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What You Need to Know About Second Draw PPP Loans

01/25/2021

By Andrew Christian, Manager CLA Email T. 267.419.1131  and Christine DiMenna, Director CLA – Email Key insights Many entities that were eligible to participate in the first round of the PPP, received a PPP loan, and have fully used those proceeds are eligible to apply for a second draw PPP loan. Second draw PPP loans…

Moving forward to 2021

01/04/2021

By Connie Ramos-Williams As we move forward to 2021, let’s do so with intention, optimism and a clear vision for success. Take the valuable lessons learned in 2020 and put them to good use to develop a solid business-marketing plan that will help you emerge as an industry leader or maintain your status as one.…

2020: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

01/04/2021

By Gary Tasman and Shawn Stoneburner January 2020 seems like a lifetime ago, and as we think back to the start of the year, before the COVID pandemic changed the world, it’s difficult to recall where we were just 12 months in the past. Commercial property brokers and property investors entered 2020 with a great…

EHC New Headquarters Campus in Fort Myers Now Open

12/18/2020

FORT MYERS, FL, DECEMBER 15, 2020 – EHC, a construction company that provides pre-construction, earthwork and infrastructure services, is proud to announce the new headquarters campus in Fort Myers, Florida is now open.  The site construction company moved its headquarters from Naples to a new campus at 2945 Van Buren Street in Fort Myers, Florida. …

Tamiami Angels Invest in Health Tech Firm, Aperiomics

12/18/2020

Southwest Florida angels invested $360,000 in Aperiomics, a health technology firm that can identify every known microorganism in a clinical sample with just one test. NAPLES, Fla. (December 10, 2020) — A group of angel investors from Southwest Florida invested in Aperiomics, a pathogen-testing company that can identify as many as 40,000 microorganisms in a…

Howe Joins Office Pride of SWFL

12/18/2020

Office Pride of SWFL hires Trent Howe as the Director of Operations.  In this new role, he will be responsible for directing the continuing growth of the company including sales and day to day operations. Howe brings his years of Operational and Sales experience to fine tune the processes of the quickly growing Commercial Cleaning…

Seagate Development Group to Expand EmCyte Corporation HQ

12/18/2020

FORT MYERS, Fla. (Dec.15, 2020) — Seagate Development Group is breaking ground on the final phase of EmCyte Corporation’s headquarters — located at 4331 Veronica S. Shoemaker Blvd. in Fort Myers. The $2.2-million project will include an additional 13,000 square feet of warehouse space and a 2,000-square-foot office facility. Crews will also renovate a 5,000-square-foot…

Ag Insights: What Farmers Should Know about the New Covid-19 Stimulus Bill

12/17/2020

By Paul Neiffer and Chris Hesse, CLA Principals CLA principals Paul Neiffer and Chris Hesse review the new stimulus bill’s income tax changes and go over what farmers should be thinking about now. GO TO WEBCAST – CLICK HERE  

2020 Permanently Changed Restauranteering: Here’s What You Need to Survive the Long-Haul

12/17/2020

Join us for a free webinar on Thursday, December 10th at 1:00 PM EST. REGISTER NOW Can’t attend? No worries! All registered attendees will receive a recording of the webinar. There’s no easy way to put it, tens of thousands of restaurant establishments have permanently closed this year, while the restaurants that survived faced massive…

What is CollierCARES?

12/17/2020

CollierCARES is the program through which Collier County is rolling out the more than $67 million in recently allocated coronavirus relief funds. This funding is part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act federal stimulus package. The funds include six broad initiatives: $20 million for community health and services initiatives. This includes…