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Bonita Bay is easy to reach. It is only 20 minutes from Regional Southwest Airport in Ft. Myers, which is serviced by many major airlines. The main gate lies less than one mile north of Naples, now recognized for some of the finest restaurants and shops in the country.Bonita Bay has been winning awards since it first opened and this exceptional community continues to win awards today. Below are examples of some of the awards bestowed on the community in the past several years. 1999
Bonita Bay received the "Award for Excellence" as the nation's most outstanding large-scale community by the Urban Land Institute. Golf Digest names Bonita Bay the Environmental Leader in Golf. 2000
Bonita Bay receives the Sustainable Florida Award for Outstanding Performance from the Council for Sustainable Florida. The Economic Development Council of Collier County presents Bonita Bay Group with the Employee Enlightenment award for innovative employee programs that create a better working environment. Bonita Bay Group receives the first ever Green Advantage Outstanding Corporate Commitment Award by the Florida Energy Extension Service at the University of Florida for exceptional organizational commitment to green development policies. 2002
Bonita Bay Community Association earns the 2002 Floriculture Award, presented by the Florida Nurserymen & Growers Association (FNGA) during its annual Landscape Awards Banquet in Orlando in September. The Floriculture Award recognizes landscapes for outstanding use of color. Bonita Bay took the highest honors in the under $50,000 category, one of three Floriculture categories. It's the second time the community association has received the prestigious award, having been named the sole Floriculture Award winner in 1999 for its butterfly garden, located on less than an acre in Estero Bay Park. 2004
The Bonita Bay community was certified as an Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary, adding it to an elite list of only five other properties in Florida - The Brooks included - and 38 in the world that have received the designation. Bonita Bay Group is named Development Company of the Year at the 14th Annual Pinnacle Awards. The company has earned the designation for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year. Sponsored by the Lee Building Industry Association, the Pinnacle Awards program recognizes excellence in communities, developers, product design and interior design, as well as sales and marketing. The community .Bonita Bay received the Pinnacle award for the Best Community Event for Residents in recognition of its Old Fashioned Social. 2005
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Bonita Bay Group with its Five-Star Restoration Program award which includes a $10,000 grant for a habitat restoration project at Bonita Bay and TwinEagles. The project is the result of a partnership among Bonita Bay Group and five public and private organizations: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; National Fish & Wildlife Foundation; United States Golf Association; South Florida Water Management District and Audubon International. Three of Bonita Bay Club's five golf courses ranked in the top 100 list of America's Best Residential Golf Courses for 2005 by Golfweek magazine. Only eight other communities in the nation had more than one golf course listed. 2006
Golf Magazine Living ranks Bonita Bay and Mediterra among 50 Best Places to Live in America. Some of the factors weighed; property values, quality of golf, proximity to metro areas, health care and transportation. Golf Magazine Living bills itself as the essential guide to living the golf community lifestyle. Bonita Bay and Mediterra ranked among Travel+Leisure Golf's top 100 golf communities in America. In compiling the list, Travel + Leisure Golf evaluated more than 2,000 private golf courses for the January 2006 issue and is described as the definitive guide of "the best places to live - and live well." 2007
LINKS Magazine included Bonita Bay and Mediterra, two of Bonita Bay Group's six Southwest Florida master-planned communities, on its 2007-08 list of America's 100 Premier Properties, an annual guide to the best golf communities. Golf Connoisseur has named Bonita Bay as one of the top 40 golf communities in America, on its inaugural list of the best places to live and play in the U.S. Bonita Bay was selected for its variety of residential options, 1,400 acres of parks, lakes, preserves and open spaces, marina with access to the Gulf of Mexico, and five golf courses, designed by Arthur Hills and Tom Fazio.
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