Thank You Bonita Springs Downtown Alliance
With 41 days left before November 5th, the Bonita Springs Downtown Business Alliance hosted a candidates’ forum for both City Council and Mayoral candidates in this fall’s municipal elections.
The forum focused on our downtown's growth, public safety, city parks, and traffic congestion, in addition to touching on housing and our future land uses in the city. Upon availability, I will post the link to the video of the event.
Our Downtown is a key part of Bonita Springs quality of life and I’m an advocate for its continued community-oriented growth and a supporter of finding ways to finance and start the construction of BERT, Bonita Estero Rails to Trails.
Within the scope and available time for the event, we did not get the opportunity to fully discuss topics impacting District 6. The following are several of my priorities which have been discussed, and sometimes debated, with my friends, neighbors, and residents of District 6:
- Address the traffic flow along E. Terry Street, Bonita Grande, and particularly along Bonita Beach Rd around the new Midtown Bonita commercial center.
- Evaluate the consolidated flooding risks and storm waterflow of the developments under construction along Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Grande, and E Terry St. Note – There are approximately 1,100 new residential units and the Midtown Bonita commercial center currently under construction.
- Protection of our City and County designated DRGR (Density Reduction Groundwater Resource) land.
- Work to source the required funding for the purchase and construction of BERT.
- Ensure the stormwater management remains the top strategic priority of the city moving forward.
- Renovation and expansion of the Bonita Springs City Parks. Our District’s Bonita Nature Place needs to be updated, and an additional city park needs to be created within our district.
Please feel free to call or email me with your thoughts and questions.
As always, I ask for your consideration, your support, and most importantly your vote.