Laura Layden | Naples Daily News
Plans for a new Costco in Southeast Naples are quietly inching ahead.
While Costco has yet to confirm its interest, it has two companion petitions working their way through Collier County’s development review and approval process.
Ultimately, both petitions will require approval from a county hearing examiner.
One request is for an insubstantial change to a planned unit development. The other is for a waiver to the separation requirements for gas stations.
“Neither can be approved without the other’s approval,” said Sean Sammon, the county planner assigned to the project.
It appears the project will not require approval by the Collier County commission. That’s because gas stations and general merchandise stores are already allowed within the Hacienda Lakes PUD where the land sits.
The location is a forested site at the corner of Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Snake Hammock Road.
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Liz Freeman | Naples Daily News
In 2018, Callista Gingrich was awarded an honorary doctorate from Ave Maria School of Law in Naples.
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a Southwest Florida resident for one of his latest appointments.
Trump on Sunday announced Callista Gingrich, 58, wife of former House speaker Newt Gingrich, as his choice for ambassador to Switzerland, according to the New York Times.
The couple in 2021 purchased a $3 million home in the Quail West Golf & Country Club development in North Naples although it’s not clear if they still own the Naples home, according to Collier County property records.
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Laura Layden | Naples Daily News
Legendary coach Mike Ditka is selling his long-time residence in North Naples.
In the listing, the million dollar-plus home in a gated community is described as “warm and inviting.”
The Ditkas have owned the custom-built home for more than 20 years. Mostly, it’s been a part-time residence for the NFL Hall of Famer and his wife Diana.
This gallery of photos… offers a peek inside the home, with some of the furnishings still there.
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Naples Daily News
While the name Roger Gordon may not conjure an image, you’ll likely recognize names like Gordon Pass, the Gordon River and Gordon Drive. Through the years, the land and its surroundings waterways have played an important part in the development of Naples.
The below are excerpts from an article published in January 2009 in the Naples Daily News, by Kathy Tusa:
Gordon Drive might conjure up images of mansion-lined routes with luxury yachts moored nearby. However, when Roger Gordon first set foot in Naples during the 1870s, he found a vastly different landscape.
Geologists believe that Gordon Pass came into being as a result of a fierce storm that struck the coast. Subsequent storms continued to alter the shoreline, shifting sand into this waterway, often making passage impossible. Although Gordon enjoyed the mild semitropical climate and the pristine shoreline, the town of Naples, with its roads, structures and amenities, did not yet exist.
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J. Kyle Foster | Fort Myers News-Press
Fast-growing Estero has no debt, but if it wants to take some on for its many capital improvement projects there’s a clear path: It has the highest government rating given by S&P Global Ratings.
S&P bestowed its AAA rating on Estero in November after the village applied for a review. It’s only the 12th city in Florida, second in Southwest Florida and the only one in Lee County to receive the rating, out of 400 rated cities in the state, said Wendell Gaertner of Prag Public Resources Advisory Group, which helped the village through the rating process.
Naples in Collier County received a AAA rating on its debt in July. The city has $21.35 million series 2024 capital improvement revenue bonds.
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