Moore About Business: Lee County recovers from a bruising economy

Matt Simmons, managing partner of Maxwell Hendry and Simmons, a local real estate appraisal firm, recently shared his views on how Lee County is responding to the economic impact of Hurricane Ian. "Anytime you go through something like this, you kind of look for some level of past experience to reference back to," Simmons said. "We don’t really have territory to measure this on." Simmons then addressed other factors that impact this region’s recovery. "We can be, you know, performing really well as an economy, and have all the right things in place," he continued. "But a lot of what drives our tax dollars is what’s happening at a macroeconomic level outside of our market. And so I think it’s reasonable to say we were seeing already for a few months prior to storm, some of the macroeconomic factors that have already been taking place in other areas." So, could Lee County have been better prepared economically to absorb the blow thrown by Hurricane Ian? "If there was ever a county that you would look at and say, ‘gosh, you know, there as great as they can be’. I think it’s the Lee County, based on what just happened. […]

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