Bonita Springs City Council approves first design of banyan tree square makeover

Bonita Springs City Council approved by a 6-1 vote Oct. 18 the first design of a makeover for the square surrounding the historic banyan tree landmark across from Riverside Park on Old 41 Road.

Estimated to be more than a century old, the banyan tree in the heart of downtown Bonita Springs is the second oldest banyan in Southwest Florida, second to the one at the Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers.

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