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Contact:   Bob Taylor, Lee County Construction & Design
                (941) 479-8306                    

NORTH FORT MYERS PARK PROJECT TO ADD FIELDS/MULTI-PURPOSE BLDG.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (February 8, 2002) – The Board of Lee County Commissioners will break ground Tuesday (Feb. 12) on the second phase of North Fort Myers Community Park, adding football fields and a multi-purpose building at the park. 

The groundbreaking ceremony is at 1 p.m. at the park, 2021 N. Tamiami Trail (Old 41), north of State Road 78/Bayshore Road and behind the North Fort Myers Library. 

The $1.9-million project will add three football fields (two practice fields and a game field) and a multi-purpose building that will house concessions, restrooms, storage, team rooms, covered shade areas and a 2,000-square-foot meeting room.  The Lee County School District is contributing $110,000 of the cost and the rest is coming from community park impact fees. 

The fields will be used primarily by the North Fort Myers Junior Football Association (Pop Warner).  Wilson Miller Inc. is designing the improvements, and the construction manager is Compass Construction. 

The first phase of North Fort Myers Community Park was completed in 1996.  The park currently has four, lighted ballfields, 24 shuffleboard courts, a big playground, pavilion, disc golf, and a horseshoe court.  The shuffleboard courts were completed in 1999 and are home to the Lee County Shuffleboard Club. 

Lee County’s Parks & Recreation Department maintains and operates 3,500 acres of developed park land, 14 centers, 9 pools, five boat ramps, three Gulf beach parks, one lakefront beach, 76 beach accesses, 60 tennis courts, 73 ballfields, and 13 preserves.  The department’s fiscal year 2002 operating budget is $16.2 million.