Florida Ace to host hurricane discussion

Sunshine Ace Hardware of Bonita Springs, Fla., will host a Hurricane Preparedness Seminar & Expo July 17, being presented by the Florida Gulf Coast University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in partnership with several governmental agencies.

The one-hour presentation will include panelists, including officials from Lee County Emergency Operations Center, City of Bonita Springs, WINK-TV, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Bonita Springs Fire & Rescue.

The SBDC will bring its Small Business Mobile Assistance Center Bus, which is used to help small businesses during a natural disaster.

"We are very excited to take part in this important event," said Efrain Torres, store manager for the Bonita Springs Sunshine Ace Hardware. "We are stocked and ready for this hurricane season and want our customers and business owners to know that they can purchase many of their hurricane supplies here."