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Naples Daily News
SWFL is attracting more international tourists
Foreign visitors aren’t exactly flocking to Southwest Florida. The region, however, is seeing more of them, with the easing of COVID-related travel restrictions in the United States late last year.
WCJB
Marion County to hold award ceremony for non-profits receiving funds from American Rescue Plan Act
OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) – Ceremonies will take place on Thursday to award two local nonprofits with funding.
Bonita Springs Florida Weekly
How the American Rescue Plan Act will help our local nonprofits
What does $16.2 million mean for our local nonprofits and the residents they serve? It means increased programs and services, sometimes lifesaving, that will improve the quality of life for all Lee County residents.
North Escambia
Application Deadline Is Friday For Florida Forest Service Carbon Sequestration Program
The application deadline is August 12 for the 2022 Sequestering Carbon and Protecting Florida Land Program, a state-funded grant aimed at establishing and protecting robust forest lands in Florida by providing incentive payments to landowners.
Fox 4
Study shows septic systems could lead to waste found in area waterways
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — During the last two years, Lee County entered a research agreement with Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute to find out if the process meant to rid your home of waste is negatively impacting your local waterways.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Click Orlando
Orange County rent control plan heads to November elections ballot
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The rent stabilization proposal, passed through the Orange County commission Wednesday in a close 4-3 vote, now heads to the Supervisor of Elections to be placed on the ballot in November.
Miami Herald
Miami should watch Orlando’s rent control measure
The rent in Miami is, as they say, too damn high. But what should we do about it? One Central Florida community has an idea, one that’s tentatively under consideration here as well.
WTXL
Prosperity Summit to address poverty, food insecurity, affordable housing
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Community leaders are taking a deeper dive into poverty in the 32304 community.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Pensacola News Journal
Sorrento Road widening moves up TPO state road project priority list
Local elected officials moved up the priority of widening Sorrento Road in a meeting of the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization on Wednesday in Pensacola.
Route Fifty
Bill Would Offer Grants to Boost Use of Drones to Inspect Infrastructure
One of the U.S. senators backing the legislation says it would “help local governments invest in drones and skilled workers to ensure America’s existing infrastructure remains safe.”
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