Safe Streets for All: Public Meeting 2
2024-12-09 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan will hold its second public meeting on Monday, December 9, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
The purpose of the second meeting is to gather safety issue feedback and present potential improvements to address the high crash areas. MPO staff and consultants will be available at the meeting to answer questions and provide a brief presentation.

Planning Zoning Design Board Meeting
2024-12-10 16:30 | Village of Estero, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, Estero, FL, 33928, United States
Agendas are posted the week prior to the meeting. Council meetings are open to the public.
The Village Planning, Zoning and Design Board will discuss several important matters at its next meeting.
These meetings are an opportunity for residents to learn more about growth, development, and zoning changes within Estero and to voice questions, concerns, and comments on these topics.

Village Council Meeting
2024-12-18 09:30 | Village of Estero, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, Estero, FL, 33928, United States

Village of Estero Council Meeting
2025-01-08 09:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-05 09:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-19 09:30 - 21:30, 2025-03-05 09:30 - 21:30, 2025-03-19 09:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-16 09:30 - 21:30 | Village of Estero, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, Estero, FL, 33928, United States

Planning, Zoning & Design Board Meeting
2025-01-14 16:30 - 21:30 | Village of Estero, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, Estero, FL, 33928, United States
Genova Partners, LLC will be requesting approval of a development order to construct 11 townhomes and 20 single family (villa) units.
Estero Country Club is seeking to renovate one existing tennis court into 4 pickleball courts and add a new tennis court on the eastern portion of the club house located at 19501 Vintage Trace Circle.
Pruitt Family Real Estate Holdings, LLC, is proposing to convert the existing 4,800 square foot vacant old post office building into a small office building located at 8111 Broadway Avenue East.

FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps Open House
2025-01-15 16:00 - 19:00 | Lee County Administration, 2201 Second Street Room 118, Fort Myers, FL, United States
January 15, 2024 at 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Lee County’s Administration East Building, 2201 Second St., Fort Myers, 33901, in the Green Room on the first floor

Village of Estero Council Meeting
2025-01-22 09:30 - 21:30 | Village of Estero, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, Estero, FL, 33928, United States
Headline: Items of Interest on Upcoming Village Council Meeting Agenda
The Village of Estero Council will discuss several important matters at its next meeting on Wednesday, January 22.
These meetings are an opportunity for residents to learn more about growth, development, and zoning changes within Estero and to voice questions, concerns, and comments on these topics.
Among the items on the agenda:

Approval of the Estero Sports Park master plan, which will allow the Village to build on approximately 100 acres at Williams Road and Via Coconut. The park will include numerous recreational facilities for pickleball and tennis, track and field, baseball and softball, basketball, and a driving range, plus additional amenities including the High 5 entertainment complex, food truck parking, an entertainment pavilion, and more. After approval, the proposal will be with the South Florida Water Management District for review of the project’s stormwater plan.

Residents who wish to comment during the meeting should complete a Public Comment Card. E-comment forms are also available before meetings and must be returned by noon the day before the meeting.
The full agenda and supporting documents can be viewed here by clicking “Special Village Council Meeting.”
How to Attend
This Village Council meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 22, in the Council Chambers at Village Hall, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle.
Meetings are also streamed live online and can be accessed here.

Breaking Par at Grandezza 2025
2025-02-01 - 2025-02-02 | Grandezza, 11481 Grande Oak Blvd, Estero, FL, 33928, United States
Breaking Par at Grandezza is the annual Golf Tournament and Gala raising funds for LEAD Estero, a local non-profit by students, for students, that funds scholarships and leadership training opportunities for Estero High School students. Engage Estero is proud to be a sponsor of the event! Tickets now available at: https://leadestero.ejoinme.org/BreakingPar25

Guest of Honor
Steve Sarkozy, the Village Manager of Estero since 2015. He had 45 years of local government experience when he came to Estero. Now in his 10th year the Village continues to grow and is considered by many as a premier location to live in Lee County.

Planning, Zoning & Design Board Meeting
2025-02-11 16:30 - 21:30 | Village of Estero, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, Estero, FL, 33928, United States

Community & Membership Meeting: Traffic Safety Action Plan
2025-02-26 10:00 - 11:30 | Estero Park & Recreation Center, 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd, Estero, FL, 33928, United States
Lee County MPO’s Strategic Safety Action Plan Traffic, Safety, Congestion, and Recommendations Part 2

Road safety has become an increasing concern for many residents in greater Estero. The presentation will look at the high-injury network and discuss potential solutions.
Engage Estero was pleased to host:

Don Scott, Executive Director of the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Carmon Monroy, Senior Transportation Manager, CTS Engineering.

Full Summary of the Meeting

Q&A Session Summary

Don Scott

Carmen Monroy

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Presentation Slides(download)

Background
This meeting is a follow up to the October 2024 meeting, featuring Fank Domingo, Professional Engineer and Principal at Stantec and Ron Gogoi, AICP Transportation Planning Administrator of the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). You can find a summary of that meeting here.

