The city will be growing by 42 homes this year. They will be built on streets with Italian names in a development called Mondello Shores. It’s the name Frank Frattalone chose in honor of a seaside resort in Sicily favored by his mother.

The landowner/developer is incorporating a bit of the area’s Italian heritage in his project, which was approved Feb. 18 by the City Council. Frattalone bought the land 12 years ago from a family with another Italian surname, Collova.