Around town for October 26th in Naples
Posted on October 26th, 2007 by Rick Bethem
Thought I’d get you caught up on some of the happening in Naples.
- WINK-TV is now broadcasting their local news programs in HDTV, high-definition television.
- The Renaissance Fall Art Festival sponsored by the Naples Art Association will be held November 24-25. The featured artist this year is 86 year old Marco Island resident Gerry Brynjulson.
- Queen Latifa will be at the Philharmonic on November 6th.
- If you love The Nutcracker (I fell asleep), it will be performed November 24 & 25 at the Phil.
- The Naples-Marco Island area came in 6th best performing city out of 210 metropolitan areas based on job creation and retention and overall economic performance. The rankings index was created by the Milken Institute, an independent think tank.
- Collier County set a tourism record in August compared to last year. The number of visitors increased 8.4% and the direct spending was up 14.6%.
- If you see a cop on a Segway chasing you down the street, you haven’t gone crazy. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office purchased four of them to patrol the streets.
- In addition, the Sheriff’s Office has trained 27 deputies and corrections officers who will act as local immigration and deportation agents.
- The widening of Collier Blvd. from U.S.41 to Davis Blvd. has begun and is expected to finish in 2009.
- Mitt Romey, GOP presidential candidate, is expected to participate in the annual Swamp Buggy Race parade in Naples on Saturday.