December 2010 - Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce

President’s Note
Christine Ross
President & CEO
The Economic Development
Committee continues to forge
ahead making progress toward establishing
an Economic Development
Council for the City of Bonita
Springs. This past month we
made several presentations to key
community partners who have
indicated that they will invest in
this worthwhile and timely endeavor.
We gave an update to the
Bonita City Council on December
1, 2010 giving them an overview
of progress to date and plan going
forward. We hope that they will
see fit to partner with the business
community at this historic
time, to foster sustainable diversified
economic development. This
is a time for unprecedented collaboration
which will magnify the
strength of each organization’s efforts.
During the holiday season, please
make it a point to do business
with your local purveyors whether
a national chain or an individual
family run shop. If you are a
member of this awesome Chamber
of Commerce, try using your
fellow Chamber members. Challenge
yourself to buy everything
on your shopping list without using
the Internet or a catalog. This
will infuse the economic benefits
of the holiday season directly into
our community. In turn, you just
may help someone keep their job,
put food on the table or make a
house payment. Every single individual
purchase helps get us
closer to the end of this historic
economic downturn.
May you and your family experience
peace, love and generosity
this holiday season.
Until next time,
Christine Ross
President & CEO
Bonita Springs Area Chamber of
Commerce
Bonita Beach Parking Pass Eliminated
• As of Jan 1, 2011 no Bonita Beach parking stickers will be valid anywhere.
• Bonita Springs beach parking stickers will be replaced by Lee County Parks & Recreation (LCPR)
stickers which are sold on an annual basis from date of purchase and are $60.00. These stickers will be honored
at BBP until they expire. The last of these will expire on November 30, 2011.
• LCPR stickers can be purchased on line at www.leeparks.org or at the following locations…Terry
Park, Estero Rec Center, Veterans Rec Center, WaKe Hatchee Rec Center and Matlacha Community Center.
• LCPR sticker will continue to be valid at 1 & 10 and all our other locations. Please check the Lee
County Parks & Recreation website for more details.
Bonita Beach Park (BBP) is the parking area with the 94 spaces on the south side of Doc’s Beach House. Parking
meters are set at $2.00 per hour.
Access 1 is the parking area with 25 spaces on the north side of Doc’s. Parking meters set at $2 per hour.
Accesses 2 thru 9 continue northward along Bonita Beach Road. Each of these has 3-5 spaces with one handicapped.
All are free!
Access 10 (aka Little Hickory Island) is at the north end of Bonita Beach. There are 35 spaces and the meters
are set at $1 per hour.
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December 2010