It’s been a whirlwind six month for Charlotte County’s newest economic engine. Cheney Brother’s food distribution center near Punta Gorda Airport is steadily increasing its financial impact on the area, exceeding even initial company and Charlotte County expectations. Cheney is going to add 100,000 square feet to its 345,000-square-foot dry warehouse section; is hiring more employees and will be significantly increasing its 300-plus employee base, and is planning to build a solar farm on an adjacent eight-acre parcel to help power the future of the enterprise. And that’s in just the next year.