Collier County

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.

Collier County Commissioner Bill McDaniel has been sued after using private email server to conduct county business; taxpayers to foot the bill.

For national STEM day, WGCU visited a local robotics team.

More than $1 million in aviation assets have been donated to Lorenzo Walker Technical College in Naples for the school's Aviation Mechanics programs. The donations include a Robinson R22 Helicopter, 1973 Beechcraft King Air C90 airplane, and two operating Pratt & Whitney PT-6 engines.

Queer youth will tell their personal stories at an event this week in Naples.

Collier County includes some of the most affluent communities in the country. With that status brings many challenges to the building industry. Recently, a panel of construction industry experts shared their thoughts with a local audience of business professionals.

A state auditor sent down from Tallahassee to perform a standard assessment of the taxpayer-funded Collier Mosquito Control District found its men and women doing a good job

You can look at the economic impact of Hurricane Ian from a variety of perspectives. Recently, Lee County Manager Dave Harner and Collier County Manager Amy Patterson shared their views with an audience of local business leaders at The Chamber of Southwest Florida.