Great turnout for EsteroFest 2024 on March 16
Approximately 2,200 Estero residents, their families and friends came out on a sunny Saturday afternoon to join in the festivities at the EsteroFest 2024 event at Estero Community Park. Starting out, there was a popular Kids Zone featuring face-painting, carnival games, arts and crafts, bounce houses, magic shows, Way Too Tall Torrie and kid friendly food trucks. Later, adults enjoyed a beer and wine garden, a variety of food trucks and the music performed by the Swamp Blues Band followed by the nationally acclaimed Ben Allen Band. Estero Fire Rescue and Lee County Sherriff’s Office had display areas, and there [...]
Estero Park to host EGGStravaganza featuring the Easter Bunny and an egg hunt on March 30, 2024
Estero’s EGGStravaganza featuring an adaptive egg hunt will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 30, at Estero Park, 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd. Preregistration is required by calling the recreation center at 239-533-1470 or online at www.leeparks.org/register. The egg hunt and the opportunity to meet the Easter Bunny are for children age 12 and under. The cost is $5 per child. Bring your camera and basket. The first egg hunt begins at 10 a.m. This is an outdoor event, weather permitting. For more information, call the Estero Recreation Center at 239-533-1470.
Cell tower, learning center and daycare reviewed by the Planning, Zoning and Design Board on March 12, 2024
Public Hearing The Board started their meeting with a public hearing for an amendment to Commercial Planned Development to add a 178-foot-tall monopole cell tower on a 12-acre parcel at 19980 Bella Terra Blvd. off Corkscrew Road. The facility will include the monopole with antennas, a 4 x 8-foot concrete pad for a generator, three 10 x 15- foot lease areas, all of which will be enclosed by an eight-foot chain-link fence with barbed wire surrounded by a fifteen-foot-wide landscape buffer with double hedgerow and sable palms. According to the applicant Broadus Tower, this facility is necessary to improve the [...]
Donated, Not Wasted – Lee County’s seventh annual food-rescue campaign begins as seasonal residents head north
Donations to be accepted March 18 through April 1 Lee County Solid Waste’s seventh annual “Donated not Wasted” food rescue campaign encourages seasonal residents and visitors to donate unopened pantry items before returning north. Estero residents can drop off unopened canned or dry goods from Monday, March 18, to Monday, April 1, at the South County Regional Library, 21100 Three Oaks Parkway or Estero Recreation Center, 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd. Since the program’s inception, more than 31,100 pounds of food has been diverted from potential disposal and sent to the Harry Chapin Food Bank – enough food to provide more [...]
REMINDER: EsteroFest 2024 free, fun event for the entire family on March 16
EsteroFest 2024 a special free event that will be fun for the entire family on Saturday, March 16 at the Estero Community Park. There will be a Kids Zone from 1 – 6 p.m. featuring face-painting, carnival games, arts and crafts, bounce houses, magic shows and kid friendly food trucks. The Swamp Blues Band will be performing live from 4-5 p.m. This home-grown performance features songs of and about the homesteaders of the Florida Everglades. Included for the adults, there will be a beer and wine garden, a variety of food trucks, and performances by the nationally acclaimed Ben Allen [...]
Cell tower, learning center and daycare on the agenda for the Planning, Zoning and Design Board of March 12, 2024
The Board will start their meeting at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, conducting a public hearing for an amendment to Commercial Planned Development to add a 178-foot-tall monopole cell tower at 19980 Bella Terra Blvd. off Corkscrew Road. The Board will then conduct workshops for the proposed Goddard School for Early Childhood Development to be located at 10100 Arcos Avenue, and Coastal Palms Academy located at 9600 Corkscrew Road. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, Village Hall, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, near the entrance to the Estero Community Park. Residents may view the meeting [...]
Estero High School students recognized by Council on March 6, 2024
Pictured above, left to right: Estero High School Cambridge Coordinator Carolyn Hutto, Kyra Ritter, Abram Saravia-Lopez, Keira Conrey, Madison White, Mollie Donaghy, Mayor Jon McLain, Hailey Jacob, Emily McDowell, Sophia Perkins, Estero High School Principal Michael Amabile. (not pictured, Aliva Ban) The meeting started with Mayor Jon McLain reading a proclamation for the Estero High School and 39 high school students who were awarded the Cambridge Outstanding Learners Awards. These are a group of awards which recognize exceptional learner achievement in Cambridge examinations around the world. Estero High School student Kyra Ritter received the award with distinction, and [...]
Rotary Club of Estero presenting first 5K run/walk on March 16 to benefit charities
Sign up now to participate in this 5K run/walk at Coconut Point Mall on Saturday, March 16 from 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. to benefit mental health organizations and other charities in the Lee and Collier County area. The first 300 registrants will receive a Dri-Fit t-shirt. All participants will receive a finisher medal and free 2lb bag of Ka'Chava plant base protein powder. Awards will be given three deep, starting from ages 0-9 to 80+ age groups. This is a professionally timed event by Lin-Mark Sports, Inc. on USATF certified course FL14146EBM. On-line registration is available here.
Bonita-Estero Rail Trail among topics reviewed by Council on February 21, 2024
Action Items Corkscrew Road River Creek sidewalk agreement River Creek Council approved a sidewalk easement agreement with GL Homes to obtain an easement for the meandering path along the River Creek Community on Corkscrew Road. They agreed to reimburse GL Homes $104,994.23, with a contingency of $10,000, once the developer builds the asphalt path. This agreement provides the Village pathway easement for the proposed 10-ft wide path on the south side of Corkscrew Road and the River Creek frontage. The Village is designing the 10-ft wide path to extend to the east property line of Bella Terra. Ordinance 2024-03 [...]
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