Naples is entering the new fiscal year with a bigger budget and a higher tax rate. The $294.1 million spending plan raises the millage rate to 1.29 as the city adds public safety funding and prepares for uncertainty over Florida’s November property tax amendment.
Lee County held its tax rate steady, but its budget is anything but flat. Spending will rise 8.5% to $3.27 billion, with capital projects jump…
Hurricane Ian wiped out Captiva Island Inn’s 10 cottages. Four years and about $6 million later, the first five replacements are ready for gue…
For Florida homebuyers, Dec. 31 could carry an unusually high price. A proposed constitutional amendment would sharply expand the homestead ta…
After decades of flooding complaints, River Park East is moving to the front of Naples’ infrastructure line. More than $38 million is targeted…
Gulfshore Business celebrated its 2026 40 Under 40 honorees Sept. 10 at Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa in Bonita Springs. The 24…
One Lee County growth overhaul just hit the brakes. Another is moving ahead. Commissioners paused sweeping countywide Lee Plan changes after p…
Naples is entering the new fiscal year with a bigger budget and a higher tax rate. The $294.1 million spending plan raises the millage rate to…
After decades of flooding complaints, River Park East is moving to the front of Naples’ infr…
One Lee County growth overhaul just hit the brakes. Another is moving ahead. Commissioners p…
Lee County held its tax rate steady, but its budget is anything but flat. Spending will rise…
Harpoon Harry’s is gone, but its waterfront space is back in business. Castaways has opened at Fishermen’s Village with room for 430, a staff …
Hurricane Ian wiped out Captiva Island Inn’s 10 cottages. Four years and about $6 million la…
The nearly 40-year-old Naples Grande is undergoing the most extensive renovation in its hist…
Dutch Bros Coffee is eyeing the former Sonic site in East Naples, while Just Salad opens its…
For Florida homebuyers, Dec. 31 could carry an unusually high price. A proposed constitutional amendment would sharply expand the homestead ta…
Collier County’s pandemic-era property surge has shifted into reverse. Preliminary figures s…
The Salvation Army paid $1.49 million for the longtime Kiwanis thrift store property in Lehi…
Dan O’Berski bought the former Fort Myers Cyclery building for $1 million and plans to turn …
Nearly four years after Hurricane Ian devastated Gulf Beach Condominium on Sanibel, construction is beginning on a $6.5 million replacement. T…
Lehigh Acres keeps adding residents, but the stores, restaurants and services they need have…
Whole Foods Market is set to anchor Vitano, a sprawling 82-acre mixed-use development planne…
Walmart is planning a roughly 175,000-square-foot Supercenter along State Road 82 near Lehig…
They’re entrepreneurs, executives, attorneys, educators and community advocates — and they’r…
Florida has made progress filling teacher vacancies and raising starting salaries, but educa…
Award-winning Naples chef Kayla Pfeiffer draws on childhood memories for a favorite dinner-p…
EmCyte founder Patrick Pennie has spent nearly three decades developing platelet-based regen…
Tampa General Medical Group opened a 6,100-square-foot medical center at Babcock Ranch, expanding healthcare options in fast-growing Charlotte…
HCA Florida Healthcare is investing about $300 million to build a new full-service hospital …
Lee Health is taking its regional expansion deeper into rural Southwest Florida. A $1.95 mil…
About 40,000 Haitian immigrants in Southwest Florida are losing Temporary Protected Status, …
Collier County is doubling down on Europe just as international tourism shows signs of a rebound. Commissioners approved $380,000 a year in re…
International visitor numbers to Collier County increased in June, marking the first year-ov…
Collier County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to raise the tourist development tax from 5…
Collier County commissioners will decide Aug. 25 whether to renew two international tourism …
