Estero Life Magazine “VILLAGE CONNECTION – Village of Estero Welcomes Public Input on Budget”
September 6, 2026 The Village of Estero’s proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget continues significant investment in projects designed to improve quality of life, recreation, mobility and infrastructure throughout the community. Click here to read the full article.
Estero Life Magazine “VILLAGE CONNECTION – Capital Improvement Project Update”
August 6, 2026 The Village of Estero is continuing to place a major emphasis on capital projects in the budget for fiscal year 2026-2027. Click here to read the full article.
Estero Life Magazine “VILLAGE CONNECTION – Estero RiverPark, The Village’s First Conservation and Recreation Project”
July 1, 2026 The Village of Estero’s project, located at the northeast corner of U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road, represents a long-term commitment to preserving natural resources while creating new opportunities for residents to enjoy the outdoors. The property stretches north toward County Road and Judeth Lane and east to the Seminole Gulf Railway corridor, encompassing a diverse landscape of wetlands, floodplain habitat and riverfront scenery. Click here to read the full article.
Estero Life Magazine “VILLAGE CONNECTION – Village Center is Taking Shape”
April 3, 2026 The Estero Village Council has been consistent in addressing the need to create an area within the Village that would act as a gathering place and foster a sense of community. This vision was incorporated into the Village’s Comprehensive Plan through the establishment of the Village Center planning area. Click here to read the full article.
Gulfshore Business Magazine “Estero expands preserve access, weighs nearby development”
Mar 19, 2026 Estero River Park and eco-spiritual Happehatchee Community Center, a 31-acre public preserve on the Estero River at U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road, has been largely inaccessible since Estero acquired the property in 2019. Click here to read the full article.
Estero Life Magazine “VILLAGE CONNECTION – Improving the Estero River”
March 3, 2026 Many of the communities along Broadway Avenue were built before municipal water and sewer were available in Estero. As a result, many of these communities use groundwater wells to provide potable water and septic tanks or package wastewater treatment plants to dispose of wastewater. Click here to read the full article.
News-Press “Taking Shape”
November 24, 2025 Estero's "downtown" is starting to take shape. November 24, 2025 (page 1A). (2025, Nov 24). Fort Myers News-Press (1931-) Retrieved from http://ezproxy.leegov.com/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/november-24-2025-page-1a/docview/3276184784/se-2 Click here to read the full article. You will need a Lee County library card number to access the article.
Gulfshore Business Magazine “Estero builds its future with Boca-inspired design rules”
August 1, 2025 Drive through the village of Estero and look at the lush, landscaped gated communities, the upscale apartment complexes and the multitude of retail centers. It’s no coincidence that they are dominated by Mediterranean-style architecture and earth-tone colors. Community leaders nearly three decades ago had a vision for the then-sleepy community snuggled between Bonita Springs and unincorporated Lee County: They wanted Estero to look more like Boca Raton on the east coast than other sections of the county. Click here to read the full article.
Gulfshore Business Magazine “Bonita Springs, Estero councils affirm support for Bonita Estero Rail Trail”
December 31, 2024 As 2024 draws to a close, recent actions by the Village of Estero Council and the City of Bonita Springs Council promise to keep the proposed Bonita Estero Rail Trail project on track as it seeks funding, according to Friends of BERT President Deborah Orton. Click here to read the article.