The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District could avoid layoffs of its firefighters because taxable property values did not fall as much as originally estimated. The district experienced a drop of 16.3 percent, according to assessments released Monday, which are on their way to the state. A month ago, original estimates from the Lee [...]
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Lehigh Property Values Down Less Than First Thought
Posted in Lehigh Acres News, Lehigh Land For Sale, tagged lehigh acres fl, Lehigh Land Values, lehigh lots for sale, Lehigh Property Values on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lehigh Acres’ Land History
Posted in Lehigh Acres News, Lehigh Land For Sale, Lot for Sale, tagged History of Lehigh Acres, Land History, lehigh acres land for sale, Lehigh Acres Land History, Lehigh Land Investments, lehigh lots for sale on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although its history is short, Lehigh Acres began as a “tax write-off” for a Chicago millionaire. While Thomas A. Edison and his wife were spending winters in Fort Myers, there was a scattering of farm sites in the western areas of Lee County, known today as Lehigh Acres. Many families, most of them gone now, [...]
Lehigh Acres Roads Get a Facelift
Posted in Lehigh Acres News, Lot for Sale, tagged land for sale, lehigh acres land for sale, Lehigh Acres roads, Lehigh Acres vacant lots, lots for sale, Sunshine Blvd on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An additional 35 streets will be resurfaced by Lee County thanks to lower construction costs earlier this year. Work started last week on some of the additional streets. Most of the bumpy, worn and potholed streets on the list are in the southwest section of the community, between Gunnery and Homestead Road. Downer and Knox [...]
Lehigh Acres Resident Enters Florida Senate Race
Posted in Lehigh Acres News, tagged Dave Aronberg, Edison College, Election, FGCU, Florida Senate District 27, lee county, lehigh acres lots for sale, Lehigh Land, Matt Caldwell, Maxwell & Hendry Valuation Services on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New Republican challenger Matt Caldwell is running for the Florida Senate District 27 seat now held by Democrat Dave Aronberg, because he believes Lee County should have its own senator. Aronberg says it’s more about an unwritten Tallahassee rule and an east coast Senate race. Caldwell qualified to run Tuesday. He’s lived in Southwest Florida [...]
Lee County Home Market Takes Step Up
Posted in General, Lehigh Acres News, tagged condo sales, existing home sales, florida housing market, home market, housing market, land for sale, lee county, lee county news, lehigh acres home sales, Lot for Sale on June 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sales edged up and prices reversed a downward spiral that’s been going on since October for existing homes in Lee County, according to statistics released Thursday. The median price of a single-family home sold with the assistance of a Realtor in May was $212,400, up 6 percent from April’s $200,300, according to the report issued [...]
Property Value Doldrums Gives Lee County an Edge
Posted in Lehigh Acres News, tagged land values, lee county, lehigh acres, lehigh acres land, property name, property values, vacant land values on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Across from the private road in Alva is Daniels Preserve, the first property acquired through a land preservation program that allows sellers to name their properties after themselves. The property, formerly owned by lifetime Alva resident Ruby Daniels, now is publicly owned, and supposed to stay that way forever. The naming privilege offered by the [...]
Southwest Florida 4th of July Events
Posted in Lehigh Acres News, tagged Lehigh Acres 4th of July events, News Press Events on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You can find many 4th of July events posted on News Press.
County Governments Cannot Easily Raise Tax Rates
Posted in Lehigh Acres News, tagged florida, june 5 2008, lee county, lehigh acres, scott wyman, southwest florida, sun sentinel, tax rates on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Florida’s local governments face new requirements if they want to raise taxes TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – June 9, 2008 – Contrary to popular opinion, city and county governments cannot easily raise tax rates to make up for any income deficit created by January’s passage of Amendment 1. A local tax increase now requires approval by a [...]
Lot Owners Association Will Post Sign
Posted in General, Lehigh Acres News, tagged lehigh acres, lot owners association, no trespassing, sign on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Lehigh Acres Lot Owners Association will post a no trespassing sign on your lot…just ask! NO TRESPASSING SIGN MAY ALSO DETER DUMPING We have been asked by several members if this association would be interested in putting “No Trespassing” signs on vacant property due the numerous inquiries in regard to Notice of Code of [...]
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