Friday, October 28, 2011

Forty-six organizations sent letters of support for MPO's TIGER III complete streets project grant application


On October 31st, the Lee MPO submitted it's application for a TIGER III grant to fund a complete streets initiative. As part of the application, an amazing 46 organizations & entities responded to BikeWalkLee's request for letters of support. We would like to thanks the following organizations for their letters of support:
• LeHigh Acres Economic Development Board, Edd Weiner, CEO
• Florida Wildlife Federation, Nancy Payton, Southwest Florida Field Representative
• School District of Lee County, Dr. Joseph Burke, Superintendent
• Lee County Community Sustainability Advisory Committee, Dr. Margaret Banyan, Chair
• Easter Seals, Debra Lynne, Vice President
• Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council, Liz Donley, Interim Executive Director
• Lee County Board of County Commissioners, Frank Mann, Chair
• Housing Authority of Fort Myers, Marcus Goodson, Executive Director
• Southwest Florida Addiction Services, Kevin Lewis, Chief Executive Officer
• Estero Council of Community Leaders, Don Eslick, Chair
• Department of Health, Judith Hartner, Director
• Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel, Tamara Pigott, Executive Director
• Boston Red Sox, Katie Haas, Director of Florida Business Operations
• Healthy Start of Southwest Florida, Cathy Timuta, Executive Director
• United States Senate, Senator Bill Nelson
• Florida House of Representatives, Representative Gary Aubuchon
• Palm Beach Boulevard Community Panel, Kenneth Breffle
• American Planning Association of Florida Chapter Promised Lands, Alexis Crespo, Chair
• AARP, Jeff Johnson, State Director
• BikeWalkLee, Darla Letourneau
• Sheriff Lee County, Mike Scott, Sheriff
• Fort Myers YMCA, Jim Sanger, Area President
• Lee MPO, MPO Board
• Stay Alive Just Drive, Jay Anderson, Executive Director
• LeeTran, Steven Myers, Transit Director
• Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Andrew McElwaine, President and CEO
• City of Bonita Springs, Carl Schwing, City Manager
• Florida Gulf Coast University, Wilson Bradshaw, President
• Fort Myers Redevelopment Agency, Don Paight, Executive Director
• Lee Memorial Health Systems, Jim Nathan, President
• Sanibel Bicycle Club, Michael Miller, President-Elect
• Florida Bicycle Association, Timothy Bustos, Executive Director
• Town of Fort Myers Beach, Terry Stewart, Town Manager
• Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, Colleen Depasquale, Executive Director
• Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Bert Hamilton
• City of Sanibel, Kevin Ruane, Mayor
• Spikowski Planning Associates, Bill Spikowski
• River of Grass Greenway, Maureen Bonness Co- Director
• Florida Planning and Zoning Association, Paula McMichael, Chapter Director
• Residents of lee County, Robbie B. Roepstorff
• Reconnecting Lee County, Beverly Grady
• Collier Smart Growth Coalition, Stacy Revay, Chair
• United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties, Clifford Smith, President
• ULI, David Farmer, Chairman
* State Representative Matt Caldwell
* Fort Myers City Mayor, Randy Henderson

THANK YOU!!!

Now we wait until the Winter/Spring to hear the results of the national competition. Fingers crossed!

4 comments:

  1. Just like TIGER 2, people considering implementing for the third around of TIGER allows must publish a pre-application before July 3, 2011.

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  2. The local evolution of forty-six organizations sent letters of support to MPO III TIGER streets of the grant application the entire project in October.

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  3. This week, the Lee MPO Panel sent characters to the Chairmen and Rank Community of both the House and Us senate Transport Committees.

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