Eileen Connolly-Keesler has served as the President-CEO of the Collier County Community Foundation for the past 11 years. Southwest Florida Business Today publisher Karen Moore recently heard her speak to a group of Naples area business owners and professionals about the lack of affordable housing in the county.
The Monroe County Commission agreed Wednesday, Oct. 18, to move forward on buying a piece of land on Lower Sugarloaf Key and lease the land to a non-profit group to
Longtime residents of the Florida Keys are being driven out by tidal flooding, skyrocketing costs and turbo-charged hurricanes. Many want to stay, but can
Sugarloaf Key residents and developers of a proposed affordable housing project have reached an agreement that will bring 56 units of workforce housing to that Key, a reduction of 32
As climate change makes disasters like hurricanes, floods, and wildfires become more frequent, severe, and expensive, residents and policymakers are increasingly turning toward community land trusts (CLTs) nonprofits that buy land to ensure community control, stave off displacement, and ensure long-term affordability.