A new study finds that consumers in areas where ride sharing companies like Uber and Lyft dominate could be driving them to buy fewer cars—and take fewer trips.

The Naples City Council on Monday will begin discussing a $148 million budget that would include nearly $6 million in new spending and an updated price tag for Baker Park.

Most of us are familiar with the images from the movies and television of Elliott Ness and the Untouchables” of a rough and tumble Chicago that blazed its way through the Prohibition Era. In the movie, “The Untouchables”, Sean Connery famously characterized this pugnacity and toughness (... If they pull a knife you pull a gun”...) as the “Chicago Way”.

CPN (Citizens for Preserving Naples) has previously told you about some of the serious problems that will be created by constructing a massive parking garage in a quiet residential neighborhood in Old Naples — problems that will adversely affect the entire Naples community. (See citizensforpreservingnaples.org and the Naples Garage Coalition website at www.44garage.com)

Sea level rise is steadily reshaping coastal landscapes, leading to profound changes to ecosystems and habitats. Rising seas are elevating groundwater, pushing saltwater into coastal aquifers, killing coastal forests, squeezing wetlands, and accelerating beach erosion. They are also having a visible impact on many aspects of the urban fabric: flooding intersections and basements, causing the overflow of septic tanks, and undermining foundations. In some places salt water intrusion during high-water events such as the lunar king tides is corroding sewer lines, contaminating freshwater drinking water wells, and causing sinkholes far inland.

CPN recently wrote you about a proposal that will come before the City Council in August for the City to build a massive $15 million dollar parking garage in the heart of a Naples residential neighborhood on 4th Avenue South in Naples.

A Naples redevelopment panel on Monday reaffirmed its support for a $15 million downtown parking garage proposal, urging the City Council to borrow $20 million to pay for the garage and other projects.

A group of downtown Naples residents is getting even more vocal in its opposition to a proposal for a new 350-space parking garage near Fifth Avenue South.

CPN ALERT!!!

CPN has joined a growing coalition of Naples residential organizations which have come together to urge the Naples City Council and the Naples Community Redevelopment Organization (CRA) to vote NO on a City Staff proposal to spend more than $15 million in scarce taxpayer dollars on a huge new parking garage in the heart of a Naples residential community at 4th Avenue South and 4th Street S.

Naples can add another top ranking to its growing collection of honors.

Personal finance website WalletHub has ranked Naples as 2017's "Best Beach Town to Live in," based on six factors: affordability, weather, safety, economy, education and health, and quality of life. 

WalletHub analysts compared 227 cities to come up with the best, using 49 metrics. 

The study looked at cities with a population between 10,000 and 150,000, and at least one beach listed on TripAdvisor.

Six Florida cities ranked in the top 10. Marco Island ranked 7th, Fort Myers ranked 72nd and Bonita Springs ranked 98th.