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Dear Commissioner LoCastro:
First, thank you for the time and expertise you bring to Collier County. Much appreciated here.
I am a fifteen year resident of Pelican Bay, the last three years in Bay Colony. I spend 7-8 months a year here. It is my home and the place I love.
When I decided to make South Florida my home I strongly considered the east coast as well as Southwest Florida. Having lived for years in Manhattan, I was eager to go in a different
direction than the concrete jungle that is Manhattan, and which I found on the east coast. I selected Naples specifically as the anti-congestion, charming alternative to what I left.
Now I am afraid....afraid that the character of Naples will change. The One Naples proposal is an egregious example of what will happen if you allow this development to take place.
It will bring all manner of bad things to a heretofore quiet area. It will be a Manhattan-ization blight on Naples/Collier County, a blight that will drive attactive prospective
residents elsewhere. Collier County would never recover from building this development.
It doesn’t have to be this way. I lived and worked in the Boston area even longer than I lived in Manhattan. The Boston Redevelopment Authority could have destroyed the character of
Boston, especially with ill-conceived development of the Seaport District. Instead, the BRA took a thoughtful approach to the long-term vision of Boston and has spearheaded a magnificent,
open development to a treasured area.
You can do the same. Please, PLEASE do not allow this development, a development that would destroy the Naples I love.
Thank you for listening.
Sincerely,
Kenton J. Sicchitano
8960 Bay Colony Drive Apt 804, Naples FL 34108