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Businesses building in Golden Gate Estates Q: I was wondering if you have a diagram that shows all the businesses that will be built in the Orange Blossom complex between the new Big Corkscrew Road and Hawthorn on Oil Well. So far, I know of the following: tire store, Chipotle, gas station, and I just heard a possible Chick-fil-A and not sure about the Starbucks. Thanks. – Scott Bohm, Golden Gate Estates A: The Oil Well Road outparcels fronting the Emblem Orange Blossom apartments are the last businesses to be built as part of The Shoppes at Orange Blossom development on a former citrus grove between Palmetto Ridge High School and the entrance to the Orange Blossom Ranch gated residential community in Golden Gate Estates. From west to east, those businesses include a Circle K convenience store with 12 fueling stations and a car wash on the southeast corner of Big Corkscrew Drive and Workman Way; and a Chick-fil-A restaurant with dual drive-thru lanes next to it on the southwest corner of Workman Way and Champs Avenue, Collier County permitting plans show. “I believe they are breaking ground late summer,” said Aryel Perring, regional development director at WMG Development, the developer of The Shoppes at Orange Blossom — including the more than 7.5 acres of outparcel lots, which See ATEN KNOWS, Page 7A
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From classroom to courtroom? 2 private schools in legal talks after principal switches jobs
By Aisling Swift aisling.swift@naplespress.com
A day after The Village School of Naples head of school’s resignation was effective, he started a new job in the same post at Seacrest Country Day School, a competitor. But officials say the new position, which Dennis Chapman assumed June 1, violates his contract with
The Village School and North Naples United Methodist Church Inc., his previous employer. The local Methodist church oversees TVS, The Village School, the private Christian pre-K through 12th-grade school at 6000 Goodlette-Frank Road N. in North Naples. Documents show Chapman, who was hired by The Village School See SEACREST, Page 5A
The Village School of Naples has warned Seacrest that hiring new Head of School Dennis Chapman violates a non-compete contract provision he had with The Village School. Photo by Tim Aten
Chopsticks up! It’s Sushi Day! International Sushi Day is June 18, and Naples is ready, with nearly 80 establishments offering the Japanese delicacy in all its forms. Every taste can be satisfied, from standard favorites such as the Spicy Tuna Roll, below, to wildly inventive personal names, including the Out of Control and Crazy Girl rolls. All three are offered at Ninja Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi, where Chef Lin, right, is busy filling sushi and sashimi orders. Learn more about one of Naples’ favorite meals and where you can enjoy it on Pages 6B-7B.
Photos by Olga Hayes