While the amendments have been years in the making and have garnered support from a majority of landowners and environmental groups, they still face organized opposition, namely from The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, which has raised a multitude of concerns about the revisions.
One of the Conservancy s biggest concerns is that the changes won t go far enough to steer development away from primary or essential habitat for panthers, in part due to the old data the county uses to determine where it s located. We are very disappointed in the decision by the Planning Commission to recommend approval of the RLSA amendments, said April Olson, a senior environmental planning specialist with the Conservancy, in an email.
Remembering enormous brush fire that destroyed homes in Golden Gate Estate in 2020
Published: May 11, 2021 11:04 PM EDT
Updated: May 11, 2021 11:35 PM EDT
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Community members who experienced an enormous brush fire that destroyed their belongings are remembering what they went through almost one year later.
A nearly 9,000-acre brush fire in Golden Gate Estates destroyed more than a dozen homes in May 2020. On top of that, people were dealing with the pandemic and lots of uncertainty.
Since then, some have rebuilt homes. Others have moved out of town.
Many trees are still charred from the fire neighbors will never forget.
“They thought they weren’t going to make it,” said Fire Marshal Corey Adamski with Naples Fire-Rescue.
Park project in Golden Gate Estates on hold due to nationwide supply shortages
Published: May 12, 2021 5:34 PM EDT
Updated: May 12, 2021 6:02 PM EDT
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A much-anticipated community recreational center will not be done by the summer as planned.
Big Corkscrew Island Regional Park’s project completion in Golden Gate Estates has been delayed by the nationwide construction supply shortage.
When it does open to the public, it will include a playground, community center, swimming pools and athletic fields.
Jessica Tarapeilla’s kids love soccer, basketball and swinging at the playground.
So they look forward to the new park, especially since it’s being built in Golden Gate Estates, which is not far from the family’s home.
Pool party! Bear rips screen, splashes around in Florida pool
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NAPLES, Fla. – A Florida bear had a pool party in Naples, Florida!
The large mammal was captured splashing around this week from Golden Gate Estates in Collier County.
Karen Bockrath said when the bear visits, she sends photos to her nephew. He prints the images out and brings them in to “show and tell” at his elementary school to brag about his grandma’s “pet bear.”
Now that’s one way to beat the heat!
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A Florida woman was surprised to discover that a bear had been breaking into her backyard and relaxing in the pool.
Karen Bockrath, of Naples, took to Facebook after discovering that the porch screen at her home in Golden Gate Estates had been ripped open. When your pet bear wants to put his paws in the pool but can t open the screen door.. she wrote earlier this month.
In an interview with local station WBBH, she recalled that her pool deck would be wet and said she guessed that a bear who had hung around her backyard before was the prime suspect.