County to consider eagle management plan for planned storage facility
By CHUCK BALLARO - | Aug 2, 2021
A planned outdoor storage facility in North Fort Myers may be placed under a bald eagle management plan.
The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday will decide whether to approve a Bald Eagle Management Plan for the construction of an outdoor storage facility located at 2521 Tamiami Trail.
This was the site of the old North Fort Myers Drive-in Theater and of the North Fort Myers Flea Market, which was closed for good last month.
The outdoor storage facility is within the 660 foot-radius of a bald eagle nest, which is located south of the project site at 16021 Oneal Drive, in a cell tower along Littleton Road, about 350 feet south of the property line and 170 feet west of Oneal Drive, just off of Littleton.
Wednesday seemed like the end of an era, as a place that has held flea markets for nearly 60 years held one for the last time. The North Fort Myers Flea Market
A flea market operating for six decades in North Fort Myers opened for the last time on Wednesday. The property, once home to a drive-in theater, was sold earlier this month, and the farmers who have been selling produce there for decades have to find a new location. The owner of the Tamiami Trail property […]