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Student aviation funding ready for approval
March 14th, 2024
PORT CHARLOTTE — A $1.5 million request from Charlotte County Public Schools for an aerospace hangar and classroom at...
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Industrial construction booming near Punta Gorda Airport
February 8th, 2024
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Industrial building is booming in Charlotte County. Economic Development Director, Dave Gammon, reports commercial space doubling...
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Development continues in Charlotte County
February 1st, 2024
Charlotte County attracted plentiful new commercial developers and companies in 2023, continuing the county’s growth trend of the last several...
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First female FGCU president, Aysegul Timur, officially installed
January 16th, 2024
Dr. Aysegul Timur was installed Friday as the fifth, and first female president of Florida Gulf Coast University. The ceremony...
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Overcoming the ‘workforce deficit’
December 14th, 2023
ENGLEWOOD — Charlotte County’s main hurdle in the “workforce deficit” is its demographics. That’s what Charlotte County Economic Development Director...
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Commercial development in Charlotte County is expanding rapidly: Moore About Business
November 10th, 2023
Dave Gammon, Director of the Charlotte County Economic Development Office, recently spoke to a group of Southwest Florida business professionals...
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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL AND WORKFORCE OUTCOMES REPORT
November 7th, 2023
The FutureMakers Coalition, a group of business, nonprofit and civic leaders in Southwest Florida, is inching its way toward its...
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Florida Now Top 10 in the Nation for Manufacturing Jobs, Surpassing New York
September 29th, 2023
Most recent job numbers show that Florida is now ranked #10 in the nation for manufacturing employment. There were 426,000 jobs...
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Assist in the Response – Report Storm Damage to Charlotte County
September 7th, 2023
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (Aug. 31, 2023) – Charlotte County has an online Self-Reporting Storm Damage system to help us collect...
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A $100 billion wealth migration tilts US economy’s center of gravity south
July 24th, 2023
Drive along the 240-mile stretch of the Atlantic coast from Charleston, South Carolina, through the grassy marsh land of southern...
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