Jennifer J. Edwards Collier County Supervisor of Elections

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Naples, FL 34104

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CIVIC BOARD

Wednesday, March 1 - East Naples Civic Association Board Meeting 5:30pm,Thomas Cannon Fire Station on Davis Blvd.

Thursday, March 2 - Collier County Planning Commission Meeting, 9:00am ,Commission Chambers

Tuesday, March 21 - Collier County School Board, 4:30pm, Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. Administration Center

Friday, March 17 - Happy St. Patricks’s Day!

Tuesday, March 14 - Collier County Commission Meeting, 9:00am, CommissionChambers

Tuesday, March 14 - Greater Naples Fire District, 5:30pm, GNFD HQ, 14575Collier Blvd

Thursday, March 15 - Collier County Planning Commission Meeting, 9:00am ,Commission Chambers

Thursday, March 16 - East Naples Task Force Meeting, 1:30pm, East NaplesCommunity Park, Thomasson Dr.

Thursday, March 16 - Donna Fiala Town Hall, 6:00pm, South Regional Library,8065 Lely Cultural Parkway

Thursday, March16 - East Naples Civic Association Monthly Luncheon,11:30am, Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club

Tuesday, March 28 - Collier County Commission Meeting, 9:00am, CommissionChambers

MEMBER EVENTS:Sunday, March 12 - St. Finbarr Knights of Columbus St. Patrick's Party forCharity featuring Celtic Spirit School of Irish Dancers and the popular Michigansinger Cliff Erickson at St. Finbarr Community Center, 13520 Tamiami Trail East(Rte. 41) Naples at 7pm. Donation at door $15.

On the Calendar...March 2017

Have a Safe and HappySt. Patrick’s Day!

March 2017Your voice to government, representing East Naples Communities.

East Naples Civic AssociationEstablished 1950

2017 OfficersChristopher Shucart, PresidentChris@JCSRealtyGroup.comJeffrey “Santa” Macasevich, Vice Presidentjeffmacas@aol.comGina Lostracco, SecretaryThomas G. Cannon, Treasurerthomasc170@aol.com

DIRECTORSTed BeislerRussell BurlandThomas CannonNeil CurleyGeorge DanzDonna FialaBarry GerensteinJim GibsonJohn HooleyJean KungleGina LostraccoNancy MarkhamJim PusateriDirectors Emeritus: Norm Reinertson, Tony Zeman and Bob Murray

“A best friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.”Author Unknown

Quote of the Month

Visit us online at www.eastnaplescivic.com

Thanks Again to Our PlatinumEvent Sponsor For the 2017 ENCA

Annual Banquet!

East Naples Corridor Study...We Need Your Input!ENCA

March LuncheonPlease join us for the

upcoming luncheon featuring

Nick CasalanguidaDeputy County Manager

Thursday, March 16, 201711:30am - 1:00pm

Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club7065 Hamilton Ave. Naples FL 34112

PLEASE RSVP 434-1967 or go onlineto www.eastnaplescivic.comMake your reservation today!

Cost: $20 for members$22 non-member

The concern is, what will the U.S. 41East corridor look like as it starts toredevelop and new growth takes place. Itwill set the tone for what East Naples lookslike far into the future. The Collier CountyCommissioners voted to do a very impor-tant Corridor Study and we’d like yourinput.

With all the great investments inresidential development taking place, weneed to be surethe commercialdevelopment andre-developmentsupports all theresidents of EastNaples andcontinues on thepath to makingour communitythe best place tolive in CollierCounty.

We reachedout to ourcommissioner,Donna Fiala tosee what herthoughts were, what prompted her to askfor the study before it’s too late.

