Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Habitat is tripling a Naples affordable-home community
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Sticky start to the day — we top out near 92° with the usual afternoon storms, and NWS has a heat advisory up until 6 tonight. The one worth your coffee: Habitat just broke ground to more than triple Las Palmas, from 60 affordable homes to 210.
Today
Heat advisory until 6, storms building this afternoon
Save the yard work and the long walks for evening — the advisory runs through 6 p.m. for coastal Collier. If you want beach time, go early: low tide's at 12:53 and every Collier beach tested clear of red tide this week.
Local News
Habitat breaks ground to triple Las Palmas
A gift from the Holecek Family Foundation lets Habitat Collier grow Las Palmas from 60 homes to 210 — real relief in a county where a starter place keeps drifting out of reach for the people who staff our restaurants and clinics.
A golf club wants an old East Naples citrus grove
Developer SWJR is asking for zoning breaks to put a course and 10 cabins on the site, and neighbors turned out over wildlife and noise — a reminder that even in the quiet season, East Naples' green edges are up for grabs.
Downtown's Collier Place towers sell for $23.26M
The two office buildings that still carry the Barron Collier name changed hands 97% leased, keeping the law firms and offices that make downtown feel like more than a lunch stop.
NCH North's pediatric ER scores a 99 out of 100
The national readiness assessment put NCH North's kids' emergency room near the top in the country and above Florida's new standard — good to know before a summer fever or a bad fall sends you through the doors.
Food & Drink
The Dock at Crayton Cove turns 50
Half a century on Naples Bay through hurricanes and new owners, and the chalkboard menu's still up — the rare waterfront table that feels like ours instead of a resort's.
The World Cup is quietly saving summer for Legends
The US bowed out Monday night, but the tournament runs through July and the Naples sports bar says the soccer crowds have turned a dead-quiet season into a booming one — a good spot to catch the knockout rounds with a crowd.