Guest opinion: One Naples has morphed from truly outrageous to simply atrocious Buzz Victor, Special to the Naples Daily News
Brian Stock was given his opportunity, in this space, to present his proposed One Naples development to the community. I have respect for Mr. Stock and his company. He has done many good things. Sadly, One Naples will not be one of them.
Mr. Stock compares his Vanderbilt Beach neighborhood project with the Ritz Carlton and the “luxury condominium towers of Pelican Bay.” He fails to point out that Pelican Bay is a 2,100 acre Planned Development, nearly 400 times larger than his own site, with extensive building setback requirements and more than 500 acres of open space.
The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report of a stranger offering a girl a ride home from her bus stop in Naples Park recently. The incident was reported by the girl’s father, according to the sheriff’s office. The man said on three separate occasions someone in a black vehicle had been in the […]
Collier County Sheriff’s Office searched for a suspect involved in a crash who ran away on foot Wednesday night in the Naples Park community of North Naples. According to CCSO, deputies responded to the crash at US-41 and 98th Avenue, where they attempted to perform a traffic stop around 8:45 p.m. However, the suspect in […]
out. there s curiosity, obviously. you have a lot of local here s and store owners who we were talking to before the storm. they were worried, chad. people worry about their businesses. they worry about their livelihood and there is a temptation to want to get out as soon as possible. there s also a ton of media and you hope the people you see out early are just media. but you do feel that it can come to where we are, huh? no question about it. let s just project this a little bit forward to others in the path. what we showed on television just 30 minutes ago is already and still happening north of you, so i know it looks like oh, it s over, well, yes, it s over where you are but it is not over for bonita springs. you are in it right now. naples park which is about ten miles north of you in it right now in the northern eye wall and that eye wall again will continue all the way to sarasota, all the way to anna maria until it either dies out
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