SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS KNOW THE TOLL OF A BAD ECONOMY
BILL CORNWELL bcornwell@floridaweekly.com S IGNS OF THE WORST ECONOMIC downturn since the Great Depression are abundant in Lee and Collier counties. Foreclosed homes dot the landscape. An alarming number of businesses and stores sit dark and shuttered. Automobile dealerships resemble gridlocked freeways, with unsold inventories sprawled across vast acreage. Full Story
Say thanks to the men in your life with a special Father's Day card
Want to send a special message to your favorite dad, granddad, father-in-law or other important man in you life this Father's Day? A colorful card drawn by a young client of the Shelter for Abused Women & Children will tell him you've made a contribution to the Shelter in his honor. Full Story
Farming and 'fooding' nurtures lives and livelihoods
In the contemporary business of urban farming and "fooding" — making a living by selling local food to local people — there seem to be several demanding prerequisites. First, you have to come from a long ways away or have traveled widely. Second, you have to be something of a minimalist. Third, you have to qualify as a workaholic. Full Story
Richard Florida points Collier in the direction for economic growth
Did you know there are 150 computer and computer-services companies and 730 health and life sciences companies in Collier County? I was shocked when I read this on the Economic Development Council's Project Innovation Web site. Full Story
BLUE GRASSINVASION
10 bands in lineup for all-day festival of pickin' and grinnin'
B luegrass is one of those contradictory forms of music: It makes you feel good and bad, simultaneously. It's almost like Florida weather, the way it can pour rain while the sun stridently shines. Full Story
'Festival of Great Organ Music' pulls out all the stops at the Phil
Some of the finest organists in Southwest Florida will pull out the stops on the Philharmonic Center for the Arts' one-of-a-kind, 3,604-pipe Casavant organ beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 7. Full Story
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