June 2002
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MangoMania
Successful Despite Rain, Move Pine Island Little League Requests More Fields At the request
of the Pine Island Little League for more fields, Lee County Division
of Parks & Recreation is considering building them on the remaining
40 acres on undisturbed pine uplands owned by the county near existing
baseball fields at Phillips Park. It is a section where neither environmentalists
nor division staff want to build. Nearly half of the acres are wetlands
and would not be built on. It is estimated that the cost would be $1.5
to $2 million and take two or three years if approved. A Pine Island
Little League representative indicated that the Pine Island center parcel
did not have to be the only property under consideration. Due to the
fact that it was not well advertised, not many of Pine Island residents
attended a. meeting held at the Matlacha Civic Building on July 11th.
The new discussion is to purchase a new parcel of property that is not
so environmentally sensitive. Phil Buchanan from Calusa Land Trust said
"this is one of the last parcels of wet lands and we |
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Click here for " Xtra" 4th photos Parcel Purchase Approved July 02, 2002, Lee County Board of County Commissioners approved the purchase of Parcel 152, located on the west side of Stringfellow Road on Pine Island, for the Conservation 2020 Land Acquisition Program, Project No. 8800, from William T. Mills, Trustee, in the amount of $200,000.00, pursuant to the terms and conditions as set forth in the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate. In Addition, authorize the Chairman Board of County Commissioners to sign the Purchase Agreement; authorize payment of necessary fees and costs to close; and authorize the Division of County Lands to handle and accept all documentation necessary to complete this transaction. The County will pay $145,000.00, the appraised value of the parcel; and the Calusa Land Trust and Nature Preserve of Pine Island, Inc. will contribute $55,000.00, the excess of the asking price over the appraised value. Commissioner Coy moved approval, seconded by Commissioner Albion. Commissioner Judah expressed appreciation for the efforts of Dr. Phillip G. Buchanan, the Calusa Land Trust, and the people of Pine Island; and noted that such "grass-roots" efforts and joint projects are critical to the future success of the Conservation 2020 Program. (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 2) |
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Social Club, site preparation and set-up began July 3rd through July
5th with most of the heavy work being done on the 5th beginning at 7:00
AM. MangoMania is one of the largest SW Florida summer events and too
few Pine Islanders and Chamber members are involved to organize and
do the very hard labor required. The committees consist of some of the
Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Site set-up
was accomplished by MangoMania Co-chairman - Paul Eckenroad of National
Cremation Society, Bruce Riso of Pine Island Printing, who was working
with full blown Pneumonia, André Mule of André Creative
Photography, Mike Marseglia, MangoMania Chairman - Pat Burman of Ad&PrintCraft/PineIslandNews.com
and her eleven year old daughter Rachel. The group of committee members
worked over 45 hours just preparing the park for the vendors and visitors,
then worked the two-day event and clean up the day after. "I don't
think these people work this hard for their own businesses. However,
a very special person could not be 