A 7.63-acre Fort Myers parcel is slated to become an affordable housing community that will be known as Towles Gardens and will have 140 units.
Prince Jones, a native of New York, moved to the area and became CEO of My-Canvas Inc. He is collaborating with Frankie Jennings, CEO of F.J. Services Sales & Marketing, which is spearheading this project with the help of area developer Robert MacFarlane.
Roy Kennix also has been involved with the project, expected to cost at least $30 million.
Slated to be built at the southwest corner of Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard and Edison Avenue, Towles Gardens will give low-income residents the rare opportunity to buy townhomes and villas and have the chance to earn equity on them instead of helping a landlord to pay his or her own mortgage with rent.
Wait for trial could be longer for accused Lake Boyz member
Published: February 12, 2021 12:32 PM EST
Updated: February 12, 2021 12:39 PM EST
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A Fort Myers man accused of being in a gang known as the Lake Boyz will need a new attorney, delaying the trial even longer.
Jari McMiller had a hearing on Friday morning to discuss a conflict his attorney Donald Day has representing him in the case. McMiller was among dozens of men accused of being in a gang police say terrorized the Harlem Lakes neighborhood of Fort Myers. Harlem Lakes is just south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and east of Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard.
Fort Myers Fire Department extinguishes vehicle fire
Published: January 18, 2021 2:32 PM EST
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The Fort Myers Fire Department extinguished a vehicle fire Monday morning.
The vehicle went up in flames at around 7 a.m. near the intersection of Colonial and Veronica Shoemaker boulevards.
Occupants made it out of the vehicle safely and no one was hurt, the fire department said.
It’s unclear why the fire started.
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