The Greater Fort Myers Chamber has named its finalists for the 2024 Chamber Awards, which will be held on Thursday, July 25 at 5 p.m. at the Caloosa Sound Convention Center in downtown Fort Myers. Recognizing members for their outstanding contributions to the greater Fort Myers community, the program will feature an award ceremony to […]
Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties recently concluded its most successful season of Women Build. Fundraising teams, local companies and individual donors raised a record $534,000 to support Habitat’s home-building efforts for female-led households, the largest single-year fundraising total in Women Build history for Lee and Hendry counties. Women Build is an annual
Sunshine Ace Hardware has announced plans to open a new retail store at Pelican Bay in Naples, just miles from where the company opened its first location 65 years ago. The new store will occupy about 20,000 square feet of The Marketplace at Pelican Bay, co-anchoring the commercial shopping center with Publix. The space previously
Priority Marketing has hired Melissa Ward as assistant to the CEO, a new role as the firm expands its portfolio of services and adds new client partners. Reporting directly to President and Chief Creative Officer Teri Hansen, APR, Ward manages an executive calendar, prepares meeting agendas and relevant documents, secures meeting spaces, coordinates schedules, facilitates
Dr. Brian Lawenda, a Navy veteran and Harvard-trained radiation oncologist, has joined Advocate Radiation Oncology and is seeing patients at the practice’s cancer treatment centers in Venice and Port Charlotte. Dr. Lawenda earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry and cellular biology from the University of California at San Diego before completing his Doctor
The Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers is hosting a First-Time Homebuyers Summit in partnership with Premier Lifestyle Group on Thursday, June 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to support aspiring buyers on their paths to homeownership. Free for the public to attend, the event will guide participants in how to engage
ECHO, a leading nonprofit global agriculture development organization, is hosting its 31st annual International Agriculture Conference from Tuesday, Nov. 12 to Thursday, Nov. 14 in Fort Myers, Florida. The conference takes place at ECHO’s North American Impact Center and the Crowne Plaza Fort Myers Gulf Coast Hotel. The three-day event is devoted to eradicating hunger
The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels will host the team’s third-annual Marvel’s Defenders of the Diamond Night on June 14, when players will take the field in custom Super Hero-inspired jerseys. Fans also will enjoy special Marvel-themed activities and promotions throughout the evening, which will be capped by a postgame fireworks show with pyrotechnics launched from
The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are known for stuffing the stat sheet, but players left their baseball bats and gloves behind to stuff hundreds of boxes of academic materials as Franklin Park Elementary prepares to move into its new building. Just hours before the team’s School’s Out Celebration on May 31 at Hammond Stadium, Mighty
Integrity Employee Leasing, one of the country’s fastest-growing Professional Employer Organization (PEO) companies, is again being honored as a top workplace in Southwest Florida. For the second time in three years, the Charlotte County-based business has been named one of the region’s Best Places to Work by Gulfshore Business magazine. The 2024 honor follows a
