Links
Reconnecting Lee County is a resource for anyone interested in transportation and community planning ideas that might fit our area. The movement toward greener transit-oriented planning is sweeping the country.
Below you will find a list of some of the most relevant sites we've discovered so far. We invite you to browse freely and to share any ideas that you find especially exciting. Please also share with us any other sites that might inspire revolutionary ideas for Lee County's future.
Mixed use walkable neighborhoods served by convenient public transportation are sometimes called "Transit-oriented Developments" (TOD). Visit the State of Florida's new website on transit-oriented development:
http://www.floridatod.com/
The East Fort Myers Revitalization and Redevelopment Plan presents a vision for a healthy East Fort Myers. While East Fort Myers has experienced a decline in its social, economic, and environmental health, it has all the raw materials necessary to recapture its economic vigor and natural beauty. This document offers recommendations to help residents, stakeholders, and public officials achieve this goal.
This link highlights the Revitalization Plan for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Veronica S. Shoemaker Blvd. Here you will find information about a revitalization plan for the two major road corridors through the Dunbar community in Fort Myers, Florida. The plan was completed in July 2006 and adopted by the Fort Myers City Council in November 2006.
http://www.spikowski.com/MartinLutherKing.htm
Check out the following link to see a good example that illustrates
the Florida Department of Transportation's mindset and cooperative
effort towards achieving multi-modal mixed-use development. The project
featured Park and Ride Facilities, sky-bridge to the adjacent Tri-Rail
Station and Bus Transfer Station onsite. The mixed-use components
included internet switching facilities, office building, hotel and
retail. Also, the site has immediate access to I-95, thus the rationale
for the Park and Ride Facility and link to the Tri-Rail Station. The
land for the site is owned by FDOT and Swerdlow entered into a long term
lease on the site. Also, due west of the site is Fort Lauderdale
Executive Airport and Cypress Creek Corporate Park, which is an example
of good land use planning that created the critical mass to support the
multi-modal mixed-use site.
http://www.swerdlow.com/cypress_intro.html
A well-written and timely article, submitted in connection with this year's land-use symposium
Lee County in the Year 2035 - Back to the Future? is this paper by University of Florida law student Andrew Hoek,
Lee County Facelift: Using Transit Oriented Development To Revitalize One Of Southwest Florida's Most Historic Counties