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WHO'S MAKING WHAT
The low-down on what you are paying your public officials
BY ROGER WILLIAMS rwilliams@florida-weekly.com
      All over Lee County these days, people keep making money, and some people keep making it hand over fist. While housing prices may ebb and flow like the tides, new residents keep arriving, and businesses keep thriving.
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River District development moving forward
BY JEFF CULL jcull@florida-weekly.com
      Fort Myers leaders will likely bow to private developers to revive the downtown waterfront. "I remain concerned with our ability to fund this," said Jeff Green, the city's finance director. "We need to look to private developers.
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Foundations team up to provide scholarships
      The Southwest Florida Community Foundation, in partnership with The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools, Inc., provides four-year, full-tuition scholarships to Lee County students in need. The Community Foundation's Olmsted- Hotchkiss Scholarship Program was established...
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Medical museum looking for a home
Antiques stored in Fort Myers office
BY MICHELLE L. START Correspondent
      Patent medicine bottles line the walls and an old wicker wheel chair sits in the middle of the room, gathering dust. They represent healthcare from days past and are intended to be shared with the public, but instead remain shut up in a small office on Fowler Street in Fort ...
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Woman brings garden to life
BY MICHELLE L. START Correspondent
      Lush Blackeyed Susans, Goldenrod, Gaillardia and cotton plants line the land along a lake at Cypress Cove, eliciting a picture of what Florida looked like before it was developed. Although planted just 13 months ago, the native plants have taken root, bloomed and spread thei...
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Letter carriers food drive this Saturday
      On Saturday May 12, letter carriers across Lee County will collect food on their mail routes for the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Last year, the food drive yielded over 70 million pounds of food nationwide. Locally, 323,000 pounds of food was collected in Lee Co...
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GIVING
Donations help fund scholarships
BY PAUL FLYNN, PRESIDENT EMERITUS Southwest Florida Community Foundation
      Maria (not her real name) hopes to get her Master's Degree as a family nurse practitioner sometime next year. She's a mother of two, but she's a fulltime graduate student as well. What a daunting task for a young mother. You and your family can help promising young people...
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