Laura Layden | Naples Daily News
Naples has taken another big step in its recovery from Hurricane Ian.
On April 16, city council unanimously approved a nearly $2.6 million contract with Infinite Construction to rebuild 30 of its beach entrances ravaged by the destructive and deadly hurricane in 2022.
Not only did the public accesses points take a beating from Ian, but they got pummeled again by hurricanes Helene and Milton last year, causing more damage.
In total, the city has 40 entrances to the beach, with most of them still requiring extensive repairs to “make them whole again.” A handful are closed.
A few of the accesses that will be rebuilt have fencing up to keep sea turtles from nesting there, ahead of construction. Nesting season typically begins May 1.
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Laura Layden | Naples Daily News
Naples Comprehensive Health is feeling the pain of a workforce housing crisis.
So, it’s taking matters into its own hands, with hopes of its own remedy.
The local hospital system, known for short as NCH, has announced plans to build its own housing, for its own employees, with affordable rents, in North Naples.
NCH, one of Southwest Florida’s largest private employers, is looking to build nearly 250 apartments for its employees, at 1100 Immokalee Road.
Former NDN building began as business center for NCH
The company bought the property for nearly $28 million in 2020. It’s the former home of the Naples Daily News, which has smaller offices today.
The newspaper’s headquarters became a business center for NCH, with its North Naples hospital just minutes away, off the same road.
“The current conceptual plan proposes a residential structure located on the southwest corner of the property, adjacent to where the existing NCH Business Center currently stands. A preliminary site plan has been drafted to help visualize the opportunity,” said Shawn McConnell, NCH’s director of marketing and communication.
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Ave Maria’s growth means health care services are needed
Liz Freeman | Naples Daily News
Residents of the growing community of Ave Maria will have another option for medical care in the near future.
The nonprofit hospital system NCH is collaborating with Barron Collier Companies for an immediate care clinic in Midtown Plaza on Ave Maria Boulevard.
The clinic will offer care for non-life threatening illnesses and injuries with specialists coming on site on a rotating basis. The clinic will encompass 6,000 square feet of building space.
A future endeavor for the community will be a freestanding 24-hour emergency room near the main entrance to Ave Maria. The freestanding ER will be modeled after NCH’s two existing ones in Northeast Collier at Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard and in Bonita Springs.
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Mark H. Bickel and C. A. Bridges | Fort Myers News-Press
The busy season for Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is winding down, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look ahead to later in the year when it comes to flight options coming to and from the Fort Myers airport.
Good news. Travelers who use RSW are getting one more travel option for the 2025 holiday, and this will also likely please ski lovers.
Delta Air Lines is adding three new domestic routes on Dec. 20, including one between Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers and Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), according to The Points Guy and verified by the airline.
All three of the new flights will run once a week, on Saturdays. There is no saver award availability on the routes so passengers using miles will need to pay Delta’s dynamic SkyMiles redemption rates, The Points Guy reported.
Tickets are available now.
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Construction of new $265 million heart center will take more than two years
Liz Freeman | Naples Daily News
NCH officials marked an end to one era and welcomed the start of a new one Wednesday.
Dozens of hospital leaders and medical staff gathered outside the Telford Education Center, which sits south of the Baker Hospital near downtown Naples, to mark the demolition of Telford.
The location is where the nonprofit hospital system will build a new $265 million heart center that was in planning and approval stages with the city of Naples for more than three years and is finally a go.
The 189,000-square-foot, five-story complex that is contemporary in design will consolidate heart and stroke care in one location with the latest technology for optimal patient care. Another goal is recruiting some of the best cardiac and stroke specialists from around the country to join NCH staff.
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Dave Osborn | Naples Daily News
A Naples landmark has received a top honor for one its most popular and unique attractions.
The Naples Zoo has been named in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for 2025. The national news publication rated the Naples Zoo’s Primate Expedition Cruise eighth among the 10 best zoo exhibits across the country for 2025.
What was criteria to make 10 Best list
“The best zoo exhibits not only educate but also engage visitors by transporting them to another place, whether it be the foothills of the Himalayas, a Florida swamp, or to an island in Madagascar,” USA Today said in announcing the winners.
“But which zoo exhibits are the most impressive, immersive, and informative in the country?” Find out on naplesnews.com.
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