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Meet Gary Rodgers

NANCY AND GARY WITH THEIR SCHNOODLE, SPARKY, IN EDINBORO, PA I first met Gary Rodgers about two years ago when he joined our Heritage Palms Biking Group – members who bike 25-35 miles twice a week. That first day, Gary arrived in flipflops because his Achilles tendon hurt. He quickly learned that he needed to […]

Fall Reciprocals

HP AT MEDITERRA HP’s Director of Instruction, Kristine Bonham, took some HP ladies on two additional “play with the pro away” reciprocals this fall. One was on October 8 at Shadow Wood Preserve in Fort Myers, and the other on October 17 at Mediterra in Naples.

Wow! BTP is 20 Years Old!

THE FIRST EDITION OF BTP WAS PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER, 2005. AS NOTED, IT WAS “SELECTED AS ONE OF SEVERAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATING WITH HOMEOWNERS.” As noted in the inaugural issue of BTP by Dick Grosse, then Co-Chair of the Communication Committee in 2005, “The Board has authorized the Communications Committee to proceed with a monthly […]

Community Relations Committee News

AMIRA FOX Happy Holidays from the Community Relations Committee! We welcomed Lee Health last month on November 17. I hope you were there to hear about the cutting-edge health care services coming to our neighborhood. Mark your calendars for our next event featuring State Attorney Amira Fox on Monday, January 5, 2026, from 4 to […]

State Attorney Amira Fox

Amira Fox is the State Attorney for the 20th Judicial Circuit of FL covering Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties. She graduated from American University in Washington D.C. in 1987 with degrees in International Studies and Economics and received her law degree from The George Washington University in 1990. Ms. Fox began her career […]

Adopt-a-Classroom

We’re excited to resume our relationship with Ray V. Pottorf Elementary School through our Adopt-a-Classroom program. It’s so rewarding to connect with a classroom in this school which is so close to our community. I’m hoping to connect directly with as many members as possible over the next couple of months to share my personal […]

HPPA News

HP’s Pickleball Association is excited about the upcoming season, with the addition of our four new pickleball courts. Every week we have more and more people joining in for open play, and the courts are starting to fill up after sitting mostly empty over the summer. Beginning November 1, we’ll move to our in-season court […]

Managing verses Leading

Many assume that those who were managers during their working lives, would be good leaders in retirement. This may be a faulty assumption, largely because management is a push process – focused on plan, product, and performance while leadership is a pull process – focused on purpose, process, and participation. A manager has formal organizational […]

South Florida West Coast Play Yellow Birdie Bash

YELLOW BIRDIE BASH PARTICIPANTS. On October 13, Team Heritage Palms participated in the South Florida West Coast Play Yellow Birdie Bash at The Glades Golf & Country Club in Naples. This fun, and meaningful, event featured 81 holes of golf, with a mission to raise funds for the South Florida PGA Foundation and Golisano Children’s […]

Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun!

WELCOME TABLE (L-R): JEANIE ANDREW-BRENNAN, NORENE MCFADDEN, AND DARLENE SLOWIK. The Heritage Palms Ladies Nine Hole League truly outdid themselves with this year’s KISS event, held on Wednesday, October 29! The anticipation was palpable as golfers from all around gathered for the spooktacular “Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun” celebration, brilliantly orchestrated by Paula Hyre and […]