development in Southwest Florida. This timely program will be presented by the Real Estate Investment Society (REIS) and Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) on September 8th at FGCU. Critical updates, expert insights,…
Key insights The SBA issued an Interim Final Review related to PPP loans of $150,000 and less. A COVID revenue reduction score was created to simplify adherence to the 25% revenue reduction requirement for second-draw PPP loans. The SBA created a Direct Forgiveness Portal to increase efficiency of the loan forgiveness process. The SBA created…