By Jim Melican, President Emeritus and GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online. Most of our residents are unaware that the Naples Police Department includes a Community Oriented Policing Unit which has been in operation since 1995. This unit is based on the concept of the police and the community working together to find solutions to [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Did you know that you can play a practical, meaningful role in keeping our county and coasts cleaner? For over 26 years, the non-profit Keep Collier Beautiful (KCB) has been organizing volunteers in Collier County to help keep waterways free of trash. Recently, KCB has been [...]
The issue. The existing hospital tower on 41 is 92’6” tall and is a grandfathered City height variance from the 42’ City Charter limit. The new NCH Heart & Vascular Institute is asking for a 6’2” height variance on the Telford location behind the Route 41 hospital tower. This would make the new NCH Heart [...]
The NCH Healthcare System (NCH) plans to build a new, state-of-the-art Heart, Vascular, and Stroke Institute on its downtown campus. Currently, cardiac services are spread across departments and buildings on the downtown campus. The new building would consolidate these services into one building, thereby providing significantly improved efficiencies in care and research, as well as [...]
The City Council election is nearly upon us. Five candidates are contesting for the three open seats. Historically one or more of the seven Council members has lived in our area. Currently, however, none do, though one of the three first-time candidates, Ian Rudnick, does reside in Park Shore. If you have yet to make [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Naples is graced with a beautiful and diverse population of trees. More than 20,773 carbon gobblers of 148 different species enhance our parks, public spaces and neighborhood streets. However, Naples lost nearly 2,000 trees to Hurricane Irma in 2017 when there were already 2,000 sites identified [...]
By Jim Melican, President Emeritus and GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online. Many of us will have family visiting during the holidays, both adults and grandchildren of all ages. Other than just enjoying our wonderful weather, sitting on a beach or by a pool, or going fishing or out for a round of golf, [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Rest assured citizens, safeguarding the charm and small-town character of our city is high on the agendas of all five candidates for city council. The condition of our waterways, beaches and lakes is another shared concern, as is managing the inevitable growth and development of such [...]
By Stan Karpf, Vice President, GSAC Board of Directors Submit questions or feedback online In July we updated you in a “Special Edition E-Letter” on the status of the Seawall Litigation and Pending Repairs along Gulf Shore Blvd North. The Seawall has been in disrepair for years and has created an unsafe and unsightly condition along [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online At the Collier County Commissioners meeting on September 14, Deputy County Manager Amy Patterson reported that the Army Corps of Engineers, author of the Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study and Recommended Plan for Collier County, is taking another look at the entire project. ACE is [...]
