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270 solar panels installed on Naples Airport campus

The solar array is located atop a newly constructed warehouse storage building.

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$16.7M building rehab project begins at Warm Mineral Springs Park

The capital project will restore three buildings on the park grounds in North Port.

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Tampa City Center earns national green building award

The municipal building is the only facility in the state of Florida to win a Local Leadership Award from the U.S. Green Building Council this year.

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Fort Myers Beach gets state money for stormwater improvements

Nearly four years after Hurricane Ian, the barrier island will use the funding on infrastructure and to reduce the impact of floods in the commercial district.

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$27M beach restoration project in Venice underway

The impacted shoreline extends from the area around the Venice Inlet to the Venice Fishing Pier.

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Tampa to install first-of-its-kind drinking water treatment tech

The city is readying to design and construct what it says is the world’s largest Suspended Ion Exchange facility.

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Manatee commissioners approve $6.18M for beach renourishment

The funding comes from the Tourist Development Tax, according to a statement from Manatee County.

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Sarasota County to buy $1.4M Nokomis property for park expansion

Acquisition of the property will enable the county to expand Nokomis Community Park.

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Manatee County to put $125M toward infrastructure post-hurricanes

“This is the largest infrastructure investment the county has ever managed,” Manatee County Commissioner Mike Rahn says in a statement.

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  • May 13, 2026
Naples Airport begins $25 million resiliency project

The airport is installing more than 1,000 elevated runway and taxiway lights and reconstructing its electrical vault.

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Sanibel, Captiva environmental group starts construction on housing village

SCCF is building housing on Sanibel with a focus on resilience after a previous structure was destroyed during Hurricane Ian.

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Lee County OKs purchase of nearly 11 acres for preservation

The county agreed to buy the property for the Conservation 20/20 Land Acquisition Program.

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  • February 11, 2026
Sarasota County to buy prominent Stickney Point property for $21M project

County commissioners authorized the $18.1 million purchase of 1500 Stickney Point Road.

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Sarasota family office acquires large manufacturing plant

Nickolas Asset Management is taking over a plastic scrap recycling plant from Material Difference Technologies.

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  • February 2, 2026
Manatee County to protect 1,500 acres of ranch land

Commissioners in Manatee County authorized up to $2 million to preserve Thundercloud Ranch and Mossy Island Ranch.

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