Gulfshore Life unveiled the Best of the Gulfshore 2023 readers’ choice awards in its May issue. This year, 22 Priority Marketing clients and partners were honored as Southwest Florida’s favorite people, places and things. Online, write-in ballots survey public opinion to name the top local businesses across numerous categories, including arts, entertainment, shopping, attractions, [...]
The Horizon Council, Horizon Foundation and Lee County Economic Development Office have announced finalists for the Industry Appreciation Awards 2022. Following a rigorous evaluation process, 17 companies have been selected as finalists across six awards categories. Winners will be announced at the Industry Appreciation Awards ceremony on Feb. 10. The Industry Appreciation Awards celebrate Lee [...]
The Horizon Council, Horizon Foundation and Lee County Economic Development Office have announced a new date – Feb. 10, 2023 – for the 2022 Industry Appreciation Awards. The awards program celebrates Lee County businesses that drive the local economy, employ our workforce and shape their industries. Originally scheduled for late-October, the awards ceremony was [...]
Pro-Tec Plumbing & Air has opened a location in Fort Myers to better serve residential and commercial customers in Lee County. Located at 2775 N. Airport Road, Unit 101, the Fort Myers location offers a convenient point to dispatch plumbers and HVAC technicians to homes and businesses in Fort Myers, Estero, Bonita Springs, Cape Coral [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce will feature a nonprofit expo during its monthly luncheon on July 22, providing an opportunity for business professionals to learn more about nonprofit organizations that are members of the Chamber. Organizations that will be showcased include Alvin A. Dubin Alzheimer’s Resource Center, BelieveNBooks, Boys & Girls Club of [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Committee will explore tips for successfully jump-starting a new or current business during its networking event on Wednesday, July 7. Starting at 5:15 p.m., the program will feature a panel of five guest speakers that will share tips and common misconceptions in their areas of [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce will host a panel discussion on Wednesday, Feb. 17 to review the latest on business development for Fort Myers and surrounding Lee County. The panel will include guest speakers John Talmage, director of the Lee County Economic Development Office, Michele Hylton-Terry, executive director of the Fort Myers Community [...]
Leadership NEXT, a monthly program for advancing business professionals, will host a networking program from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at the historic Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers. Edison and Ford Winter Estates is the internationally known winter home site of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and dates back [...]
GrowFL has honored Priority Marketing as a 2020 Company to Watch, a prestigious designation that recognizes second-stage businesses poised for significant growth over the next several years. Priority Marketing was the only company in Lee County, and one of just three in Southwest Florida, to be named as a 2020 honoree. Teri Hansen founded Priority [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Committee will host a virtual program on “Transitioning Your Passion or Hobby into Your Career” at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Attendees will hear from three local business and nonprofit leaders who have turned their passions into their professions. Speakers include Alison Hussey of [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce will host its 2020 Business Summit virtually this year, bringing the local business community together for an expanded multi-day summit Nov. 16-19. The virtual event launches at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16 with a keynote address by Christin Collins, “Thriving Through These Unprecedented Times: Organizational Health Starts [...]
Priority Marketing has been named among Florida’s top-ranked businesses as a finalist in GrowFL’s 2020 Florida Companies to Watch recognition program. Now in its 10th year, Companies to Watch honors impressive second-stage companies that are developing valuable products and services, creating quality jobs, enriching communities and broadening new industries throughout Florida. GrowFL has recognized only [...]
Local business and community leaders will be celebrated during the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon on Nov. 21. During the event, the Chamber will recognize the graduates of its 2019 Leadership Program, an 11-week program designed for leadership development in the Chamber’s business members by encouraging their community involvement, broadening their knowledge [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce will address the potential business impact of a statewide proposal to increase minimum wage levels during a business breakfast held from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8 at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd. in Fort Myers. A proposed ballot initiative to raise Florida’s minimum [...]
Inaugural business mentorship event to be held Aug. 22 The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce is pleased to introduce EXCELerate, a new program that provides mentoring for business excellence. The Chamber invites the community to attend its business mentorship event on Aug. 22 to learn more about the new program designed to support, propel [...]
Business professionals will have the opportunity to learn more about the region’s variety of nonprofit organizations during the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon on July 18. The luncheon will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 18 at Pelican Preserve Golf Club, 9802 Pelican Preserve Blvd. in Fort [...]
Leadership NEXT, a monthly program for advancing business professionals, will highlight the impact of a collective approach to entrepreneurial ecosystems during its July 9 session at WearTheFund in Fort Myers. Led by Sam Lewis, founder of WearTheFund, and Jonathan Romine, program director of SecondMuse, the program will offer insightful discussion on how entrepreneurial ecosystems thrive [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce invites the community to join its June General Membership Meeting for the installation of its 2019-2020 Board of Directors and officers. The luncheon will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 20 at the Crowne Plaza at Bell Tower, 13051 Bell Tower Drive in [...]
Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida is pleased to announce the members of its 2019 Business Hall of Fame, Collier County Advisory Board. The committee will be led by chair Brenda O’Connor, executive director of membership for Naples Yacht Club, and vice chair Andy Buschle, senior vice president and private client advisor, Bank of America Private [...]
Guests at Leadership NEXT’s June session will take a behind-the-scenes tour of Sun Harvest Citrus, a family-owned business that has become a top destination for orange-lovers in Southwest Florida. Leadership NEXT is a monthly program through the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce that offers unique educational and networking opportunities for advancing business professionals in [...]
