Fort MyersThursday, November 5
Fort Myers commits $1.9 million to a new Edison and Ford Winter Estates welcome center
The 5AM Cape Coral team
If you visit the Edison and Ford Winter Estates, a new welcome center is on the way. Fort Myers City Council approved $1.9 million in city funds Nov. 2 toward the $5.9 million project, and groundbreaking is expected in December.
The welcome center, by the numbers
- $5.9 million
- total cost of the welcome center
- $1.9 million
- in city funds approved Nov. 2
- 200,000
- or more visitors each year, per promotional literature
Source: Gulfshore Business
Estates CEO Michael Flanders told council members it's the first new building on the 20-plus-acre property at 2350 McGregor Blvd. since a museum went up in the 1960s. Board Chair Cole Peacock called it "the crown jewel in this community." The two-story center is planned near the museum.
- Includes: reception areas, galleries, offices, covered gathering areas
- Opens: in about a year
- Holiday Nights: Nov. 27 through Jan. 3, except Dec. 24 and 25
Construction is expected to start soon after Holiday Nights begins
- Nov. 2Fort Myers City Council approves $1.9 million in city funding.
- Nov. 27Holiday Nights begins at the Estates.
- Early Dec.Workers are expected to begin construction on the center.
- Jan. 3Holiday Nights ends.
Sources: Florida Politics, Gulfshore Business
Sources: Florida Politics, Gulfshore Business