Lee BIA Builders Care and community partners recently came together to surprise a Lehigh Acres veteran with the gift of a new air conditioning system for Veterans Day. A working HVAC system makes all the difference in being able to live comfortably in the Florida heat. Dolores Armstrong is a 67-year-old U.S. Army veteran who [...]
FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers opened a new state-of-the-art physical therapy clinic near Pelican Preserve to serve patients from east Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres. Located at 10676 Colonial Blvd. in Arbor Towne Square at Treeline Parkway, FYZICAL East Fort Myers is a new 5,000-square-foot clinic that features industry-leading technology and experienced physical therapists to [...]
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County is expanding its Summer Enrichment Program to serve additional members across seven locations, including new sites in Fort Myers and Cape Coral. Summer camps operate from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, starting June 6 and ending July 29. Programs are available for youth ages six through [...]
Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to helping families in crisis and preventing the need for foster care, is hosting Parents’ Night Out events on Friday, May 13 in Naples and Friday, June 10 in Lehigh Acres. The program offers parents, grandparents and other caregivers access to a couple of hours of no-cost care for children [...]
For its fourth consecutive year, Better Together is breaking down employment barriers by hosting a series of background-friendly job fairs in March as part of the nonprofit’s Nationwide Day of Second Chances. To support job seekers who are faced with challenges to re-entering the workforce, Better Together’s Day of Second Chances brings churches, volunteers, businesses [...]
For the 15th year, Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz, P.A. offices are collecting toys to be distributed by the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation. Toys will be collected until Dec. 15, when they will be picked up and distributed by Toys for Tots to approved local social welfare agencies, church groups and [...]
Better Together and Rise Christian Church are partnering to host a Second Chance community job fair on Thursday, Oct. 28 for Lehigh Acres-area job seekers with barriers to employment. Every year, more than 650,000 Americans are released from prison and faced with challenges for re-entering the workforce. Better Together’s Second Chance job fairs help job [...]
The mental and emotional effects of COVID-19 are impacting well-being in significant ways amid the pandemic, with 40% of U.S. adults reporting symptoms of anxiety or depression, in addition to increases in substance use and thoughts of suicide. To address this urgent and increased need for support on a local level, 17 behavioral health organizations [...]
Community Cooperative has scheduled 16 mobile food pantries, with seven new pantry locations in July. Before the pandemic, eight mobile pantries were scheduled monthly by Community Cooperative, averaging about 140 households per pantry. Now an average of 250 to 300 households are served at each site, with 425 households the highest. The schedule for new [...]
The Lee County School Board has recognized two Child Care of Southwest Florida centers as Preferred Pre-K Providers for families in Lee County. The Joseph H. Messina Children’s Center in Fort Myers and The Community Children’s Center in Lehigh Acres received the coveted designation as Preferred Pre-K Providers after meeting a series of criteria that [...]
Creighton Construction & Development has completed the construction of several 7-Eleven convenience stores with fuel and covered canopy structures in Florida, with new locations in Cape Coral, Clearwater, Davenport, Kissimmee, Lehigh Acres, Orlando, Spring Hill and Wesley Chapel. The company has announced the completion of eight new projects, including: A new 7-Eleven located at 2327 [...]
Lehigh Acres Middle School will host its annual Prism Showcase on May 17 to highlight the incredible work of students in its fine arts and performing arts programs. A Prism Showcase is a formal event that allows students in a variety of artistic disciplines, including music, dance and art, to exhibit their work and showcase [...]
Lee BIA Builders Care, Lennar Homes bring life-changing gift to family in need Just in time for the holidays, Lee BIA Builders Care and Lennar Homes came together to present life-changing home renovations to a Lehigh Acres family in need. Tony and Bonita Jordan are the recipients of a remarkable gift – their home has [...]
The school’s Sixth-Grade Academy, the first of its kind in Lee County, aims to promote a smooth transition to middle school Lehigh Acres Middle School is inviting current fifth-graders and their parents to a school choice open house on Dec. 13. Lehigh Acres Middle is one of just two schools in Lee County to offer the [...]
Public comments are scheduled to resume on July 31 at 9 a.m. at the Lee County Hearing Examiners Office, 1500 Monroe St., 2nd floor in Fort Myers. During the public comment phase of the hearing, concerned residents, businesses and industry experts have the opportunity to present their viewpoints on the proposed rezoning of the 1,790-acre [...]
NoMineon82 opposes rezoning, citing concerns for traffic safety, noise and environmental concerns Concerned residents and businesses are invited to attend Town Hall meetings regarding the proposed rezoning of the 1,790-acre Troyer Brothers property on SR82 near Homestead Road in Lee County for limerock mining. A free community meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on [...]
Lehigh Acres Middle School is hosting a Prism Showcase on May 11 to highlight the incredible work of students in its fine arts and performing arts program. A Prism Showcase is a formal event that allows students in a variety of artistic disciplines to exhibit their work, including music, dance and art. Lehigh Acres Middle [...]
Lehigh Acres Middle School is hosting a Community STEAM Brainstorming Breakfast on Thursday, April 19 to gather input as the school incorporates additional Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics instruction into the curriculum. School administrators and teachers are soliciting input from business and community leaders as they seek to integrate more STEAM events, activities, lessons [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has begun construction on a new three-story medical facility for Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida (FHC) in central Lehigh Acres. Upon completion, the 62,000-square-foot medical center will be Family Health Centers’ largest facility, housing a variety of medical, dental and administrative offices. The $16 million facility will be centrally located at [...]
Creighton Commercial Development and Construction has announced the completion of construction on a new 7-Eleven convenience store with gas station, located at 1626 Meadow Rd. in Lehigh Acres. The Creighton team on the project was led by project manager Rick Blake and superintendent Richard Holmberg. Creighton has built several dozen 7-Eleven stores throughout the country [...]
Beloved canines need temporary housing during construction repairs Lee Building Industry Association Builders Care, Inc. is seeking assistance from canine-centered businesses to help facilitate life-changing construction repairs for a fellow homeowner in need. Jodi Santana is a strong, happy and positive single mother that suffers from a severe degenerative disease affecting her sight. Despite her [...]
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 [...]
Creighton Construction has completed construction of five new Culver’s restaurants throughout the state of Florida, and four additional locations are currently under construction. Recently completed Culver’s are located at 1607 Cape Coral Pkwy. in Cape Coral, 309 W. Pine Island Rd. in Cape Coral, 9340 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy. in Fort Myers, 12651 S. Cleveland [...]
