By Jim Melican, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Collier County's Board of County Commissioners (BCC) decided at its December 12 meeting not to pursue, at least for now, renewal of the locally imposed 1% surcharge to the state sales tax rate. The surcharge, which voters approved by a razor-thin margin (51% to 49%) in [...]
Demolition of the old Executive Club at 3300 Gulf Shore Boulevard North is well underway. The four-story mid-rise, built in 1969, is being razed to make way for a new 8-story condominium development that includes 51 residential units split between two buildings. Two pools will be provided for residents along with 7,500 sq. ft. of [...]
By Officer Jeff Perry, Naples Police Department Here are some of the noteworthy cases the Naples Police Department encountered within and outside of Gulf Shore Boulevard North for November. I also included crime prevention tips (***) after each incident that will help the citizens avoid or deal with such crimes. Sexual Harassment 11/20/2023 12:18 PM [...]
District asking residents to conserve water and limit lawn irrigation amid continuing dry conditions The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) today issued a Water Shortage Warning for Collier and Lee counties amid continuing dry conditions and increasing water supply concerns on the Southwest Coast. Read the Declaration of Water Shortage Warning SFWMD 2023-062. The [...]
By Pam Nicholls GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Rejoice citizens, we have a new Chief of Police, Ciro Dominguez, who believes policing is a people business and meeting the needs of the community is paramount. And as luck would have it, he knows Naples well. Chief Dominguez graduated from Naples High School and started [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online The City of Naples employees received a big thank you at last week’s employee appreciation luncheon, held on Thursday, November 9 at the Baker Park Eva Sugden-Gomez Pavilion. The Event which was attended by almost 300 City employees was jointly sponsored by GSAC and the [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Several weeks ago, I was at a meeting, and a friend who knows I am active in the community wanted to know if Dave Ramsey, longtime owner of the Park Shore Marina, was retiring. My response was, “I don’t think so.” I saw Dave the [...]
By Jim Melican, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Many Naples residents seem to believe that the proposed NCH Heart, Vascular and Stroke Institute is a done deal, given the fact that nearly $195 million of the projected $200 million needed has already been raised from generous local benefactors for its construction downtown adjacent [...]
By Jim Melican GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online We last updated the progress made on the reconstruction of the Park Shore Beach Walk in August. In the three months since, further progress has been made, and the entire length of the beach walk is now paved and easily walkable. The most notable advance [...]
By Jim Melican GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online The eight story Naples Continental Club at 3443 Gulf Shore Blvd N (on the Gulf Side between the Vedado and Horizon Way public beach accesses) has remained unoccupied since Hurricane Ian. Although there have been offers to purchase the property, the Association has plans to [...]
