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Volume 12 | Issue 4 | April 2023
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ur government at all levels is in theory to work Naples, FL 34109
for the betterment of its citizens. Let's start at
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Othe local level and work our way up:
Naples City
Storm Water project was approved by City Council reg@regbuxton.com
in early 2020. As of March 2023 it is in final stages of www.LifeInNaples.net
approval by the City Council. Recommend that you
check the current cost three years later plus what are the
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citizens of Naples getting for it compared to 2020.
Naples Beach Club transformation was approved in 2020 with No part of this publication may be reproduced in any
an expected early opening the Fall of 2023 with a full opening by January/ form by any electronic or mechanical means without
February 2024. How is that working out? permission from the publisher. Life in Naples regrets that
The Old Naples Hotel was a new boutique hotel slated for Broad Avenue no responsibility can be accepted for unsolicited material.
and Third Street. Overall approval was granted in early 2018 to proceed
with the project. The cleared ground is now a grass area with no signs of Opinions expressed by contributors or advertisers are not
construction. necessarily those of the publisher.
Collier County
Affordable housing is a hot button issue. Upon moving to Naples/Collier
County over 30 years ago this was a problem then and has grown in size every
year since.
The past three decades have seen the same problems come to the forefront publisher reg buxton
time and time again including their existence today. There have been countless
committees formed to tackle the issues. If you look at the notes from the
very first one and then look at notes from the committees over the years their
resolutions to solving the problems look very similar. account executive colette m. beringer
Mental health support continues to be a great need in Collier County. 312.315.9549
We are hundreds of beds short to treat. Through a special one percent sales tax
that will sunset soon we will cut into the shortage. By the time the new
beds/services are finished we will be back to a shortage due to population contributing writers bill barnett
growth. What is the plan to fill the void? It should be in the planning stage sandra lee buxton
now! diana jarrett
Roads or should we say lack there of? I served as chair on the Collier lois bolin
County MPO and on the state MPO Board of Governor’s 2016-2020. jeff lytle
We are just now building roads we approved then. The take away here is roads
do not come in a kit form, there are many steps from approval until build. claudia polzin
How are we doing keeping the pipeline full for future roads? paula allia
United States tina osceola
Social Security has been on life support for years and widely known that
it will run out of money by the mid 2030s. Some of this has to do with the
money collected for it being used elsewhere. If you look back over the years graphic design YB Design Studio
at the Federal Government and you will see this problem brought up many
times.
All agree the care of our elderly is of the upmost importance. Ensuring as
a nation their needs are addressed and provisions made for housing/long term Life in Naples Magazine
care, medical/prescriptions and they not experience food insecurity. However is now a Community
none will agree to fix it. Partner of the
Sleep well my readers our government is watching out for us at every level.

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