Nov
21
Blue Chip Award – business as usual is often not
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STAFF REPORT
Business ownership is not for the faint of heart. The Southwest Florida Blue Chip Community Business Award program exists to recognize that fact. Every year, sponsor Oswald Trippe and Company Inc. celebrates local unsung heroes – the entrepreneurs who persevered because their dreams were stronger than the adversity they faced.
This year’s five nominees represent businesses as dissimilar as they are far-flung – located in Port Charlotte and Naples and points between. But they are united in a common purpose: to survive and thrive through difficult circumstances.
Oct
10
Horizon Council honors Lee County’s industry leaders
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Staff Report
The Horizon Council recognized six Lee County companies and one individual for their leadership and innovation during 2008 Industry Appreciation Week in September.
The Horizon Council is a public-private group that works toward improving the business environment in Lee County, retaining and encouraging the expansion of existing businesses, and attracting new and diversified employment to the area. Industry Appreciation Week is part of an annual statewide celebration of industry designed to raise public awareness about the many positive contributions industry makes to the local community and to recognize many of the businesses that have benefited southwest Florida.
Sep
26
The Economic Development Council of Collier County (EDC) honored excellence in local economic diversification and business innovation with an evening awards celebration on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. Held in conjunction with the 25th Annual Florida Industry Appreciation Week, the theme of this year’s event was “Collier County’s Shining Stars.”
More than 300 business and community leaders from across the region gathered at the Sugden Community Theatre to recognize and celebrate their colleagues and friends. The winners exemplified a positive, responsible approach to economic diversification and business and community enhancement. Also during the program, the EDC installed its 2008-2009 board of directors and presented its annual Outstanding Volunteer of the Year award.
May
23
SWFBT nabs state awards
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Southwest Florida Business Today (SWFBT) only began publishing at the end of October, yet it impressed judges at Community Papers of Florida (CPF) to win a third-place spot and an 
honorable mention at that organization’s 2008 Awards for Excellence presentation in April.
The third place honors were awarded in the Sales Promotion category for Sales Kit/Media Package. The media kit’s striking cover features a businessman and woman looking bewildered beneath a jigsaw puzzle piece, with the headline, “Puzzled over how to keep up with changes in Southwest Florida’s Business Market?” Inside, the copy touts SWFBT as the missing piece – a source for regional business news. Read more
May
23
What you wouldn’t give to work here
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Annual awards focus on Collier’s best companies for employees
By BILL SCHILLER
Business Writer
How would you like to have 39 paid days off after one year of employment? How would you feel about being imme
diately enrolled in a company’s 401k Plan on your first day of hire? What would it mean to have 100 percent of your health insurance paid by your employer? How would you feel about going to a job where a “Fun Committee” has been established to ensure staff takes time out for weekly games, such as a bubble gum blowing contest?
These are just a few of the perks provided by the companies that are being recognized by the Collier County Economic Development Council (EDC) with this year’s “Best Places to Work” and “Best Practices” Awards.
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