Entries by LifeInNaples

laurel Meny states The Love of Arts Will Prevail

While the Naples Art Association (NAA) has shared the potential for government budget cuts of the arts before, it has never been timelier than now. Just last year the Department of State declared Florida’s arts-and-cultural sector to be a $4.7 billion economic engine responsible for 132,366 fulltime jobs, but this year the arts aren’t a priority. In March, Governor Rick Scott […]

The Everglades Fight is Far From Over

Florida recently reached another tourism record in 2017, welcoming the highest number of guests in any year in the state’s history, at 116.5 million visitors. This was an increase of nearly 4 percent over the number of visitors in 2016.[1] Many of these visitors have toured he Everglades, the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. In fact, each year […]

Living Abroad and Taxes

If you are living abroad, you may be wondering how the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will impact you. This is the most extensive tax change in more than 30 years, nothing was simplified related to U.S. citizens and resident aliens working abroad. The following is an overview of how things […]

Lessons That Should Never Be Forgotten

The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida has received a pledge of $1 million from Janet Guttman Cohen towards its $3.5 million capital campaign for the purchase and renovation of a new building on U.S. 41, in Naples. In recognition of this gift, the Museum will name its new building in honor of […]