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The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) invites creative minds from across the globe – visionaries, innovators, creators and futurists – to propose design concepts for engaging, transformational art installations to be built along the banks of the Caloosahatchee River in downtown Fort Myers. The goal of Innovation Walk is to marry innovation with art,…
The Horizon Council Business Issues Committee will host a Business Continuity Planning Workshop to help Lee County business owners and managers plan and prepare to maintain business operations in a crisis. The May 10 session will offer tips for business leaders to assess risk, develop recovery strategies, organize teams, create a crisis communication plan and…
The Goodwill Mobile Community Resource Center was awarded $28,450 from The Community Trust Fund of The League Club. The Mobile CRC provides online services in areas where transportation is a barrier and enables Goodwill recruiters to do on-the-spot applications for employment at various community events. Some of the services offered by the Mobile CRC are online…
The Housing Alliance, a new non-profit organization formed to provide information, education and advocacy for accessing and developing attainable housing solutions in Collier County, has named Michael Puchalla as the executive director and CEO. Puchalla has more than 17 years of mortgage lending, financial counseling education and non-profit, affordable housing management experience. The Alliance formed…
The City of Bonita Springs has approved a renewable public-private partnership operating agreement with the Wonder Gardens for a period of 10 years. “The City is happy to have reached a comprehensive agreement for such a staple in downtown Bonita Springs. The Wonder Gardens is reminiscent of Old Florida, giving a connection to the past…
With National Small Business Week approaching and 20% of new businesses failing within the first year, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2024’s Best Small Cities to Start a Business. And Fort Myers ranked No. 3 on the list nationwide. Top 20 Small Cities to Start a Business          Cedar City, UT St. George,…
Angel investors from the Tamiami Family of Angel Funds invested an additional $200,000 in Kind Designs, its second investment in the Florida-based climate-tech company that manufactures environmentally friendly Living Seawalls to protect coastal communities from rising sea levels. With this most recent investment, Kind Designs has now raised a total of $400,000 from Southwest Florida…
Visory Health, a women-led, patient-first health tech prescription platform that is transforming the way women, families and caregivers access affordable healthcare through its online prescription discount card, today announces its national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise. The certification comes to those who exemplify dedication to creating diversity and supporting the female workforce. While a company…
Lee County has announced that its collaborative efforts with FEMA in recent weeks have resulted in a 30-day extension for submitting documents that will reflect the actions taken in the Special Flood Hazard Area after Hurricane Ian, demonstrating full compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In a letter from FEMA received Friday, the…
The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to award design contracts for the Fort Myers Beach Fishing Pier and nearby Lynn Hall Memorial Park, both of which were destroyed by Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022. Each contract was negotiated through a competitive process. Each will be funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s…