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Color-coded shaded relief map generated with data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. For the view on the right, elevations below 5 meters (16 feet) above sea level have been colored dark blue, and lighter blue indicates elevations below 10 meters (33 feet).
On Tuesday April 13, the Collier County Board of Commissioners voted to join the Southwest Florida Regional Resiliency Compact, joining 13 other municipalities in Southwest Florida to increase climate resiliency.
This compact is an agreement between Southwest Florida county and municipal governments to work together to prepare for, adapt to, and mitigate climate change impacts.
By joining the Compact on Tuesday, Collier County is, committed to identifying the risks of climate change, and developing strategies to adapt. Michale Savarese, professor at Florida Gulf Coast University within the water school has been working to bring all 14 southwest florida jurisdictions on board, and will serve as the interim facilitato
This compact is an agreement between Southwest Florida county and municipal governments to work together to prepare for, adapt to, and mitigate climate change impacts.
By joining the Compact on Tuesday, Collier County is, committed to identifying the risks of climate change, and developing strategies to adapt. Michale Savarese, professor at Florida Gulf Coast University within the water school has been working to bring all 14 southwest florida jurisdictions on board, and will serve as the interim facilitator to get the group up and running. There s great interest in the state now, to put resources in place to help communities improve their resilience. Not on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis, but through these regional alliances, or compacts, Savarese told WGCU.
April 14, 2021 : By Ted Allen - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
Liberty ACHA Division I men’s hockey senior Quinn Ryan (left), DI women’s sophomore Yannick Truter, and DII men’s junior Charlie Wilkie, all forwards, are prepared to lead the Flames and Lady Flames in St. Louis and Minot and Bismarck, N.D., respectively.
It has been one year and one month since four of Liberty University’s five men’s and women’s hockey teams who qualified for the ACHA National Championships had their trip to Frisco, Texas, canceled by COVID-19.
This weekend, after a shortened season played mostly in the spring semester, three of those teams are renewing their national championship dreams, with the DI and DII men’s squads pursuing their first titles in St. Louis, Mo,. and Bismarck, N.D., respectively, and the top-ranked DI women in Minot, N.D., in search of their third consecutive crown.
Video views of art in the world
In conjunction with its current show, “Janaina Tschäpe: Between the Sky and the Water,” the Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College is offering a video series tied to the career retrospective of the artist. On Saturday and Sunday, the museum will be showcasing some of Tschäpe’s video works that were created from 2000 to 2014 and touch on some of the painted and sculpted pieces featured in the exhibition. Showings start at the bottom of every hour and will be limited to 20 people on a first-come, first-served basis. The videos are included with museum admission. The exhibition continues through May 2 at 1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. For more information: 941-304-4300; sarasotaartmuseum.org
SWFL high schools, universities plan in-person graduations
Published: April 15, 2021 9:32 AM EDT
Updated: April 15, 2021 9:41 AM EDT
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Graduation time has arrived, but 2021 won’t see those drive-thru ceremonies from the beginning of the pandemic. Instead, school districts and universities in Southwest Florida will give their seniors their much-deserved diplomas in person.
The Lee County School District says the COVID-19 safety requirements may vary depending on the venue, but still had a good list of what students and parents can expect.
There will most likely be spacing between seats for students and parents in the stands and cleanings between each of the ceremonies. Students will only be given two tickets for family members this year. The District says it was really hard for students last year who didn’t get to graduate, so a commitment was made in January that this year’s classes will walk across the stage to receive their diplomas.