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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 ae...
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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 Develop...
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Development continues in Charlotte County

February 1st, 2024

Charlotte County attracted plentiful new commercial developers and companies in 2023, continuin...
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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...
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Overcoming the ‘workforce deficit’

December 14th, 2023

ENGLEWOOD — Charlotte County’s main hurdle in the “workforce deficit” is its demographi...
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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 ...
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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 Flori...
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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 emp...
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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 ...
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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...
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