April’s Leadership NEXT session will explore the art and business of beermaking through the eyes of a local brewer. Leadership NEXT, a monthly program offering unique educational and networking opportunities for advancing business professionals in Southwest Florida, will visit Palm City Brewing on April 9 for insight about the challenges and successes in the region’s [...]
Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida is seeking entrepreneurial, business-minded teens for an exclusive weeklong summer camp in which they’ll learn what it takes to become a successful business leader. Open to rising high school juniors and seniors from Charlotte, Collier and Lee counties, the CEO Academy teaches students the basics of starting and operating a [...]
Attendees of February’s Leadership NEXT event will explore the inner-workings of an art gallery and receive an exclusive, narrated look at the newest exhibit to debut at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery. Leadership NEXT, a monthly program of the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, offers unique educational and networking opportunities for advancing business professionals in [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce will kick off 2019 with a focus on health, wellness and “Living Your Why” at its January General Membership Meeting. Christin Collins, system director of health and wellness for Lee Health, will offer insightful discussion on how understanding your unique purpose, and living life to fulfill this focus, [...]
Several client services leaders from Gartner, Inc. will offer advancing business leaders insight into the thriving IT advisory company during the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership NEXT program in November. The two-hour session begins at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at Building 2 of Gartner’s Southwest Florida headquarters, 12651 Gateway Blvd. [...]
Forty-five students in Guadalupe Center’s Tutor Corps Program were offered an exclusive tour of Arthrex Manufacturing Inc., seeing firsthand some of the innovative products being developed by the Naples-based company. Engineers led the Immokalee High School students on a tour of the Arthrex facility in Ave Maria, showing cutting-edge Computer Numerically Controlled machines that make [...]
KOVA Companies, a full-service, institutional-quality commercial real estate firm, announces the hiring of three new employees under the KOVA Property Management and KOVA Facilities verticals. KOVA Companies’ newest team members, Gayle Erickson-Ash, Keith Marvelle and Karla Thurkettle bring a vast amount of experience and will further KOVA Companies’ commitment to growth and development in Florida. [...]
Tradeshow tables, registration still available for business expo The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce will hold its fifth annual Mixpo event, an after-hours mixer and business expo, on June 28 in Fort Myers. The evening offers ample opportunities for participants to network with area professionals and industry leaders, as well as showcase their business to Chamber [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce has announced its Business Building Symposium V, set for Sept. 19 at the Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort & Spa. This year’s theme is “Unleash the Spirit of your Organization.” The program includes a series of informative, interactive workshops led by local business leaders, including sessions covering social media [...]
Oct. 26 event to induct laureates Edward Staros and Mark Wilson into Business Hall of Fame Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are now available for Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida’s 2017 Business Hall of Fame, Collier County, which will induct Edward Staros, vice president and managing director of The Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples, and Mark Wilson, [...]
Business breakthrough coach Erica Castner is gearing up to introduce a new 13-week course titled, Rev Up Your “It Factor,” aimed at helping sales professionals and business owners attract quality clients, expand their presence, master the art of productivity, and boost confidence. The course will be held at Endeavor Innovative Workspace, 8831 Business Park Dr. [...]
Mary Vlasak Snell, a partner at Pavese Law Firm, will focus on legal types of ownership, IP concepts and potential legal problems of starting and running a small business during the Wednesday, Feb. 1 class at Florida Gulf Coast University. Snell will provide attendees with what they need to know about how to start up [...]
Fort Myers Technical College is accepting students for the upcoming spring 2016 semester, which will begin Jan. 26. Fort Myers Technical College offers job skills training in more than 30 professions, including business, hospitality, technology, health science, education, automotive, construction, turbine generator maintenance, cyber security, web development, cosmetology and more. Fort Myers Technical College enables [...]
Cape Coral Technical College will host an open house event Jan. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., showcasing Cape Coral Technical College’s business, technical, health and culinary occupation education programs for students interested in enrolling for the upcoming semester. The open house event will also feature a car show, food and bounce houses for [...]
Cape Coral Technical College is offering evening classes for the fall 2015 semester for Hospitality, Business and Technology, and Health and Medical programs. The Learning Center will also be open for Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) testing on Thursday evenings from 5 to 8. Night programs will begin Tuesday, Aug. 25. The Hospitality program [...]
Iberia Bank helps Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida prepare students for future careers Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida teamed up with volunteers from Iberia Bank to bring the “JA in a Day” program to the seventh-grade students at Lehigh Acres Middle School on May 20 to teach the students about workplace readiness. The half-day program [...]
Pavese Law Firm partner Christina Harris Schwinn will present on “Employment Law Potpourri - News You Can Use” during a joint seminar sponsored by the Association of Government Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants on Wednesday, June 12 at 8 a.m. at the Holiday Inn, 9931 Interstate Commerce Drive in Fort Myers. Schwinn will [...]
Attorney Brooke Martinez with Pavese Law Firm is hosting a free seminar on landlord, tenant, foreclosure and other real estate matters during the Lee County Bar Association’s Law in the Mall event on Saturday, April 27 at 10 a.m. at the Edison Mall. The event is open to the public and attendees can ask questions [...]
While disputes in the workplace are inevitable, left unresolved, conflicts can disrupt productivity, negatively impact morale and create potential liability for an employer. Pavese Law Firm partner Christina Harris Schwinn will share strategies for effectively addressing and dealing with conflict in the workplace during a May 8 seminar beginning at 4 p.m. at the Country [...]
Pavese Law Firm is sponsoring the April 10 lunch meeting of the HRMA Southwest Florida, the local chapter of the national Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). HRMA is a group of human resource professionals who come together to discuss issues related to human resource management and to find ways to better serve their employers [...]
