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Vol. 1, Issue 8 • June 2015
Your voice representing East Naples.
Please join us forthe upcoming luncheon
FeaturingRanger Bob DeGross
Big Cypress National Preserve,Chief of Interpretation and Public
Affairs
June LuncheonJune 18, 2015
11:30 amat Beautiful
Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club
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Cost: $18.00 for members; $20.00 non-members
On the Calendar…Wed. June 3, East Naples Civic Association Board
Meeting 5:30 p.m. at the Thomas Cannon Fire Station on Davis
Boulevard Thurs. June 4, Collier County Planning Commission Meeting
at 9:00 a.m. Tues. June 9, Collier County Commission Meeting at
9:00 a.m. Thurs. June 11 Collier County Hearing Examiner Meeting at
9:00 a.m.June 11, East Naples Merchants Association Meeting 5:30
p.m. at Physicians Regional on Collier Boulevard Fri. June 12,
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting at 9:00 a.m. Thurs. June
18, East Naples Civic Association Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at
Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club Sun. June 21, Father’s Day Tues. June
23, Collier County Commission Meeting at 9:00 a.m. Tues. June 30,
Code Enforcement Meeting at 9:00 a.m.
East Naples Civic AssociationEstablished 1950
2015 OFFICERS President
................................................. Marci
SeamplesEmail: [email protected]
Vice President ...................... Jeffrey “Santa”
MacasevichEmail: [email protected]
Secretary
........................................................ Jean
KungleEmail: [email protected]
Treasurer
............................................Christopher
ShucartEmail: [email protected]
Past President ................................................
Chris HaganEmail: [email protected]
DIRECTORSTed Beisler
Russell BurlandThomas Cannon
Neil Curley
George DanzAngie DavisDonna FialaJohn Hooley
Nancy MarkhamBarbara MillerJim PusateriGreg Speers
Director Emeritus: Norm Reinertson & Tony Zeman
By Donna Fiala
This month c o n t a i n s Memorial Day – a most wonderful time
of year to remember our Veterans who have gone before us, or never
came back from protecting our nation. It’s been
a time for us to pray and attend Memorial Services. To all of
our Veterans reading this message, we thank you from the bottom of
our hearts for your courage! *By now you’ve noticed that we have a
couple new facilities coming out of the ground in East Naples. One
that Tom Cannon and I are especially waiting for is the Culver’s
Restaurant. I’ve never lived in Wisconsin, but from those who have,
they exclaim over their ice cream and the Butter-Burgers. Tom, Gale
and I hope to be the first ones in the door to welcome their
arrival! We watch their progress every day. *Also, if you’ve driven
up to 951/41 you’ve noticed that the area has been cleared and lots
of construction vehicles are moving around the area. That’s the new
shopping center called Tamiami Crossings that is about to be
constructed on the property. I’ve recently inquired to see if any
new stores are planned besides the Steinmart, the Marshall’s, the
Ross and Petco. When I get the names of those stores I’ll let all
of you know – probably through this newsletter. *Another new
building that has just opened is the memory care facility on Davis
Blvd. called the “Villa at Terracina Grand” by the Goodman Group,
near the entrance to Glen Eagle, and across
Proud to live in East Naples
A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is
blow-ing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.
~ James Dent
Quote of the Month:
EAST NAPLES CIVIC ASSOCIATION
www.EastNaplesCivicAssociation.com
the road from County Barn Road. This innovative memory care
community is gorgeous! A most delicious meal was served by wait
staff dressed in tuxedo’s and white gloves at the Grand Opening.
The rooms and common areas were gorgeous! Outside, after the
dinner, they had a lovely band followed by a fireworks display. I
don’t think I’ve ever seen such a magnificent grand opening in my
life! *And still another new building has opened, and this one is
at Eagle Lakes Community Park – the long awaited Community Center
we’ve been hoping for, to give the kids in our community a safe and
wholesome place to go after school and during the summer. It also
has a fitness center for those a little older than the little ones,
and many of whom have already taken out a membership there. The
staff will be designing dance classes, exercise classes, Zumba
classes, and more in the community room. If you have any
suggestions on what you are looking for, please mention it to the
staff who would love to hear from you. They want to plan programs
that the community is looking for, but they can’t do that without
your input. There will also be VPK programs for the
Pre-Kindergartners, so you’ll want to sign your little one up
because only a limited number of children can be accommodated in
the class.
