The Downtown Seasonal Farmer’s Market is open for the season every Wednesday. Enjoy the video above of the vendors who are available. Items available at the farmer’s market include a huge variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, seafood, baked goods, pastry, novelties, heirloom seeds, gardening supplies, local honey, local artists, fresh flowers and more!
Buy local! From local Bonita Springs residents offering fresh ingredients from local farms, gardens and waters.
The Downtown Farmer’s Market is located at Riverside Park, you know … where the Banyan Tree and the Band Shell amphitheater is. See you next Wednesday!
For more information about this market or becoming a vendor at the downtown farmer’s market, contact: Bonita Springs Lion's Club. (239) 992-6665. If you do not see the video above, click here: http://youtu.be/CP4X0g3L_1s
There are daily farmers markets in the Bonita Springs and Estero Florida areas beginning every fall around October 1st. Visit the Bonita Springs Estero Community Forum on Facebook for the most current list of daily Farmer Markets.
After I stopped by a seller’s home to get a real estate contract signed I headed to Zombicon in Fort Myers. What that means is 1.) Bonita Springs real estate is selling. (Actually, I’m out of real estate listings for the first time in a decade!) 2.) There are fun things to do in SWFL, like Zombicon.
Fall kicks off the festival season and one of the most fun and interesting festivals is Zombicon in Fort Myers. The streets fill with the walking dead. It’s a free show, tons of people watching, great food and the “bloodweiser” is flowing. Put it on your list of things to do next year if you’re in the Bonita Springs, Florida area.
If you happen to be a zombie fan I can tell you that there is a small Bonitian faction that gathers at Buffalo Chips Restaurant in Bonita Springs on Sunday nights to watch The Walking Dead. They’re pouring bloodweiser at ‘Chips, too.
October in Florida mean return of Bonita Springs real estate snowbird buyers. Often times the phone call or email that precedes a buyer’s visit questions the availability of foreclosures. Well, if you’re following Bonita Springs real estate you’ll notice that foreclosures are down and only account for about 8% of our closed sales as of last month.
Here’s the dirt on foreclosures in Bonita Springs – the closer the home price is to zero dollars, the faster the home will sell, often with multiple offers and above list price. The better the condition the home, the faster it sells. The cleaner the offer on the home, the faster it sells. Buying Bonita Springs real estate has changed and the snowbirds looking to cherry pick a deal at bargain basement prices just might not like what most real estate agents are going to tell them – “THAT particular deal was available two years ago.”
Listen to your agent, get a preapproval or bring proof of funds, make offers according to market conditions. Your agent should be able to give you absorption rates and market reports that let you know exactly how to place an offer that will get accepted. And if they don’t, call me. I’d be happy to help you land a home before the rest of the snow birds get here.
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All information is deem accurate, not guaranteed and subject to change. Check the date on this report for freshness. If you have questions regarding your particular neighborhood, your street or your home specifically you’re welcome to contact us for a current market report. Real estate consumers that read this website are urged to seek independent, professional legal, real estate and financial advice before engaging in any transaction. All information is deemed, accurate, subject to change and not guaranteed.
Enjoy our paddleboard trip from Bonita Grande Road down the Imperial River. Make no mistake, the east end of the river where it changes from the Kiel Canal to the Imperial River, is gator land. You’ll notice that Slum Dawg Dillionaire didn’t make this trip with us. He’s just too tasty to be around gators. We actually didn’t see gators this trip but we have in the past.
The Imperial River is the main river in southwest Florida in the United States. It is fed by the Kehl Canal (seen spelled Keel and Kiel) and marshland just east of the city limits of Bonita Springs in unincorporated southwest Lee County, Florida. The Imperial River is approximately 9.3 miles long from its headwaters just east of I-75 in the Flint Pen Strand through downtown Bonita Springs by Riverside Park to its mouth at the north end of Fishtrap Bay, near the southern end of Estero Bay. It’s a super paddle everyone needs to do at least once.
The Imperial River was originally named Surveyors Creek before the city of Bonita Springs, Florida was developed. The Imperial River is part of The Great Calusa Blueway if you’re a paddler, you should learn more about the Blueway.
