Key leader behind booming Southwest Florida village dies at 88

Don Eslick earned the nickname Mr. Estero.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 8:15 p.m. March 23, 2023
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Donald “Don” Eslick was the Lee County Citizen of the Year in 2006.
Donald “Don” Eslick was the Lee County Citizen of the Year in 2006.
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Donald “Don” Eslick, who spent most of his working career as an economics, policy and education wonk in Illinois, shifted to urban planning in his second act, when he retired to Southwest Florida. 

 

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