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RebuildFlorida Housing Repair

Rebuild Florida is a long-term recovery effort. It was created to meet the unmet needs of Floridians impacted by Hurricane Irma. The first phase of Rebuild Florida is the Housing Repair Program. This program will assist families to rebuild their homes that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Irma. Hurricane […]

Rebuild Florida-Business Recovery Centers

Please see the attached SBA disaster assistance news release for Florida. SBA is opening a Business Recovery Center (BRC) in Charlotte County, on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 9 a.m. 2018 1006 SBA Opens Business Recovery Center in Charlotte County Other Business Recovery Centers in Lee, Manatee, Martin, Pinellas and Sarasota […]

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)- Launched A New Program: Rebuild Florida

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s new program, Rebuild Florida, launched Monday, September 24th. Rebuild Florida is a $1.4 billion disaster recovery program for Hurricane Irma that will allow DEO and partners the opportunity to provide critical assistance in many impacted communities across the state. Rebuild Florida will repair and rebuild […]

Is your business ready for an emergency?

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced the launch of a new website, FloridaDisaster.biz. This site was created to help Florida businesses prepare for and recover from hurricanes and other disasters. By providing critical information before, during and after a disaster, the website will help businesses recover and get Floridians […]

SBA Offers Disaster Assistance – Red Tide/Toxic Algae Blooms

SBA’s Customer Service Representatives will be available at the Business Recovery Centers to answer questions about the disaster loan program. Representatives will help individuals complete their applications. The filing deadline to return applications for economic injury is June 4, 2019. Documents related to Toxic Algae Blooms: Toxic Algal Blooms_FL 15678 […]

Do you know about the Florida Disaster website?

Do you know about this website? FloridaDisaster.org The Florida Division of Emergency Management provides an unbelievable amount of information for Florida individuals, families and businesses on their website. Hurricane Irma is a reminder to all Floridians of the sudden threat severe weather can pose in our state, especially during hurricane season. Every tropical […]

SizeUp Lee – Tool for Businesses

Goodwill SWFL MicroEnterprise Institute-Entrepreneurship Program

The MicroEnterprise program is designed to help individuals with low to moderate income levels and other disadvantages to start or stabilize their own businesses. If you have a great idea for a new business, the Goodwill SWFL MicroEnterprise Institute is available to aspiring small business owners who live in the Southwest Florida […]

The Veterans Energy Pipeline

WGCU Gulf Coast Live! program on raising minimum wage

The campaign to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour has been gaining traction in recent months in New York, California and elsewhere in the country. Last week the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) held a series of rallies in cities around Florida advocating for a $15 minimum wage. […]

SWFL Economic Development Alliance works to bring business to Southwest Florida

The Southwest Florida Economic Development Alliance was created in 2013 with the mission to be a marketing engine to attract businesses into the five-county Southwest Florida region, including Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties. The alliance serves as an economic development coordinator to site selectors, real estate consultants and […]