As mental health issues remain in the forefront for so many and especially during the pandemic, NAMI Collier (National Alliance on Mental Illness) continues to bring hope and awareness to the community. With one in five Americas living with a mental health condition, NAMI’s services are needed now more than ever. The raise awareness and […]
ENTREPRENEURS INVITED TO APPLY FOR SHARK TANK ® -STYLE PITCH EVENT IN NAPLES, FLORIDA HOSTED BY ACCANITO CAPITAL GROUP Calling all Florida entrepreneurs! Accanito Capital Group, a Florida-based private equity firm, today announced they will be hosting a Shark Tank®-style pitch event on October 9 at the Arthrex Innovation Hotel in Naples, Florida. The event gives local entrepreneurs the opportunity […]
Award-winning Chef Nancy Oakes to be Honored as Chef de Cuisine at the 22 nd Annual Naples Winter Wine Festival on January 28-30, 2022 The Naples Children and Education Foundation (NCEF), founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, is pleased to announce that James Beard Foundation Award winner Nancy Oakes, Executive Chef/Owner of Boulevard Restaurant […]
The FDA as well as multiple medical organizations have reviewed the research regarding a “third dose” of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. At present, the “third dose” is for moderately to severely immunocompromised patients. This is NOT the “booster vaccine.” The “booster vaccine,” which was proposed by the Administration for all Americans, is a different process. The […]
THE GOLISANO CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF NAPLES NAMES JONATHAN FOERSTER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples (CMON) announced today the hiring of Jonathan Foerster as its first Chief Operating Officer (COO). Foerster’s role will begin on September 1. As COO, Foerster will have a wide swath of responsibilities focused on helping CMON increase its […]
Collier Mosquito Control District (the District) scientists are finding West Nile virus (WNV) in local mosquitoes caught in traps located in Ave Maria, Immokalee, Golden Gate Estates, and the City of Naples. Residents throughout the county are urged to drain containers of standing water around their homes and to wear repellents when outdoors to protect […]
FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT RELEASES TWO NEW EPISODES OF MOVERS & SHAPERS PODCAST SERIES The Fifth Avenue South Business Improvement District (BID) has released two new episodes of its podcast series “Movers & Shapers,” featuring Bob Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer of Gibbs Planning Group, and Kristen Coury, Founder, Producing Artistic Director and Chief […]
Remember when you first moved to Southwest Florida and all of your friends “Up North” said – how can you stand the Summer months – you then lived here for a while and realized that some of the warmest and most volatile weather happen in August and September – not the months that the Northern […]
The master-planned community of Ave Maria, a development of Barron Collier Companies, has surpassed a record 400 new home sales for 2021.New home buyers are attracted to the improved quality of life, strong sense of community, conveniences of the town, educational options, abundant amenities, recreational activities, and better home values. Home sales were reported from […]
by Karen Coney Coplin When I moved to Naples in 1994, it was exactly half a lifetime ago! To think I’ve seen so many changes in the past 27 1/2 years, and yet, have friends and peers born here or who moved here as children. The whole town has grown up and transformed around them and […]