Billy and Alexis Joel, through their organization, The Joel Foundation, are helping residents in Fort Myers and throughout Southwest Florida recover from Hurricane Ian, which made landfall as the fifth-strongest hurricane to hit the continental U.S. just three weeks ago. This week, The Joel ...
Five of Tampa-based Mainsail Lodging & Development’s popular hotel rooftop bars held a “Raise the Roof for Hurricane Ian Relief” night, raising $12,000 for the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida. On Thursday, Oct. 6, EDGE Rooftop Cocktail Lounge (Epicurean Hotel in Tampa); Hi-Fi ...
Certain National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders impacted by Hurricane Ian now have a limited opportunity to renew their policies without a consequence of a lapse in coverage. Previously, NFIP announced that policyholders based in Florida who had flood damage from Hurricane Ian ...
Less than a month after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Lee County, 1,020 miles of roadway have been cleared in the first-pass collection of storm debris. This includes vegetative and structural debris removed from county-maintained roads. This represents distance from Fort Myers to ...
Lee County will resume normal toll operations on two of its three bridges beginning at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. Tolls have been suspended since shortly before Hurricane Ian’s landfall Sept. 28. The county announced the suspension in tandem with the state’s announcement of tolls being ...
Governor Ron DeSantis recently announced that Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) is awarding $5 million to local housing partners to help Floridians impacted by Hurricane Ian pay their home insurance deductibles in the six hardest hit counties. Funding assistance is ...