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Soups & Salads, a long list of Appetizers, Chicken &
Veal Entrees, Seafood entrees, plus specialty Entrees and Baked
Entrees. They are closed on Monday’s. For more information call –
231-3658. The food was so good we all vowed to be back again and
again.
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East Naples Development News• Starbucks and Pollo Tropical have
announced new stores on the
Northwest corner of Tamiami Trail East and Collier Blvd. (SR
951) in “Restaurant Row”.
• Shoe Repair Shop opening soon in the Hitching Post Plaza
Shopping Center (11548 Tamiami Trail East).
• Isles of Collier homes sales are strong and phase II has
begun. • Xfinity store opens in Freedom Square a few doors down
from Publix. • Collier Blvd. and US 41 East road expansion is
underway and on
schedule. • Panera Bread under construction in front of Fresh
Market with plans to
open soon. • Winding Cypress by Divosta is planning to begin
home sales in 2015. • Artesia by WCI has commenced construction and
home sales have
begun • Naples Botanical Gardens located at 4820 Bayshore Drive,
Naples, FL
34112 has just completed a multi-million dollar renovation and
has officially reopened to the public.
• Five Guys Burgers, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Moe’s Southwestern
Grill and AT&T to open new stores on Santa Barbara & Radio
Road inside the Publix Shopping Center, Berkshire Commons.
• Catholic Charities Family Resource Center purchases former
Social Security office building at 3174 Tamiami Trail East and is
relocating its offices from 4209 Tamiami Trail East.
• Lucky’s Market, an organic grocery store, is coming to Naples
Town Center with plans to open by the end of the year.
• Sears Outlet is replacing Sunshine Ace Hardware at Naples
South after it relocates to its new store location. Sears Outlet
plans to open this summer.
• Culvers breaks ground on new store at Tommison Drive and
Tamiami Trail East.
Tamiami Crossings (corner of Collier Blvd and Tamiami Trail
East) breaks ground with new retail stores planned for East
Naples.
East Naples Scholarship Winners Announcedby Chris Hagan ENCA
Board Member
The East Naples Civic Association and East Naples Foundation are
pleased to announce they have selected five scholarship recipients
for this year’s awards. All five of the students are from Lely High
School and plan to be attending college in the state of Florida.
Three of the recipients who will receive $1,000 scholarship to the
college of their choice include Keven Lopez, Lyndsay Mahoney, and
Abigail Martin. Two additional scholarships are being provided to
Florida Southwestern College for $1,000 each to Kare Hayman and
Carolina Limones. We congratulate these young scholars and wish
them the best of luck in their continued educational endeavors.
by Neil B. Curley ENCA Board Member Three Students from Lely
High School receive Congressional Appointment to U. S. Military
Academy. One of the ways a graduating high school senior can get
accepted to a U.S. Military Academy with a four year scholarship is
a Congressional Appointment. For the past ten years it has been my
privilege to serve on the Congressman’s Service Academy Selection
Committee. However this year as usual outstanding Candidates from
Collier & Lee County presented themselves to Congressman
Clawson for a Congressional appointment. This year something very
unusual happened with the selection of three candidates from one
school Lely High School receiving Congressional Appointments. This
was truly remarkable and certainly recognizes the wonderful
training that is going on at Lely High School right here in East
Naples. The students selected for Congressional Appointment
were---Christy Thorstenson and George Wheeler to the U.S. Air Force
Academy and Xavier Vecchio to the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point.
DO NOT FORGET TO VISIT US ONLINE ATwww.EastNaplesCivic.com
May Luncheon with Sheriff Rambosk.
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*Ray and Linda Rosenberg and I decided to try the new Joey’s D’s
restaurant at the corner of Davis Blvd. & Airport Rd. We were
surprised and happy to see such a nice crowd, good service, really
great food, and a nice atmosphere. I hadn’t expected it to be so
large inside the facility. The owners, Joseph & Jennifer
DePascale, come from the Shores of Seaside Heights, N.J. The
restaurant features Jersey & N.Y. style thin crust pizza. They
especially take pride in the freshness and quality of their food,
which is prepared to order. The menu includes everything you could
ever want for a dinner fit for an Italian King, including
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June Luncheon Presentation will be called: “A ROAD RUNS THROUGH
IT” which will be the HISTORY of the 11 year process of the road we
know as “THE TAMIAMI TRAIL”. This will be an enlightening and
interesting presentation about the road that most of us travel on
every day, here in EAST NAPLES.June Luncheon Fun Fact:Tamiami Trail
officially opened April 26-28, 1928 with a cost of $7 MILLION
dollars.
