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VIDEO/POLL: Proponents, opponents of Hometown Democracy lay out pros, cons of amendment
Published 3/9/2010 at 8:08 p.m. 8 comments
Voting for it has been called a move to “put the power back into the people’s hands” and “pulling the pin on a hand grenade for the state of Florida.” Either way, both sides agree — voters need to make ...
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Chugging along: Naples investors’ plan to build Immokalee brewery moves ahead
Published 3/6/2010 at 5:48 p.m. 32 comments
Two brothers, who have built breweries for other companies around the world during the past 50 years, want to open their own in Immokalee. They’ve got a plan. What they need is the land.
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PHOTOS: Vanderbilt Drive bridge set to open, two months late
Updated 2/24/2010 at 5:58 p.m. 13 comments
The Vanderbilt Drive bridge will open before the weekend, two months behind schedule, according Debbie Tower, Florida Department of Transportation spokeswoman.
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Bonita Bay offers 30 percent refund of deposits to former Mediterra club members
Updated 2/11/2010 at 8:11 p.m. 19 comments
Bonita Bay Group this week offered residents who chose not to join The Club at Mediterra a cash payment of 30 percent of the amount of their membership deposits.
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Lee County eyeing Fort Myers Beach property
Published 1/19/2010 at 11:34 a.m. 1 comment
Lee County officials continue to watch and wait, hoping to swoop in and buy a financially-troubled beachfront lot at Fort Myers Beach. The expanse of sand at the foot of Matanzas Pass Bridge sported a hotel before Hurricane Charley battered ...
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Not your normal auction: Large tract of foreclosed land up for public sale
Published 1/12/2010 at 9:04 p.m. 18 comments
A record land sale in Collier County has become a record foreclosure. More than 2,000 acres once destined for a luxury, golf course development near the Florida Sports Park is headed to a courthouse auction. The land off Collier Boulevard ...
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Not your normal auction: Large tract of land up for public sale
Published 1/12/2010 at 8:45 p.m. 1 comment
A record land sale in Collier County has become a record foreclosure. More than 2,000 acres once destined for a luxury, golf course development near the Florida Sports Park is headed to a courthouse auction. The land off Collier Boulevard ...
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Bonita Springs couple seeks fee waiver to open business
Published 1/5/2010 at 6:03 p.m. 15 comments
A Bonita Springs couple said city fees are keeping them from opening a retail shop in an empty bank building they own. Abe and Danka Asli said they bought the building in 2008 with plans of leasing it to a ...
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CEO sues Naples luxury developer, alleges positive market reports were bogus
Published 1/2/2010 at 7:30 p.m. 42 comments
A pharmaceutical executive who invested more than $33 million in a prominent Naples developer’s luxury projects is suing him, alleging his bogus, optimistic real estate reports lured investors to fill his own pockets as the projects became “grossly insolvent.” The ...
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Collier suspends impact fee relief for affordable housing units
Published 1/1/2010 at 7:02 p.m. 1 comment
At a December meeting, Collier commissioners unanimously agreed to a suspension of the affordable housing impact fee deferral program. The exception is 36 agreements with Habitat for Humanity, covering a 100 percent deferral of impact fees, valued at $531,498. An ...
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Whatever Happened To? Plans to revitalize Old 41 Road in Bonita Springs
Published 12/25/2009 at 12:52 p.m. 54 comments
With development still handcuffed by the recession, plans for Bonita Springs revitalization have been sluggish.
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Hopes for climate deal slim at U.N. conference
Published 12/17/2009 at 5:02 a.m. 1 comment
A Danish official says there is little hope for a comprehensive climate deal in Copenhagen because negotiations between rich and poor countries are deadlocked.
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