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January 2024 Newsletter
Advocating for the Bonita Estero Rail Trail and ConnectLee Trail Network! President’s Message Hello Friends of Bonita Estero Rail Trail and welcome to our January 2024 Newsletter. As we enter 2024 I want to say just how proud I am of our Friends of BERT organization and what we, together, accomplished last year. Thank you!…
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Volunteer Corner
Welcome to Friends of BERT Volunteer Corner! Look for the Volunteer Corner to be added to each of our upcoming newsletters that will list the upcoming volunteer activities and locations. The Volunteer Corner will provide information of upcoming events for our existing volunteers and those whom might be interested becoming a volunteer. Below is a…
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BERT in the NEWS – Spotlight News Magazine
BERT in the NEWS – Spotlight News Magazine The following article appeared in the December 2023 addition of Spotlight News Magazine: Update on BERT The city of Bonita Springs and the Village of Estero and the Lee County MPO unanimously approved the proposed trail several months ago. “The first thing that has to happen is…
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Florida Gulf Coast Trail
Florida Gulf Coast Trail Imagine a trail network stretching from Naples to Tampa, connecting communities and people through seven counties for 420 miles along Florida’s Gulf Coast. This is the goal of Trust for Public Lands and its Florida Gulf Coast Trail (FGCT) Director, Charles Hines. Charles Hines is featured in a Webcast, hosted by…
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Members Come Through on Resilient Lee Feedback
Members Come Through on Resilient Lee Feedback On November 30th, 2023 Friends of BERT sent our members an email asking to provide feedback to the Resilient Lee Task Force on initiatives that they have been working on over the past year, and boy did our members come through in a big way! (See the results below) The…
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Resilient Lee – Funding Opportunity for BERT
Resilient Lee – Funding Opportunity for BERT (The following email was sent out to Friends of BERT members on November 30th, 2023. The opportunity for providing feedback to the Resilient Lee Task Force ended on December 8th, 2023). Your feedback is needed to help secure funding for the purchase of Bonita Estero Rail Trail (BERT) through…
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First Annual Trek Ride to Benefit BERT
First Annual Trek Ride to Benefit BERT On Sunday morning, November 12, 250 bicyclists from the local area left from the Trek Bicycle Store of Estero at the Coconut Point Mall for a journey of 15 or 30 miles through Bonita Springs and Estero. Other than a few flats, the ride went flawlessly. Jon McLain, the…
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Fort Myers City Council Unanimously Endorses BERT
Fort Myers City Council Unanimously Endorses Bonita Estero Rail Trail On October 16th, Friends of Bonita Estero Rail Trail made the case for supporting a resolution from the Bike/Ped Committee of Fort Myers to endorse BERT to the Fort Myers City Council. The Council unanimously voted to endorse the Bonita Estero Rail Trail Project, following…
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October 2023 Newsletter
October 2023 Newsletter PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Hello Friends of the Bonita Estero Rail Trail and welcome to our October 2023 Newsletter. Here you can read our Year in Review; Our 1st Annual Ride for BERT from Trek Bicycle Store of Estero; and an update on our core purpose, Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety. We cannot thank Trek…
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A Year In Review
Friends of BERT – A Year In Review Friends of BERT launched at what turned out to be an auspicious time…one week prior to Hurricane Ian in 2022. At first, our board thought we should put the entire program on hold out of respect for those who lost so much. Then we began hearing from…