Backup Documents 12/11/2018 Item # 4E 4E
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Peter Parley Wynn and his wife, Vida, moved to Naples from Lakeland and
purchased the Bay Dock Hotel and opened a restaurant and grocery store in
half of the hotel building in 1938; and,
WHEREAS, Don Wynn opened Wynn's Sunshine Super Market at the corner of Seventh
Street and Fifth Avenue South in 1948; and,
WHEREAS, Don Wynn built a second, larger market 50 feet east of the original market on
Fifth Avenue South in 1953; and,
WHEREAS, Don Wynn converted the original store into Sunshine Hardware, a full line
hardware store, in 1958; and,
WHEREAS, the Wynn family relocated the stores to a larger location between First Avenue
North and Second Avenue North, in 1964, where they remain today; and,
WHEREAS, the Wynn family has a long history in Southwest Florida; and,
WHEREAS, Wynn's Market and Sunshine Ace Hardware continue to be a valued resource
for Southwest Florida homeowners, professionals, and businesses; and,
WHEREAS, Wynn's Market and Sunshine Ace Hardware are champions of a variety of
Southwest Florida organizations and causes, including the Muscular Dystrophy
Association, Make-A-Wish Southern Florida, Youth Leadership Collier and other
local nonprofits; and,
WHEREAS, the Wynn family continues to operate Wynn's Market and Sunshine Ace
Hardware as a family-owned business.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed that the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, values the Wynn Family and the contributions it has made to Collier
County, and congratulates Wynn's Market on its 80th anniversary and Sunshine
Ace Hardware on its 60th anniversary.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 11th Day of December 2018.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER '•UNTY, O• DA
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