The Boyd Study, Inc., a leading site selection firm in Princeton, N.J. recently found the Fort Myers-Cape Coral area No. 5 among the top 50 loc ations in the United States to locate a corporate headquarters. According to the study, the area is one of the least expensive cities in the nation to operate a corporate office with the cost just 2 percent more than the least expensive city in the study.

Getting your Bearings

- Sanibel Island measures roughly 12 miles long and five miles across at its widest. Little sister Captiva Island has more compact measurements of less than five miles long and ½ mile wide.

- The toll to cross the Sanibel Causeway without a transponder is $6 per car when entering the island. Transponders are gizmos mounted on vehicle windshields. They work on a debit account system at $2 per car when entering the island. You can acquire a transponder and set up a debit toll account at the Lee Way Service Center, 1366 Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers.

- Sanibel Island has two main roads that parallel each other. Periwinkle Way is the main business route. West of the causeway, it leads to the island’s shopping and dining. Follow it east and you’ll pass a quieter commercial section , ending up at the Sanibel Lighthouse and its beach. Gulf Drive, the other main route, roves past resorts, beaches, and homes at the water’s edge. It is segmented into East, Middle, and West Gulf Drive.

- Sanibel-Captiva Road, known locally as San-Cap, passes by most of Sanibel’s natural attractions: J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Center, the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, and the Clinic for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (C.R.O.W.) facility.

- Tarpon Bay Road connects San-Cap Road with Periwinkle Way at its west end. Captiva Island is connected to its sister island by San-Cap Road. Once you cross the short bridge at scenic Blind Pass, the road becomes Captiva Drive. Follow it north and you’ll find two public beach accesses plus restaurants and shops. South Seas Resort , a private gated resort, occupies the northernmost part of the island.

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Lee County Population

• Close to 10 million people (three-quarters of Florida's population) reside within a 150-mile radius of Fort Myers. This will increase to more than 13 million by 2010.
• Lee County and Southwest Florida sustained tremendous growth in population from 1990-2000, increasing 32 percent in Lee County and 39 percent in the region.
• The fastest growing segment of Lee County's population from 1980 to 1997 was the 25-44 year group, growing by 119 percent. The 18-24 age group in Lee County is projected to grow 30 percent faster than Florida and 130 percent faster than United States rates.
• Lee county, once recognized almost entirely as a resort and retirement community, has been undergoing exciting new changes in the 1980's and 1990's with the addition of new residents at the rate of 500 - 1,00 per month.
• Fort Myers - Cape Coral was the 4th fastest growing metro area in the United States from 1980 to 1990. That growth has continued in the 1990's with Lee County remaining in the top 20 from 1990 to 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Forecast magazine lists Fort Myers-Cape Coral 15th in its "Booming 25" ranking of the fastest growing metro areas through the year 2005. The magazine uses population projections from Woods & Poole Economics, Inc.
• Demographics daily (Bizjournals.com) listed Fort Myers-Cape Coral a 5-star community for job growth, population growth and small business growth.

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