Collier County

Eileen Connolly-Keesler has served as the President-CEO of the Collier County Community Foundation for the past 11 years. Southwest Florida Business Today publisher Karen Moore recently heard her speak to a group of Naples area business owners and professionals about the lack of affordable housing in the county.

The Community Blood Center, an affiliate of NCH, has a critical shortage of platelets and type O negative blood.Donors are needed immediately in Collier County to ensure that lifesaving blood products are readily available for accident victims, surgical patients, and people who have cancer and blood disorders.

The Collier County Supervisor of Elections Office has made changes in precinct and polling locations ahead of the 2024 elections.

Gov. Ron DeSantis was on Marco Island today to unveil the new state budget for Florida.

Residents of Sanibel, and north Cape Coral, are being reminded about the drought unfolding in coastal Southwest Florida and to stick to the water restrictions.

A new partnership aimed at tackling affordable housing in Collier County has formed between two Collier nonprofits.The Housing Alliance, created by organizers from the Collier County Community Land Trust and Community Foundation of Collier County, aims to be a “community hub” for information, education, and resources surrounding affordable housing in Collier.

A public, Collier County-funded 12-hole golf course is in the works for Golden Gate City. Thecourse will be a reconstruction of the old Golden Gate golf course, which waspurchased by the county in 2019.

Litigator Katie Blankenship was named Florida Director for PEN America this week.