Fort Myers startup incubator names top official

Phyllis LeFlore-Calloway has been promoted to director of the Southwest Florida Enterprise Center, a light industrial business incubator dedicated to assisting startups or early state businesses in Fort Myers. The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency manages the center.

LeFlore-Calloway has been assistant director for the CRA since October 2021, splitting her time between duties there and directing the Southwest Florida Enterprise Center. She will now be solely responsible for overseeing the SWFEC, according to a statement. The center’s programs, workshops and seminars help to educate business owners in a wide range of subjects, the release adds, in addition to providing “businesses a physical location from which to operate with added technical assistance to owners to help them build a strong and long-lasting business.”