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STATE OF CIT Y MAYOR BILL BARNETT
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I find it hard to believe that it has been six months since Please let me
the Mayoral election. The time just seems to fly by and
it’s amazing that Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season know if you know
are right around the corner. The Mayor’s office has been
a busy place as many good things have and continue to of a mom-and- As the Holiday Season
happen in our City. approaches I want to shout
pop store that
Central Avenue is in the final completion stages
and once again I want to reach out to those merchants you feel deserves out to our local businesses
that have been affected by this project and thank them that are fondly called mom-
profusely for their patience and perseverance that they an honorable and-pop stores. Are they a
have endured. Our City staff has made and continues to
make every effort to keep them in the daily loop and that mention. dying breed in Naples? One
includes my fellow City Council members and myself. might think so, but I still
Hopefully by the time you read this article it will be 90
plus percent done. see them popping up in our City and I’m sure in the County
Two weeks ago we had a look at the 30 percent as well. I support them every chance I get! I will try and
completed design phase for our 15-acre Baker Park. We
were all impressed with what we saw and I know for a fact mention a few in future articles that I write in Life in Naples.
you will be as well. As I am this writing this article a video
is being prepared for all to see showing what we envision I remember about 20 plus years ago a small mom-and-pop
this park to look like when finished. The video should be
finished sometime in October and will be able to be seen pharmacy located at 848 1st Avenue North, in Naples called
by going to our City website which is www.naplesgov.com.
We are anticipating that the actual work will be started at Harrington’s. Well, it has re-opened at the same location and
the end of 2017.
is called Naples Pharmacy. The pharmacist – owner is a very
A new City Dock (much needed) has been budgeted and
approved and we are submitting all the necessary permits to personable young man whose name is Michael Aquino. I
get this project moving.
was so fed up with having to deal with big pharmacies that
I expect in the very near future a comprehensive report
from our staff with regard to a directive they received from I decided to give Naples Pharmacy my business. It isn’t a lot,
us last spring about how we will deal with the traffic now
and in the future within our City. It’s not just about traffic but it sure is nice to walk into that business and be greeted
light synchronization in the City of Naples. It is about the
continued growth in the County. We have been told about by your first name, have your order ready, and be able to chat
new developments that will be built east of I-75 and will
contain shopping centers that have name brand stores that with Michael about everything from sports to the weather in
will fit every budget and create one stop shopping. Allegedly
this will make it easier to not have to travel and we will see Naples and not be hurried up. I am so pleased that I made that
less traffic coming our way. It all sounds good except for
one small fact and that is “they don’t build beaches with move. Another newly opened business that absolutely puts a
those developments,” so we need to have a rock solid plan
that will take a lot of planning and co-operation from the huge smile on my face when I walk in is named Wholesome
County and the Florida Department of Transportation.
Hound. They are a natural pet food market and grooming
spa located at 198 Tamiami Trail North. The owners are
Stephanie Zaiser and Molly Havig, two locals who were
raised in Naples, have been friends since third grade at Lake
Park Elementary school. They moved away from Naples, tried
Big City life, and returned to a place that was home for them,
Naples. You have to go in there to appreciate what they have
both for dogs and cats. It’s worth the trip for that personal
friendly service where you are a name, not a number and their
store is amazing!
Please let me know if you know of a mom-and-pop store
that you feel deserves an honorable mention.
May you all have a Happy, Healthy, Thanksgiving! We all
have something to be thankful for living in beautiful Naples,
Florida!
My e-mail is: mayorbill@naplesgov.com I do respond!
12 Life in Naples | November 2016
