Agencies battle over taxpayer-funded economic development project

Collier County's newest accelerator project opened in late March.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 6, 2018
Stefania Pifferi. Ahmed El, culinary program manager, and Ruth Fehr, business development manager of the Florida Culinary Accelerator @ Immokalee.
Stefania Pifferi. Ahmed El, culinary program manager, and Ruth Fehr, business development manager of the Florida Culinary Accelerator @ Immokalee.
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A blistering public fight over how one government department used money for economic development has ensued between two high-ranking Collier County officials: Clerk of the Circuit Court Dwight Brock and County Manager Leo Ochs.

 

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