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The Collier County Commission is preparing to vote on two key elements of a plan to build a $25-million center to address growing demand for mental health and addiction treatment in the region. Commissioners will be asked at their May 25 meeting to sign off on five acres that will be donated to the county from the David Lawrence Center, the dominant provider of mental health services in the community, according to Scott Burgess, chief executive officer of the nonprofit organization. The new c...

The Board of Collier Commissioners unanimously agreed to sign two non-binding letters of support for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s proposed $2.1 billion plan to provide coastal resiliency for parts of the county, though commissioners showed reluctance for the plan as it’s written. Summing up the board’s concerns, Commissioner Andy Solis said signing the non-binding letters today would not prevent the county from opting out later. “None of this is going to be set in stone,” Solis s...

New plans to make Logan Boulevard safer Published: April 13, 2021 6:44 AM EDT Updated: April 13, 2021 6:53 AM EDT Recommended Collier County commissioners will discuss new safety improvement plans for the Logan Boulevard extension in a meeting Tuesday. They will be adding two median crossovers, which will allow cars to turn around more easily. The biggest issue many people have with the road is the trucks that are passing through. In order to get to the bottom of it, Collier County actually had...

While modeling shows flood management structures and operations south of the swamp present the biggest problem, water withdrawals for agricultural use and public water supply have also compounded the issue.

Marine Corps veteran Ben Walker has fought multiple battles. He has fought in a war and battled addiction, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. “I was very suicidal with my drug abuse and alcohol,” Walker said. “I pretty much had no hope.” He was without help and Collier County couldn’t help him. “I kept asking for help here in Collier County and they kept shipping me off to Bay Pines in Tampa,” Walker said. But soon, Collier County will expand its mental health services...

Call it Oakes Farms Superspreader Market.

Naples Daily News A developer has lost his fight for county incentives to support a multimillion-dollar mixed-use project he proposed on long-vacant land in East Naples. The interested developer, David Parker with P6NT LLC, who has the property under contract, asked Collier County commissioners to invest in his condo-hotel project to make it a little more attractive — and a little less risky. The project has been proposed in the pizza-sliced mini-triangle area that the county has targete...

Collier commissioners agreed to support legislation to expand administrative boundary of the Big Cypress Basin board but said concerns must be addressed.