“I was talking to the people in Luigi’srestaurant and they said someone hadalready purchased the building next door tothem to build a 3-story self-storagebuilding, and they thought their buildingwas also being looked at to purchase. All Icould think of is that there is nothing inself-storage that encourage merchants tomove to the area, nor encourage shoppersto come to the area, and we would againhave a dead zone. How can the people inour part of the county enjoy life here if wedon’t have locations for retail stores andrestaurants to occupy. No one is drawn to a

self-storage.“A main street in the community

should be to encourage people to stay inthe area to shop and eat rather than driveto another part of town. A main street isalso am impulse shoppers paradise andshould contain things like a Dairy Queen, ashoe store, a restaurant, a clothing shop, achildren’s shop, etc. Self-storage belongsBEHIND those buildings, not in front of

them. Doesanyone ride by aself-storage areaand think – “Oh, Ithink I’ll see if Ihave somethingin this car tostore here?”

NickCasalanguida,Deputy CountyManager and thehead of theCorridor Study forthe County’sGrowth Manage-ment Division willspeak at the

ENCA luncheon on March 16th at 11:30amat Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club (reserva-tions can be made by calling 434-1967).

Mr. Casalanguida joined Collier Countygovernment in 2004 with more than 15years experience as a principal in aMassachusetts-based engineering,surveying and consulting firm. He hastaken on progressively more challengingroles and on March 10, 2015, was con-firmed by the Board of Collier CountyCommissioners to be the Deputy CountyManager.

Mr. Casalanguida has served as aproject manager, planning director, and

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Proposed 3-story self-storage location next to Luigi’s on US41

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!Michael & Patricia Young

RENEWALS - THANK YOU!Ted & Jane BeislerRon CummingsVillage Plaza Shopping CenterBob & Kathleen SlebodnikNeil & Joan CurleyKen & Maureen DrumThomas MulveyJeffrey MacasevichMaureen FaganHole Montes IncThomas RyanFuller Funeral HomePickleball For AllSt. Peter the Apostle ChurchPenny TaylorJoan & Dick TremblayLandscaper’s ChoiceProvidence HouseGreater Marco Family YMCAGreater Naples Fire Rescue District

DID YOU RENEW YET?

NEW ENCAMAILINGADDRESS

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Welcome New BoardMember

Shirley Calhoun, Publisher of Encom-pass Magazine, has joined the East NaplesCivic Association Board of Directors.EnCompass magazine is published fivetimes annually and direct mailed to 32communities throughout the East Naplesarea. We welcome Shirley and look forwardto her contributions and support.

Welcome To Our New InternThe East Naples Civic Association has

it’s first intern. We welcome, MariahOlcheski, a junior at Lely High School, inthe Entrepreneur Class and part of theAcademy Of Information Technology.Mariah’s first project will be updating ourwebsite. She’s very excited for the opportu-nity and we look forward to a long relation-ship with the program.

Mariah was brought to us by our oneof our new board members, GinaLostracco. Gina serves on the Board of LelyHigh School’s NAF (National AcademyFoundation) Academy and mentors a groupof six juniors that are in the EntrepreneurProgram. The Entrepreneur program allowsthe students to come up with a businessbased on need, research it, develop it,complete a business model, sales plan andbe able to go before a panel of judges todetermine if it is possibly a viable business,possibly earning seed money to start it.

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So please, RENEW TSo please, RENEW TSo please, RENEW TSo please, RENEW TSo please, RENEW TODODODODODAAAAAY!Y!Y!Y!Y!Jeff Maschevitch, ENCA VP; Kent Shoemaker, February

Luncheon Speaker and CEO Lipman Farms; and Russ Burland,ENCA Board of Directors

Thank you Kent Shoemaker, a fabulous informativepresentation was made at the February luncheon and

everyone took home delicious tomatoes too!

Download the online membership format www. EastNaplesCivic.com or send us

your name, address, phone, & emailalong with your check to ENCA, c/o JCSRealty Group, 11502 Tamiami Trail East,

Naples FL 34113.

Get Ready For PickelballUS Open 2017

How do you top the heart-pounding,fun-filled, wildly-successful, first-ever 2016Minto US OPEN Pickleball Championships?

