Life in Gateway Blog & News

Oly’s Ice Cream & Coffee located in the Towne Lake Plaza on Gateway Boulevard has been open a few days now and is seeing a lot of evening business.   Oly’s opened with an outdoor ice cream event to beat the heat and attracted crowds of families to the event.  Oly’s Ice Cream also got the attention of Fort Myers and Gateway communities with articles (The Corridor featured them on the cover) and advertisements popping up on the roadways throughout the town. …

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Good news for the development and job market in Fort Myers and the community of Gateway as the Fort Myers Regional Partnership (Lee County’s Economic Development Office) announced today that the county and State of Florida have approved additional financial incentives for Gartner, Inc.to support its expansion in Fort Myers, Florida. The approval of this project is in addition to the original incentives awarded in April 2009 with the creation of an additional 200 net new jobs in the professional,…

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Gateway Residents: Below is an update on the construction of Daniels Parkway east of I-75 leading up to, and beyond, Gateway. We are anxiously anticipating a smoother drive home next year!   The Lee County Department of Transportation (LC DOT) begins work to widen Daniels Parkway from four to six lanes from Chamberlin Parkway to Gateway Boulevard. The majority of the widening along Daniels Parkway will take place within the median. Some minor shoulder widening and turn lane construction will…

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Comcast Cable will close its residential call center in Sarasota, laying off 129 workers, but will open a new regional dispatch center that will employ 93. The company is combining the Sarasota call center into a similar operation in Fort Myers, spokesman Bill Ferry said Tuesday. The new dispatch center will cover Florida, coastal Georgia and South Carolina when it opens in about two months.   This is good news for local residents, as the new jobs will be relocated…

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The Fort Myers Regional Partnership, Lee County’s Economic Development Office, announced today that the county has approved financial incentives totaling $5 million for VR Laboratories, LLC to support its new venture.   Currently, VR Laboratories is eyeing the Madden Research Loop for it’s 155,000 sq ft headquarters. The Madden Research Loop is the first phase of a 750-acre site called the Skyplex Commerical Center, located on the north side of airport property on Chamberlin Parkway, off Daniels Parkway. This first…

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