One of Southwest Florida’s most important community organizations is growing, and Fort Myers is at the center of it.
Harry Chapin Food Bank this week introduced a refreshed brand identity — bringing back its familiar “fighting hunger. feeding hope.” tagline — as it enters what leadership calls a new chapter. But the bigger news for the region is physical: the nonprofit is preparing to open a new 110,175-square-foot Hunger Action Center in Fort Myers, a facility designed to more than double its operational capacity.
That matters in a region that keeps growing. The food bank already serves more than 300,000 neighbors each month across Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Glades and Hendry counties through a Feeding Network of 175-plus agency partners, and it distributed 40 million pounds of food in 2026. The new Fort Myers hub is built to strengthen that network and sharpen the organization’s ability to respond when emergencies hit.
It doesn’t stop there. Construction on a second facility in Naples is set to begin in 2027, with an opening expected in 2028 — extending the food bank’s reach across its five-county service area.
For a community that has spent the past several years rebuilding and reinvesting, it’s a reminder that growth here isn’t only new restaurants and resorts. It’s also the quiet infrastructure that takes care of neighbors.
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