FORT MYERS, Fla. (Feb. 9, 2021) – Cypress Lake Golf Club has installed and dedicated a “Pop Art” painting of Hall of Fame golfer Patty Berg, a worldwide ambassador for golf and a longtime club member. Mixed media artist Christopher “CR” Obetz created a one-of-a-kind, three-dimensional “Pop Art” assemblage celebrating Berg’s achievements on and off […]
New opportunity for kindergarten age children The School District of Lee County is excited to announce that The Young Five Program is currently accepting its first students. The Young Five Program is for students who are eligible for kindergarten and would benefit from an extra year of social and emotional development. “The Young Five Program […]
Ft. Myers, Naples, Port Charlotte – Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida is looking for people with a positive attitude and willingness to put in a good day’s worth of work. The non-profit is planning to add more than 100 positions in the next 100 days, including: Retail Supervisors Sales Associates Processors Donation Door Attendants Donation Door Leads […]
(Naples FL – February 3, 2021) Emmanuel Academies, a local non-profit organization, is offering college scholarships for Fall 2021. Their new campaign, Raising Up Leaders for Tomorrow, was launched in January and is dedicated to helping students receive a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree for a fraction of the normal cost or at no cost at all through their […]
Fort Myers, Florida, [January 18, 2021]- With affiliations in Boston, New Orleans and San Francisco, SH Modern Art has now launched in Fort Myers Florida. Bringing over 30 years of experience in the art industry, SH Modern services include art advisory and consultation, artistrepresentation and buying and selling artwork. In the months of December and […]
HF scientific, a Watts brand and a leading global producer of locally made instrumentation, test kits and chemical reagents used for monitoring water quality, has opened its new state-of-the-art headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida. Located at 16260 Airport Drive, Suite 140, HF scientific’s new design, manufacturing and distribution facility is nearly 35,000 square feet, three […]
CHEF, the Culinary & Hospitality Education Foundation of Southwest Florida, filmed the 2021 CHEF Showdown competition on Monday, February 1, 2021, in front of a live studio audience limited to just 20 VIP guests due to social-distancing guidelines. The Workshop demonstration kitchen at Luminary Hotel and Co. was the perfect setting for a cross-county duel […]
Horizon Council, Horizon Foundation and Lee County Economic Development to honor businesses FORT MYERS, Fla. (Feb. 8, 2021) – Superior quality, strong ethics and resiliency are at the heart of what makes this year’s Industry Appreciation Awards (IAA) unlike any other year. Twenty-one of Southwest Florida’s top companies have made the list of finalists for the event […]
Mandi Wray and Dan Beiter present the Volunteer of the Year award to Dan Pickard (center). FORT MYERS, Fla. (Feb. 5, 2021) – Lee BIA Builders Care, the nonprofit charitable arm of the Lee Building Industry Association (BIA), recently presented its annual awards that honored community partners and volunteers for their commitment to Lee County […]
FEBRUARY 4, 2021 – LABELLE, FLA – Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) history professor Brandon Jett was recently awarded a $4,500 grant from the American Society for Legal History (ASLH) for his digital history project “Lynching in LaBelle.” In 1926, Henry Patterson, a Black man who was working on road construction in LaBelle, was wrongfully accused […]
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