The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce hosted U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on Oct. 28 for a virtual roundtable with Lee County business and community partners. The roundtable featured discussion on the local economy, the challenges of doing business in the wake of COVID-19, and ideas for revitalizing industries and communities, generating more [...]
The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce has launched a new website at Resource.FortMyers.org, offering resources that will support the local business community in its response to the coronavirus, or COVID-19. Offering unprecedented business resources for unprecedented times, the Chamber’s “Business as (Un)usual” website serves as a hub for information and latest updates spanning the [...]
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 [...]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced Colleen DePasquale, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, has graduated from its premier business leadership program. The inaugural Business Leads Fellowship Program trained and equipped leaders from state and local chambers of commerce with resources, access to experts, and a network of peers [...]
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 [...]
Colleen DePasquale, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, has been selected by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to participate in the third cohort of its premier business leadership program, the Business Leads Fellowship Program. The national fellowship program trains and equips leaders from state and local chambers of commerce [...]
Postsecondary education and training in Southwest Florida will be the focus of the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s March membership luncheon. Leaders of the FutureMakers Coalition will discuss the program’s progress in boosting education levels among young adults in Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties. FutureMakers has a goal of increasing the number [...]
Volunteers still needed for event benefiting Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce Foundation Bell Tower Shops has announced the final list of 24 craft breweries participating in Pumptober-Fest on Oct. 13, and the lineup has a decidedly Florida flair. All but six of the participating breweries hail from the Sunshine State, with a half-dozen brewing [...]
