06Aug 2008 by Susan Milner

Back to School in Lee County 2008

Lee County Schools, SW Florida Events, SW Florida News
Lee County School begins on August 18, 2008. If you recently moved here to Lee County you need to register your child(ren) with the Lee county school system. If you have a child going into Kindergarten they too will need to register. Children must be 5 years old as of Sept 1, 2008 to be eligible for enrollment. Lee county also has a free VPK (preschool) program as well. Children must be 4 years old as of Sept 1, 2008 to enroll. If you are new to the district, you can start here: How to Register your child The 2 typical questions I am asked about the schools here in Lee County are: What school district is this home in? Lee County is set up as a school choice county. This…
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20Jul 2008 by Susan Milner

Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve – Cape Coral, Florida

Opinion, SW Florida Events, SW Florida News
Today my son and I spent about 2 hours within the trails of the Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve right here in Cape Coral, Florida.  Located just south of the Midpoint bridge, right on the Caloosahatchee River. We both brought our cameras so I hope you enjoy our photos. I'm going to showcase my son's photos first! Did I tell you he is only 5 years old? Ok, so I took some photos as well to share with you of Cape Coral Park and Recreation's Four Mile Cove Ecological Park:           So that's it. Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve is located in Cape Coral just north of the Midpoint Bridge. It is a 365 acre preserve with wildlife and plants. You can buy native plants there,…
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19Feb 2008 by Susan Milner

Cape Coral Foreclosure Problem

Buyers, Cape Coral Real Estate, Opinion, SW Florida News, SW Florida Real Estate
  I just finished reading an article put out by The Associated Press over at MSNBC about the amount of FORECLOSURES. Looks like our area - Cape Coral / Fort Myers - ranks #1 according to data supplied by RealtyTrac.  You can click to read that article here. Why all the foreclosures? I was asked just that last week by a woman who found me on my Cape Coral Real Estate website. She wanted to know why there were so many SHORT SALES and FORECLOSURES in our area. There are a few reasons for it. One reason is that real estate is cyclical. That's right. Real Estate goes up & it goes down. Check the historical data, it is true. Another reason in our area specifically I suppose, everyone got…
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