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ECONOMY, ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS LEAVING DOWNTOWN EMPTY
A description of Fort Myers' nightlife in Frommer's Florida 2008 travel guide reads: "For the most part, Fort Myers shuts down after dark, and the pay-per-view on your hotel room's TV may be your best bet for entertainment. Full Story
Dermatology: Where safety and beauty now meet
More dermatologists are offering cosmetic procedures; old advice still stands
More than one million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year; and one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. Southwest Floridians fear the dangerous version - melanoma - and surprisingly, it reigns as the most prevalent form of cancer for adults 25-29 years old. Full Story
Hospital TV network focuses on 'carevertising'
Patients, visitors, physicians, nurses, EMTs, even third shift security guards - these are the people who might be watching the 24-hour Health Care News Network. HNN is tailored for and shown solely to hospital audiences, in the five Lee Memorial Hospitals plus 171 others in 23 states. Full Story
Woodyard announces new brokerage firm
Commercial realtor buying assets of Gates D'Alessandro & Woodyard
Tom Woodyard, formerly of Gates D'Alessandro & Woodyard, has formed Woodyard Associates, LLC, a fullservice commercial real estate firm offering sales, leasing and investment opportunities in Southwest Florida. Full Story
Taylor-made flexibility: Theatre Conspiracy's new space
Bill Taylor loves his new space. It's edgy, flexible, a little rough around the edges - just like his theater company, Theatre Conspiracy. The floor's concrete, the walls cinderblock, painted black. If you look up, you can see the air conditioning ductwork on the ceiling and walls, like fat silver worms. Full Story
Angels feted at annual arts celebration
Florida Weekly picks up two awards
It wasn't quite the Tony awards but more than 400 artists, performers, spectators and well wishers crammed into the Florida Repertory Theatre last Sunday for the 2008 Angels of the Arts Awards. Space 39 Gallery in downtown Fort Myers was named the Arts Organization of the Year. Full Story
Construction moving on first Condo/Hotel in Cape Coral
Project is on schedule for grand opening in Fall 2009
Construction is 25 percent complete on The Resort at MarinaVillage at Tarpon Point Marina said Grosse Pointe Development Company President Jim Crumbie. The decks for ten of the floors in the 19-story building have been poured, interior framing is completed through the third floor and drywall should be hung in the first few floors by the first week in May. Full Story
Affordable housing project hits milestone
Work on two new homes, being developed through a Lee County affordable housing program funded with federal and state dollars, has quickly reached a construction milestone. "The building envelope for the first duplex was completed in less than two weeks. The second should be finished in less than a week," said Bob Cantu, president of Building Contractors of SWFLA, Inc. Full Story
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