It’s been five years since the last hurricane hit Southwest Florida in the form of Hurricane Wilma’s Category 3 wind. Couple that with an economy struggling to break free of two years of weak sales, and area businesses could be unprepared for a major storm. Full Story
The Economic Development Council of Collier County has launched “Grow Collier: Celebrating Collier’s Existing Businesses,” a campaign to show appreciation to businesses for the contributions they make to the economy and further identify programs and services that will help them succeed. Full Story
Searching for the equity market bottom
Since the equity bottom was reached in March 2009, the U.S. equity market climbed some 80 percent and along the way had only two significant corrections. Each was 9 percent in size and each lasted only one month, until now. Full Story
BUSINESS MEETINGS
. A weekly Job Search Support
Group
meets at 10:30 a.m. Mondays at the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce. Contact Karen Klukiewicz at kluk77@comcast.net or visit www. napleschamber.org. Full Story