Riverfest 2012 – Things to Do in Bonita Springs Fl
Autumn has arrived in Bonita Springs as planning for the 6th annual RiverFest gets underway. Hosted by the City of Bonita Springs, the two-day downtown event will kick-off on Oct. 26 with a happy hour celebration, live entertainment from the Rachel/Hughes Band, a cornhole tournament and the popular fish fry from 5 to 9 p.m. The festivities continue on Oct. 27 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the traditional Imperial River Challenge featuring canoe, kayak, K-1, surf ski and stand up paddleboard races, and the children’s rubber duck race. New this year will be the addition of autumn themed activities for children and adults including a pumpkin decorating contest, hayrides, a petting zoo and a pumpkin patch.
The petting zoo will include goats, sheep, a miniature donkey, a miniature horse and a baby llama. Children can enjoy free pony rides, free hayrides and a chance to pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.
For the first time, there will be a haunted walk presented by Pumpkin King Productions, Bonita Estero Association of Realtors and Bonita Springs Assistance Office. The haunted walk will be open Oct. 27 to Oct. 31, 6-9 p.m. at Depot Park behind Riverside Park in downtown Bonita Springs.
In keeping with RiverFest’s mission of eco-tourism and sustainability, local vendors will provide displays and demonstrations geared toward the environment. Those involved to date include Turtle Time, Bonita Nature Place, Kowiachobee Animal Preserve, Trifecta Construction Solutions, YMCA, Lions Club and Lee County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit, Royal Scoop, Russell’s Clambakes and Calusa Ghost Tours. Water safety demonstrations, information from the Lee County Parks and Recreations “Blueway Mobile,” and tours of the historic Liles Hotel will be offered. The Artist Cottages will be open.
Proceeds from RiverFest will benefit the Waterways Conservation Fund, Bonita Springs Assistance Office and Bonita Nature Place. RiverFest will also serve as the official launch of the 2012 Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival.
Tickets for the fish fry are available at City Hall in Bonita Springs. To register for the Imperial River Challenge, “adopt” a duck or for more information about RiverFest, contact the City of Bonita Springs 239.949.6262 or visit www.CityofBonitaSprings.org.
About RiverFest: This will be the first year that the City of Bonita Springs has hosted RiverFest. The celebration is from 5 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 26 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 27 at the Liles Hotel Plaza near the Imperial River at Riverside Park in the historic, downtown district of Bonita Springs on Old U.S. 41 and Pennsylvania Avenue. Admission to Riverfest is free to the entire community. Food and beverages will be available for purchase with proceeds donated to local area charities.
For more information, visit www.cityofbonitasprings.org or call (239) 949-6262.
The Old 41 Downtown Bonita Springs Farmer Market started today. Head down every Wednesday to pick up fresh, local produce, seafood, baked goods and more. Support the local growers, farmers and fishermen by buying local. It stimulates the local economy and helps local families. See you at the Farmer’s Market!
Bonita Bay real estate and Bonita Springs real estate market update for the month of September 2012. This video includes information on how many foreclosures and short sales sold in Bonita Springs, Estero and Bonita Bay, Florida. Sales inventory, standing inventory for homes for sale in Bonita Springs, as well as how real estate sales compared over the past decade.
Should you have any questions about this market report or buying or selling real estate in Bonita Bay or Bonita Springs, Florida contact Chris Griffith. 239-273-7430
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All information is deem accurate, not guaranteed and subject to change. Check the date on this report for freshness. If you have questions regarding your particular neighborhood, your street or your home specifically you’re welcome to contact us for a current market report. Real estate consumers that read this website are urged to seek independent, professional legal, real estate and financial advice before engaging in any transaction. All information is deemed, accurate, subject to change and not guaranteed.
Cedar Creek is located in Bonita Springs and offers single family homes. Cedar Creek boasts the lowest home owner association fees in the area and the closest proximity to many conveniences.
September Bonita Springs real estate market reports include information regarding Bonita Springs Short Sales, Bonita Springs foreclosures, the historical Bonita Springs real estate sales for the past decade and current inventory and absorption for Bonita Springs homes and Bonita Springs Condos.
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All information is deem accurate, not guaranteed and subject to change. Check the date on this report for freshness. If you have questions regarding your particular neighborhood, your street or your home specifically you’re welcome to contact us for a current market report. Real estate consumers that read this website are urged to seek independent, professional legal, real estate and financial advice before engaging in any transaction. All information is deemed, accurate, subject to change and not guaranteed.
