On Friday, November 16, close to 100 business and community members attended the Horizon Council General Membership Meeting at Hodges University. The meeting featured a panel discussion on Water Quality in Southwest Florida. Wink News also covered the meeting. Lee County Commissioner Brian Hamman, Roger Desjarlais, Lee County Manager, Roland Ottolini, Director of Lee County Natural
On Friday, Aug. 24, more than 100 business and community members attended the Horizon Council General Membership Meeting at Florida SouthWestern State College. This month’s topic was workforce training and development in Southwest Florida. Tessa LeSage, Director of Social Innovation & Sustainability for the Southwest Florida Community Foundation began the discussion with an overview of
On Friday, June 15th nearly 100 business and community members attended the Horizon Council General Membership Meeting at Hodges University. The topic of discussion was tort reform in Florida. Lawsuit abuse is becoming an increasingly serious and expensive problem in Florida. Traci McKee with Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. presented on why Florida
Friday, May 18th over 100 members of the community attended the May 18th Horizon Council General Membership Meeting at Florida SouthWestern State College. The topic of discussion was attainable housing in Lee County. Benjamin Toro-Spears, a Technical Adviser for the Florida Housing Coalition, gave a presentation including options a community should develop to offer attainable
On November 17 over 100 business and community leaders attended the Horizon Council’s final General Membership Meeting of the year at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers. The meeting featured the election of a new slate of Horizon Council officers, and keynote speaker Ron Gardenhire, the newly hired manager of the Detroit Tigers. Ron
On January 27 over 150 business and community leaders attended the Horizon Council’s 2017 Annual Meeting at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers. The meeting featured the election of a new slate of Horizon Council officers, Lee County Economic Development (EDO) highlights and keynote speaker Joe Hahn discussing “Better Business and Life Using 80/20”.
On Nov. 10, the Horizon Foundation’s highest level of investors, the Presidents’ Circle, hosted a networking event for more than 60 members of the Horizon Council and area young professionals at Wicked Dolphin Distillery. Started in 2012 in Cape Coral, Wicked Dolphin Rum was born out of an idea for a true Florida Rum. The
Opportunity, challenges and frustrations were on the agenda Friday at a “State of Lee County” panel discussion for the Horizon Council. Central to the conversation: How can the county grow and keep young talent as its population approaches an estimated 950,000 by 2030? The discussion at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers touched
More than 300 business and community leaders attended the Horizon Council’s 2016 Annual Meeting on Jan. 29 at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers. The event featured the year’s economic development successes and honored the Council’s contributions. This year’s event also included a celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Horizon Council by recalling
The Horizon Council Presidents’ Circle members met Feb. 4 at The Hertz Corp. Global Headquarters in Estero for an exclusive event. More than 100 influential business and community leaders were welcomed with a catered cocktail reception held in the beautiful lobby of the newly opened corporate offices. After the reception, attendees gathered in Hertz’s brightly
