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Collaboration

Volume 8 Issue 4 | February 2017

N aples City Council and 3215 Gulf Shore Blvd N • Suite #112N | Naples, FL 34103

Collier County Board of
Commissioners last held a
239.572.0051
joint meeting about five years ago. lifeinnaplesreg@gmail.com
While researching the content of
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that meeting, it appears that not a lot
was accomplished in fact it may have
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I encourage all parties to join together and discuss matters
which affect the City of Naples and Collier County
Governments. We cannot work in a silo nor can we make
decisions with only one geographical boundary in mind.
I encourage active dialogue and collaboration based on
mutual respect between City and County. publisher reg buxton
The City of Naples is “Gravity Central” in the County.
The population of Collier County is roughly 350,000 with marketing consultant joel kessler
close to 22,000 living in the City of Naples. Studies show
that by the year 2050 the population of Collier County
is expected to be between 900,000 and 1,200,000. Most contributing writers mayor bill barnett
of this growth will be east of Collier Boulevard but, they dr. allen weiss
will all visit 5th Ave in downtown Naples. They’ll visit the paula allia
city for the same reasons that they do now, that’s where jeff bohr
the action is. diana jarrett
sandra lee buxton
In a joint meeting between City and County there
are many matters that need to be reviewed and strategic lois bolin
sue huff
plans that need to be generated. Joint collaboration is not kelly g. cooper
something that we have a meeting about and then we are claudia polzin
done. It needs to be scheduled on a periodic basis. Issues
laurel meny
which affect all of us are in part: traffic flow between tim tetzloff
the City and County, public transportation, usage
and protection of the beaches including its ecological
system, nourishment, water flow, quality and storm water graphic design opus studio, inc.
management. All citizens want to ensure that their tax
dollars are well spent.
Let’s hope that this meeting will be based on
commonalities and the willingness to completely “hear”
someone without preconceived notions of what another
will say, how they feel or will react on any given subject.
Let’s work together so that the citizens of both the City
and County are the real winners.

4 Life in Naples | February 2017