The Industry Appreciation Awards, which celebrate Lee County businesses that drive the local economy, employ our workforce and shape their industries, will close nominations for the 2022 awards program on June 30. The awards program is coordinated by the Horizon Foundation, Horizon Council and Lee County Economic Development Office. There is no cost to nominate [...]
The Horizon Council’s Healthcare Task Force has extended the application deadline for the 2016 Healthy Workplace Awards to Monday, Oct. 10. The 2016 Healthy Workplace Awards recognize businesses that actively promote a healthy workplace for employees. Applications can be submitted online at https://form.jotform.com/62132981473154. The awards will be presented to three businesses during the Horizon Council [...]
Lee County continues to rank among the nation’s job growth leaders, yet several communities, including North Fort Myers, the MLK commercial corridor and Lehigh Acres, have lagged behind the ongoing economic recovery. The Horizon Council and the Lee County Economic Development Office formed the Commercial Revitalization Task Force with business and civic leaders to proactively [...]
Jaime Casap, Google’s Chief Education Evangelist, will deliver the keynote message at the Horizon Council General Membership Meeting at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 27 at Harborside Event Center in downtown Fort Myers. Doors will open at 8 a.m. As Google’s chief education evangelist, Casap is responsible for working across all internal teams at Google that [...]
The Lee County Economic Development Office, the Horizon Council and Horizon Foundation will host the 2016 Annual Meeting on Friday, Jan. 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd. in Fort Myers. To register online, visit www.horizoneventsite.com. Now in its 25th year, the Horizon Council invites local business [...]
This year’s Industry Appreciation Week awards ceremony, held on Friday, Sept. 20 at the Harborside Event Center in the downtown Fort Myers River District, brought out more than 1,000 local business and community leaders to acknowledge excellence in Southwest Florida’s business community. Presented by the Horizon Council, an advisory group to the Lee County Board [...]
Reservations and sponsorships are available for the 22nd Annual Industry Appreciation Week awards ceremony on Friday, Sept. 20 at the Harborside Event Center in downtown Fort Myers River District. More than 1,000 local business and community leaders are expected to attend the awards luncheon which begins with a networking hour at 10:30 a.m., followed by [...]
Local dignitaries and business leaders celebrated the 20th anniversary of Industry Appreciation Week on Friday, Sept. 16 at the Harborside Event Center in downtown Fort Myers River District. Presented by the Horizon Council, an advisory group to the Lee County Board of Commissioners and Fort Myers Regional Partnership, Lee County’s Economic Development Office, Industry Appreciation [...]
