By David Feight, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online NCH and their construction team met with community leaders and neighbors on January 30, 2025, to present plans for the initial stage of construction of the new, highly anticipated R.M. Schulze Family Cardiovascular and Stroke Critical Care Center at Baker Hospital in downtown Naples. The project [...]
By Jim Melican, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online On February 7, the Naples City Council gave final approval to NCH’s plans to build its proposed Heart, Vascular, and Stroke Institute on its downtown campus. The vote was 4-1 on two of its three petitions, with only Vice Mayor Hutchison opposed and 3-2 on the [...]
By Jim Melican, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online On January 18, the Naples City Council held the first of what will be two hearings on the NCH proposal to construct a building on its downtown campus to house its Heart, Vascular & Stroke Institute, as well as an adjacent parking structure needed to [...]
By Jim Melican, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online On Wednesday, December 13 the City's Planning Advisory Board (PAB) conducted a second hearing on NCH's proposed Heart, Vascular and Stroke Institute, at which it narrowly approved NCH's plans but with reservations. The PAB's role is to hear evidence and then make a non-binding recommendation to [...]
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 [...]
