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Born from fire, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is now slowly drying out and a solution is proving elusive

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is slowly drying up due to development and flood control projects that have been redirecting the water flow that is the...

Chucky or Minnie Mouse? A Halloween commercial real estate prediction from Gerald Hendry: Moore About Business

Gerald Hendry, managing partner of the real estate appraisal firm Maxwell, Hendry and Simmons in Fort Myers, recently used a Halloween analogy regarding the...

Collier Commercial Real Estate Update: Moore About Business

Collier County includes some of the most affluent communities in the country. With that status brings many challenges to the building industry. Recently, a...

A Brief Tale of Two Counties after Ian: Moore About Business

You can look at the economic impact of Hurricane Ian from a variety of perspectives. Recently, Lee County Manager Dave Harner and Collier County...

Amateur sports are a growing economic driver for Southwest Florida: Moore about Business

Jeff Mielke, Executive Director of Lee County Sports Development, recently talked to local business community leaders about the impact of sports tourism on the...

Experiments with ceramic art draws ‘life’ to Kimberly’s Reef

In the Gulf of Mexico, seven and a half miles due west of Bonita Beach and thirty feet below the surface, grows an artificial...

Got bats? Now is the time to shut them out — temporarily

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission advises installing one-way bat doors after August 15, which is when the animal's April-to-August nesting season is...

Don’t bother selling sea shells by the seashore on days like this

Shell beds, shell benches, shell piles. The colorful rows of shells extending for quite some distance are a natural phenomenon seen along the Gulf...

Florida’s Coastal Savior: The Benefits of Mangroves

Mangroves are incredibly beneficial to Florida's environment and can be a bonus for your property, too.

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Lover’s Key State Park reopened for limited day-use activities

Lovers Key State Park reopened Wednesday but only for limited...

Broadway Palm’s “Elf” is a magical quest for personal identity, connection and purpose

https://news.wgcu.org/arts-and-culture/2023-11-20/broadway-palms-elf-is-a-magical-quest-for-personal-identity-connection-and-purpose

The past, present, and future of the Babcock Ranch community

When developer Syd Kitson purchased the 91,000-acre Babcock Ranch...
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