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GET CLOSER WITH WILD ENCOUNTERS AT NAPLES ZOO
by Kelsey Burr, Naples Zoo Marketing Associate Would you like a painting done by a giraffe? Or a chance to feed a giant anteater? At Naples Zoo, we are constantly adding new experiences for our guests, to get them closer with wildlife and learn indepth about the animals. We have recently launched three new Wild Encounter experiences: a black and white tegu encounter, […]
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING AT FGCU
Marieb College’s School of Nursing prepares nurses designed to be caring scholar clinicians for professional practice. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and other nursing programs are guided by the leadership of Dr. Anne Nolan, who is Director of the School of Nursing. Dr. Mitchell L. Cordova joined Florida Gulf Coast University as Professor and Dean of the Marieb College […]
CULINARY Concepts… Skip Quillen Style
By Jeff Lytle Skip Quillen has learned a thing or two since training in Switzerland as a chef and first coming to Naples to work in 1981. Example: He knows the folly of those celebrity chef TV shows, which portray cooks as the only stars at restaurants. “We are a whole company of stars,’’ says Quillen, whose Culinary Concepts launched the first […]
From North to South, WATER POLICY IS COMPLEX
Let’s start this article from the top. By that I mean from the water that flows from Orlando south to Naples. This flow goes from the Greater Orlando area with its many septic tanks and flows southward through the Kissimmee River basin picking up agricultural runoff, septic tank discharge along the way to Lake Okeechobee. We are all familiar with what happens to the water during high rain events/seasons […]
NAPLES PARKS
Naples residents love their parks! This love comes easily when the city is graced with wonderful open spaces of various sizes, shapes and amenities that meet the diverse outdoors and recreational interests of residents. From the popular Cambier Park in the heart of downtown Naples – to the beach front Lowdermilk Park – to small but unique neighborhood parks […]
NAPLES SENIOR CENTER EMBARKS ON “A NEW ERA FOR SENIORS”
The Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors, announced that it has launched a $15 million capital campaign dubbed “A New Era for Seniors” to establish a new state-of-the-art facility accelerated with a lead gift by local philanthropists Patty and Jay Baker. The Naples Senior Center is the only human services agency […]
Today’s mosquito control materials are sound science in action
by By Patrick Linn, MS, MSHAPI Executive Director, Collier Mosquito Control District With more than 40 species of mosquitoes in Collier County, our research in understanding their biology, seasonal activity, and resistance to insecticides are key to fulfilling our mission of controlling both disease-carrying and nuisance mosquitoes. From the salt marsh mosquitoes that migrate into the area from outside the District in the […]
STORYTELLERS CREATIVE ARTS
Storytellers Creative Arts was founded in 2002, by native New Yorker William Barnett. SCA is a Florida faith-based organization that uses the arts as a tool of transformation. The organization was born out of a vision that the arts have power to heal and transform lives. In 2003, Storytellers Creative Arts relocated to Southwest Florida, later becoming a […]
ICE ACADEMY
Subtropical Southwest Florida claims a surprising number of connections to ice and winter sports. Naples’ Brian Shimer has become a fixture in Olympic bobsled competition and coaching. An 8,000-seat ice arena in Estero now hosts pro hockey, ice shows and recreation for all ages. Now the beauty and grace of Olympic class ice dancing and other figure skating comes to Hertz Arena as a […]