Karen Moore

Local community leaders recently shared where things are now and what the future holds for Southwest Florida’s barrier islands.

It’s a global movement geared towards business owners that’s been around for a decade, and it’s coming to Southwest Florida. Karen Moore attended her first F.U. Night and fills us in on what it’s all about.

Looking back a year ago when we finally knew that Hurricane Ian had Southwest Florida in its path, Lee County government began the preparation process. Southwest Florida Business Today publisher Karen Moore talks with County Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass, then board chair, about both the county’s preparation and recovery process for Hurricane Ian, starting with the Lee County Emergency Operations Center.

Almost a year after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida, leaving so much destruction in its path, Jay Johnson, owner of Bubba's Roadhouse in Cape Coral, shares his storm story and struggles to rebuild with Karen Moore.

Between COVID19 and Hurricane Ian, the Southwest Florida commercial real estate market has seen very erratic the last few years. Southwest Florida Business Today Publisher Karen Moore takes a look at the most recent trends.

Almost a year after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida, leaving so much destruction in its path, a local business owner shares his story of survival and continuing struggles with insurance.

In a follow-up to an earlier “Moore About Business” segment regarding how the Lee County American Rescue Plan Act (or ARPA) funds were put to use, columnist Karen Moore spoke with Lee Ford, Managing Partner of SW Florida Impact Partners, which is a local nonprofit organization seeking to create healthy communities of economic opportunity throughout our region.

With Hurricane Ian almost a year behind us, Southwest Florida is just beginning to regain its economic footing. Many people are still enduring both insurance and financial struggles. It was recently reported that only 18% of Hurricane Ian Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) business applications have been approved by the Small Business Administration so far. Karen Moore, publisher of Southwest Florida Business Today, spoke with Tauheedah Mateen with the SBA Office of Disaster Assistance to learn about the next steps.

Karen Moore is publisher of Southwest Florida Business Today. After a recent story about the American Rescue Plan funds distributed in Lee County, listeners requested Moore go into more detail about the result of how those funds were used She spoke with Carolyn Johnson with Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, which was one of five other regional organizations to administer the funds.

As regional economic recovery continues from COVID19 and Hurricane Ian, I caught up with Charlotte County Economic Development Director Dave Gammon, who recently spoke to a group of Southwest Florida commercial realtors.