Fort Myers Beach Chamber Hurricane Ian Recovery Resources: Updates For Oct. 5, 2022

Bookmark Hurricane Ian Recovery Resource Page to see continually updated info.

Fort Myers Beach Chamber – Hurricane Relief Fund

If you don't already have a relief fund of your own, please help spread the word about ours on your social media, eblasts etc. Here's the link https://gofund.me/73ffcae0

SBA Disaster Center

SBA’s Lee County Business Recovery Center (BRC) will open at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5 at The Hub at SWFL, Inc. in Bonita Springs. The Collier County BRC will open at 11 a.m. Thursday at The Naples Players in Naples. All BRCs will remain open until further notice.

From The Town of Fort Myers Beach

Anyone wanting to leave the Island should go to the closest spot to them on Estero Boulevard and wait for a vehicle from the Lee County Sheriff's Office or the National Guard. They will be taken to the base of the Matanzas Pass Bridge where a LeeTran vehicle will take them to where they are planning to stay. (shelter, friends/family, hotel)

World Chef Kitchen has set up a food truck on the lot to the south of Town Hall at 2525 Estero Boulevard. The truck is serving lunch and dinner FREE.

Verizon has set up a resource tractor trailer for the public to use wi-fi and charge up devices on the lot to the south of Town Hall at 2525 Estero Boulevard. It's big and red, you can't miss it!

Airbnb And Expedia Resources For Accommodation

Airbnb

Airbnb has launched www.airbnb.com/hurricaneianflorida as a resource for Florida residents displaced by Hurricane Ian. The page shows open (vacant and available for rent) properties that are available to be booked outside of the FEMA Disaster zones. As communities become fully restored with water and electricity, Airbnb will add more open properties to the page.

For displaced residents of Lee and Charlotte counties, Airbnb is also working with their nonprofit partners to offer vouchers for temporary housing at Airbnb properties. To learn more, click here.

Expedia

VISIT FLORIDA has activated its Emergency Accommodations Module with Expedia to provide real-time hotel availability throughout the state. This module is automatically populated from Florida inventory information provided to Expedia.