Notes from Charlotte County

The City of Punta Gorda has established a Code Red Emergency Alert System for all city residents.

The system is similar to 911, except that it calls you. The system will allow the City of Punta Gorda to call targeted areas or the community in case of an emergency or urgent situations that requires immediate attention. Examples are natural disasters (Hurricane warnings/watches, fires), man-made disasters (terrorism, chemical spills, gas leaks), search and rescue (missing children, adults or disabled persons), crime (prisoner escape warnings, sexual offender/predator alerts), as well as other emergency situations.

This is an invaluable service which is free of charge. The easiest way to subscribe to the service is on-line.  Use the following Internet LINK to access the City of Punta Gorda's Policy Department CODE RED registration system:

CODE RED REGISTRATION LINK 

Don’t let the Florida Scrub Jay ruin your day! The habitat of this protected ground-dwelling bird has cast a desirability shadow over the property of many in Charlotte County. Although to some this (and other) environmental challenges seem insurmountable, the fact is that per the local representative of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, NO landowners has been denied a building permit as a result of the Scrub Jay. Did they need to jump through a few extra hoops, you bet – but with proper guidance this need not be a painful or expensive process.

Joe Vidulich, a local environmental consultant who specializes in Florida Scrub Jay surveys, can be an invaluable resource for those who desire to develop and/or sell their Scrub Jay protected and/or environmentally sensitive property. Joe has been doing this work for many years and truly cares about the needs of the property owner and in fact all of those who live here, both human and otherwise. He will even do a “drive-by” and give you his impressions of your particular property situation. Although we are talking specifically about the Scrub Jay here, Joe does other environmental surveys as well.

Joe’s website is posted below; take a look or give him a call.

Joseph Vidulich Environmental consulting

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Fort Lauderdale, FL -- Curtis Mellon with HomeChoice Real Estate recently completed a luxury home marketing training course offered by Florida Association of Realtors.

The course - which covered such topics as demographics of the affluent, lifestyle segmentation, trends and amenities in today’s luxury home product, and creating a marketing plan for the multimillion dollar property – was taught by Laurie Moore-Moore, President of the Dallas-based Institute and author of the book, “Rich Buyer, Rich Seller! The Real Estate Agents’ Guide to Marketing Luxury Homes.”

“The course is a step towards earning the prestigious Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation which The Institute awards internationally to sales professionals who meet performance standards in the upper-tier residential market,” said Moore-Moore. Curtis Mellon is an example of a sales associate who works to hone the special skills and competencies necessary to provide exceptional service in the fine homes and estates marketplace.”

Mellon is an award-winning sales associate along with his partner Mike Federau who has been in real estate since 2004 and specializes in the Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte market. In the two plus years they have been doing real estate they have had over $16,000,000 in sales. HomeChoice Real Estate also has a specialty division that deals with luxury homes, Luxury Homes of Southwest Florida; http://www.luxuryhomesswflorida.com/

“The training provided new insight about the upper tier market, helped me polish my skills, and provided valuable networking contacts with other agents across the country who specialize in luxury properties,” said Mellon. “In addition, I discovered new and creative tools for promoting expensive homes and estates and new resources for finding buyer prospects. Home buyers and sellers will benefit from my new knowledge.”

For current information on the upper tier market, contact Curt Mellon (941) 626-3640 or Mike Federau (941) 626-3569 at HomeChoice Real Estate.

The South Punta Gorda Loop Project saw its first signs of life this week with the clearing of the land for this new Wal-Mart Super Center, on the Southwest corner of Jones Loop Rd. and Taylor Rd.  This is an exciting start to what promises to be a robust and impressive change for this area of the county.

Be sure to stay tuned!