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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:40:

Collier Commissioner Nance wants to meet with Immokalee non-profit organizations.

Collier County Commissioner Tim Nance wants to sit down May 22 with leaders and volunteers of Immokalee's many non-profit organizations to introduce himself in his role as county commissioner. He has invited the non-profit agencies to meet with him between 1 p.m and 4 p.m. at the in the courtroom of the Collier Government Center in Immokalee, 106 South First Street (County Road 846). Nance represents Immokalee and most of Eastern Collier County (District 5) on the county's lawmaking panel. Elected in November 2012, he set up his Immokalee office in the government center in March. For more information email Nance's assistant, Jim Flanagan@Colliergov.net, or call 239-252-8604. A native Floridian born in Fort Lauderdale and has lived in Collier

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Fri, 10 May 2013 10:22:

Bienvenido al Zocalo!! Welcome to the Zocalo!!

What is now an empty lot at the corner of Immokalee's Main Street and First Street will soon be transformed into a warm and welcoming, aesthetically pleasing central town plaza - or, in the Latin American tradition, a zocalo. The Immokalee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has been given preliminary design plans for the plaza by noted Naples architect David Corban and renowned landscape architect Ellen Goetz. The Immokalee CRA's citizens advisory committee will review the design when it meets May 15 at 8:30 a.m. at Southwest Florida Works, 750 South 5th Street. The design includes a variety of native pla

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:39:

Salazar Machine & Steel opens expanded operations in new building.

The task of growing and diversifying Immokalee's economy is a multi-faceted endeavor. Investment from regional and national companies is important but so is the growth and expansion of home-grown Immokalee businesses. The Salazar Machine & Steel Company is the perfect example of a home-grown business that has prospered with the help of economic incentives available in Immokalee. Founded 12 years ago as a two-man operation, Salazar Machine & Steel has grown into 20,000 square foot operation at the Immokalee Regional Airport. Company Founder Pete Salazar celebrated his expanded operation last week with an open house. Read what the Naples Daily News had to say about the successful Immokalee business: Pete Salazar went from working out of his tru

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:09:

Carson Road sidewalk project moving ahead.

It has been a most troubling stretch of roadway in northeast Immokalee, filled every day with pedestrians - students and adults - and plenty of vehicle traffic. But thanks to the Immokalee Municipal Services Taxing Unit (MSTU), a division now of the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), sidewalks along Carson Road will make transit - and life - much easier and safer for hundreds of Immokaleans who depend daily on the short thoroughfare. The sidewalks, currently being installed and set to be complete by the end of July, run along the west side of Carson Road, from Lake Trafford Road to Westclox Street.