Easy. You do it all again in 2017! Onlybetter! You attract even more world-classpickleball players to compete for goldmedals and national titles. You create evenmore fun and excitement (if that’s pos-sible) throughout the US OPEN Village. Youre-load the Zing Zang Championship Courtwith great music and that awesome partyatmosphere. You order even more mouth-watering food and thirst-quenchingbeverages. And oh yeah, you invite evenmore screaming, high-energy fans to watchit all happen (that’s you!).

April 23-30, 2017 at the East NaplesCommunity Park on Thomasson Drive. Formore information, their website is http://www.usopenpickleballchampionship.com.

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deputy administrator in the GrowthManagement Department after joiningCollier County in 2004. He was promotedto the position of Growth ManagementDepartment Director in 2012.

The East Naples Civic Associationwould like to present input and ideas fromour community as they proceed with thestudy. What do we need? What do wewant? This is a vitally important segment ofour future. Come listen and ask questionsat the luncheon.

Send your input and ideas toinfo@eastnaplescivic.com or mail them toENCA, 11502 Tamiami Trail East 34113.

Win A FreeENCA Lunch!

Do you know what orwhere this photo depicts inEast Naples? Be the first toemail the correct answerand your next ENCA MonthlyLuncheon is on us! Eachmonth we’ll publish a newphoto from the East Naplesarea. One winner permonth. Email your best guess to info@eastnaplescivic.com.

February Photo Winner!Chris Hone was the winner! It was Hibiscus Golf Clubhouse.Why not give it a try this month?

Donna Fiala Town Hall GatheringWater Conservation Efforts Very ImportantFollowing three months of dry conditions, including a record-

dry November, the South Florida Water Management District(SFWMD) is urging South Florida families to boost water conserva-tion efforts. A total of 1.49 inches of rain fell District-wide inJanuary, representing 76 percent of average, or 0.47 inches belowaverage for the month.

All South Florida residents and businesses are urged to followyear-round landscape irrigation rules (see chart for Collier County& Marco Island below).

“Extremely dry conditions set in early in the dry season andhave not let up,” said SFWMD Governing Board Chairman DanO’Keefe. “Water conservation is important all year but especiallynow to help sustain the regional water supply.” No additionalwater conservation rules are in place at this time.

Traffic Signals UpgradePlease be advised that FDOT will commence a construction

project along US 41/Tamiami Trail at a number of intersections toupgrade traffic signals.These intersections include:

•Rattlesnake Hammock Road/Thomasson Drive•Lakewood Boulevard/Avalon Drive•Guilford Road•Palm Drive•Vanderbilt Beach Road•Immokalee Road/111th Avenue North

Construction is anticipated to commence February 20, 2017,weather permitting, and finish in Summer 2017, weather permit-ting. Please note that lane closures will be necessary.

Collier County CommissionerDonna Fiala, District 1, invites CollierCounty residents to attend her TownHall Gathering of 2017 at 6 p.m. onThursday, March 16, at the SouthRegional Library, 8065 Lely CulturalParkway, Naples, Florida 34113.Several key members of the countyadministrative team will be present.

Donna encourages everyoneinterested in what’s going on inprograms, events, and facilities toattend our town hall gathering, wherecitizens will hear directly from countystaff as they address what is happen-

ing in their neighborhoods and in the vicinity.And around town...Good news! We keep saying there is a

need for more restaurants that people can actually sit down andenjoy a meal in, rather than just take-out. Texas Roadhouse isabout ready to make an appearance! They are planning onopening Monday, March 20th! The good thing is, it will still beduring season, so some will get to enjoy this new venue beforeleaving to go back up north. They have been hiring people, trainingthem, working with chefs and purveyors, and getting ready for thebig day. Let’s give them a royal welcome!

Carrabba’s & Outback have not only opened for lunch toaccommodate the needs of the area, they have even startedHOME DELIVERY. And the new Stock plaza on Collier Blvd. nowoffers Skillets for their famous breakfasts and lunches, 5 Guys,and Palumbos (NJ style pizza and entrees). And don’t forget 21Spices at the corner of US41 and Lakewood Blvd and Eurasia atthe corner of St. Andrews and US41.