Collier County ends talks to buy Everglades City property for a marina

One of the last waterfront properties in Collier County is back on the market after county commissioners walked away from their nearly $7 million offer.

The county had a deal to buy 52 acres in Everglades City next to Collier County’s Everglades Airpark. The $6.62 million deal fell apart when the Everglades City Council said they wanted a say in the purchase and were opposed to a county-run marina that would compete with the six privately owned marinas in the city and take the property off the city’s tax rolls…

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