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.
Grant applications and construction management on the agenda for Council on March 20, 2024
The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 20, addressing a contract with Hagerty Consulting, Inc., to assist the Village in preparing and submitting infrastructure grant applications. Lee County received funds to support long-term hurricane recovery for the area, and Hagerty Consulting, Inc., would work with Village staff to get grant applications submitted to Lee County before the end of May. Council will then review a proposal to execute a piggyback agreement with Chris-Tel Construction and Manhattan Construction for construction manager at risk services (CMAR) to manage and build smaller projects that are expected to cost less than $4.5 [...]
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 [...]
The following information is provided by Cougar Contracting, Inc.: Corkscrew Road Widening Project – Phase I Construction Project: The project widens Corkscrew Road to six lanes from Ben Hill Griffin Parkway to Fire House Lane, and to four lanes from Fire House Lane to Bella Terra Boulevard. The project includes adding on-road bike lanes, some sidewalk, installing new drainage, and constructing a wildlife crossing approximately 1000 feet west of the entrance to Cypress Shadows Boulevard. This crossing will coincide with a regional flow-way that crosses Corkscrew Road at that location. The Village of Estero will be installing shared use paths, lighting, and landscaping [...]
Planning, Zoning & Design Board applicants interviewed on March 13, 2024
The Village Council conducted this special workshop in order to interview the 12 applicants for the Planning, Zoning & Design Board. Four members of the Board have terms that expire on April 30, 2024. In addition, there are two vacancies on the Board. The Land Development Code provides for a range of 7-9 members on the Board. Staff advertised for Board members, as well as verifying existing members’ interest in serving on the Board. There were a total of 12 applications; 1 applicant had withdrawn: 8 new volunteers and 4 from existing members whose terms expire in April. There are [...]
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 [...]
Corkscrew Road Widening Phase 1 & 2 update on March 10, 2024
The following information is provided by Cougar Contracting, Inc.: Motorists should expect lane shifts and lane closures during the nighttime/overnight hours on Wednesday, March 13 and Thursday March 14 for the contactor to continue work to finish structural asphalt throughout the project. One lane in each direction will remain open during this work. Motorists should expect lane shifts and lane closures during the nighttime/overnight hours starting on Sunday, March 17 for installing the final lift of asphalt throughout the project. This work is expected to last about two weeks. One lane in each direction will remain open during this work. The contractor [...]
Council to conduct interviews with Planning, Zoning & Design Board applicants on March 13, 2024
The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 13, with a workshop to conduct interviews with the 13 applicants for the Planning, Zoning & Design Board. Four members of the Board have terms that expire on April 30, 2024. In addition, there are two vacancies on the Board. The Land Development Code provides for a range of 7-9 members on the Board. Staff has advertised for Board members as well as verifying existing members’ interest in serving on the Board. There are 13 applications: 9 new and 4 from existing members whose terms expire in April. There are 3 [...]
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 [...]