If you can’t attend in person, you can still provide information about safety in Estero by completing the survey.

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As part of the Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan, a dashboard was created to examine crashes in Lee County.

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2024 Don Eslick Estero Person of the Year Award
2025-02-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Estero Country Club, 19501 Vintage Trace Circle, Estero, United States
2024 Don Eslick Estero Person of the Year Award

Joe and Joni Pavich
were Honored at
The Don Eslick Person of the Year Award Dinneron Feb. 27, 2025
Estero Country Club at The Vines
On Thursday night, February 27, 2025, at the Estero Country Club at the Vines Engage Estero had the extraordinary opportunity to honor Joe and Joni Pavich with the prestigious Don Eslick Estero Person of the Year Award. This award recognizes their unwavering commitment and passionate belief in Estero for over 35 years.
Joe and Joni have shown incredible dedication through their volunteer work with various organizations in Estero, such as the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Estero Forever Foundation, Bonita Springs Estero Realtors Association and Engage Estero. Their contributions are exemplary examples of community spirit and teamwork.
The couple worked tirelessly in their new Real Estate business after they arrived in 1989. Joe’s efforts to attract potential new residents highlight his belief in Estero as a great place to live. He didn’t just promote the community; he built a sense of belonging and excitement that resonated with newcomers. Meanwhile, Joni’s meticulous organization and people and sales skills ensured every initiative ran smoothly and efficiently. It was a team effort. “Our mom gets credit for finding the Estero area. She was the one who pushed us to come here,” recounts their sons, Joe Jr. and Jason Pavich.

The Engage Estero “Don Eslick Estero Person of the Year Award” is an annual event memorializing Don Eslick for his clarity, vision, persistence, and significant contributions to the Estero community, and to honor those that make exceptional contributions to improving the quality of life in Estero.
If you would like to learn more about the history of Estero and the positive impact that a dedicated team of committed, unpaid volunteers who helped create such a sought-after destination in Southwest Florida had on our quality of life, please click here to purchase a copy of “Forging a Better Path” that provides an insight into what helped shape the past and influence the future of Estero.

Planning, Zoning & Design Board Meeting
2025-03-11 16:30 - 21:30 | Village of Estero, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, Estero, FL, 33928, United States
The Village of Estero Planning, Zoning and Design Board will discuss several important matters at its next meeting on Tuesday, March 11.
These meetings are an opportunity for residents to learn more about growth, development, and zoning changes within Estero and to voice questions, concerns, and comments on these topics.
Items for discussion on the agenda include proposals for:

Redesign of the outside of the South County Library located on Three Oaks Road, part of a larger renovation of the facility.
A public hearing on a potential relocation of the maintenance building at Estero Community Park.
Development of a Discount Tire store on Corkscrew Road and Corkscrew Commons Drive (in between Rib City and Mr. Tequila restaurants).

Additionally, the board will hear development project updates from Village staff.
Residents who wish to comment during the meeting should complete a Public Comment Card. E-comment forms are also available before meetings and must be returned by noon the day before the meeting.
The full agenda and supporting documents can be viewed here by clicking on “Planning Zoning and Design Board Meeting.”

A Virtual Rally for the Right for Clean Water
2025-03-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Help the Right to Clean Water’s grassroots campaign to collect signatures for an amendment to be added to the 2026 ballot.

MPO Public Hearing
2025-03-21 09:00 | Lee County Administration East Building, 2201 Second Street Room 118, Fort Myers, Fl 33901
The Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will hold a public hearing on March 21, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., at the Lee County Administration East Building located at 2201 Second Street in Room 118, to consider amending the MPO’s FY 2024/2025 through FY 2028/2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The amendments add a Federal Transit Administration grant award to LeeTran for capital projects, additional State operating funding to LeeTran for the US 41 corridor service and a new rail safety project on Veronica Shoemaker. Additional information on the projects as well as the proposed TIP pages are attached and posted here: TIP Amendments. Additional information on the MPO Board meeting agenda can be found at www.leempo.com, when it is posted a week before the meeting date.

Community & Membership Meeting: Estero Traffic Study Results
2025-03-26 10:00 - 11:30 | Estero Park & Recreation Center, 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd, Estero, FL, 33928, United States
Village of Estero 2024 Traffic Study Results

Read the Full Summary

Little affects our daily quality of life as significantly as traffic. Engage Estero and the Village of Estero take road conditions and management seriously.
The Village utilizes a series of Master Plans in each of the areas of functional responsibility to help guide community investment and growth. Recently, the Estero Village Council selected Johnson Engineering to update the Village-wide Traffic study Master Plan. The study is designed to identify current and future traffic issues and provide recommendations to improve traffic flow and safety in Estero. The study includes:

Projected development on vacant parcels.
Traffic impacts from areas outside Estero.

