Cape Coral promotes business growth with technology

The City of Cape Coral has redesigned its Economic Development Web site (www.bizcapecoral.com) and launched a powerful new tool to help users find commercial land and buildings and to provide them instantly with business and workforce information, maps and demographics of Cape Coral.

At the heart of CapeCoralProspector is Geographic Information System technology, which allows visitors to rapidly tailor maps and reports to suit their needs and access data that would normally take weeks to collect at a cost of thousands of dollars.

CapeCoralProspector is now available

at no charge at www.bizcapecoralgis. com or on the Economic Development Web site at www.bizcapecoral. com.

Now that the technology has been established, the Economic Development Office needs help from the community to input the data about properties available for sale or lease. Property owners and real estate professionals can include data about their available space for any commercial projects from those in the permitting phase, to those under construction and completed. Owners and real estate professionals can add data on properties for free after registering at www.bizcapecoralgis.com.

"We encourage anyone with a property for sale or lease to enter data on their projects so it's available for users," said Cape Coral Economic Development Director Mike Jackson. "The more data added, the more valuable the service. It's a win-win for the buyer and the seller."

Once data on the properties is entered into the system, the power of the software can begin. Users will be able to view available properties, along with site, use, cost, development incentives and contact information. They can also create demographic reports including data on labor force, education levels, consumer spending and age.

Cape Coral is one of only 130 local governments nationwide to use the system.

For more information, call 574-0444 or toll free (866) 573-3089.