At the Engage Estero March Community and Membership Meeting, the results of the study were provided to a capacity crowd by:

Steve Sarkozy: Estero’s Village Manager.
David Willems: Estero’s Director of Public Works
Leah Holmes: Transportation Engineer at Johnson Engineering

Afterwards, the speakers answered questions from the audience. Learn what is in store for the roads in Estero, the future impact of traffic in our area, and what may be needed to mitigate problems by watching the video.
The meeting was held Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at Estero Park and Recreation Center, 920 Corkscrew Palms Blvd, in Estero, Florida.

Steve Sarkozy
Estero Village Manager

David Willems
Village Director of Public Works

Leah Holmes
Johnson Engineering Transportation Engineer

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Save out Water
2025-03-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Broadway Palm Dinner Theater
Join Calusa Waterkeeper for an inspiring afternoon in support of their mission. Expert guests will discuss solutions and challenges to improving our water quality, human health and public policies.

Ribbon Cutting & Open House of Lee Health’s Advanced Lung Care Center
2025-03-27 17:00 - 18:30 | 8925 Colonial Center Dr. Suite 2002, Building A Fort Myers, FL 33905
Meet our expert team, explore new screening tools, and see how we’re improving early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. First 25 attendees receive a free lung cancer screening consultation!

A Fireside Chat: AI Assisted Entrepreneurship from FGCU and The Edison Awards
2025-04-01 17:30 - 19:30 | FGCU Water School, 10501 FGCU Blvd. S., Fort Myers, FL, 33965, United States

Village of Estero Council Meeting
2025-04-02 09:30 - 21:30 | Village of Estero, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, Estero, FL, 33928, United States
Among the items on the agenda:

A memorandum of agreement between the Village, the City of Bonita Springs, and Collier. County for future financial planning for the Bonita Estero Rail Trail (BERT) project.
Several items surrounding the Village’s entertainment and sports hub project, including approval for Village staff to look further into additional partners; amendments to the agreement between the Village and High 5 Entertainment; and changes to the contract with RWA Engineering based on updates to the project’s scope.
Recognizing Estero High School students for their Cambridge International scholar awards: Natalia Gonzalez Cabrera, Amelia Krupp, Katelyn Kuieck, Meghan Lay, Jiya Naik, and Jennifer Pichardo

Residents who wish to comment during the meeting should complete a Public Comment Card. E-comment forms are also available before meetings and must be returned by noon the day before the meeting.

Free Blood Pressure Screenings
2025-04-04 09:00 - 12:00 | Lee Health Coconut Point Category: Health
Take charge of your heart health! Join us for a complimentary blood pressure screening event where you can get your blood pressure checked by qualified healthcare professionals, absolutely free of charge.

2025 Beach Gala for Happen 365
2025-04-05 17:00 | Margaritaville, 251 Crescent Street, Fort Myers Beach, Fl 33931

Planning, Zoning & Design Board Meeting
2025-04-08 16:30 - 21:30 | Village of Estero, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, Estero, FL, 33928, United States
The Village of Estero Planning, Zoning and Design Board will discuss several important matters at its next meeting on Tuesday, April 8.
These meetings are an opportunity for residents to learn more about growth, development, and zoning changes within Estero and to voice questions, concerns, and comments on these topics.
Items for discussion on the agenda include:

Modifications to a proposed multiuse development (south of Corkscrew Road and west of Via Coconut Road), with 330 multifamily units and space for businesses.
A proposal for a 107,000-square-foot storage unit to be built on Arcos Avenue east of the Estero Medical Center.
A request by the Grandezza community to build 4 pickleball courts.

Allergies, Asthma, and Sinus Conditions
2025-04-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Florida Blue, 8041 Plaza del Lago Drive
Allergies, asthma and sinus conditions are the exaggerated reaction of the immune system to certain triggers. This presentation will discuss seasonal and non-seasonal triggers, the types of symptoms they cause and how to get diagnosed for these conditions. We will review various natural remedies and medical treatments, along with the importance of following up with your doctor.

Wading Trip
2025-04-15 10:00 | Big Hickory Island, 14502 Bonita Beach Cswy, Bonita Springs, FL, 34134, United States
Discover first-hand why estuaries are known as “the cradles of the ocean” and take a refreshing journey into the waters of Estero Bay.

Beach and Estuary Walk
2025-04-19 09:30 | River Oaks Preserve
The Village of Estero owns this 12-acre preserve, and contracted the FNPS Coccoloba Chapter to manage the land. In just 2.5 years, the Coccoloba Chapter removed invasive species, planted hundreds of native plants in demonstration gardens and for habitat, and opened a public native plant nursery.
This field trip will explore all 12 acres, with a focus on the six to seven acres east of the north branch of the Estero River. Participants will also have the opportunity to visit the native plant nursery.
