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Our company, The Dupre Group LLC is a
licensed Florida Limited Liability
Company locally owned and managed.
Our Mission Statement is:
"To provide our subtropical and
tropical located clients with
resort caliber,
top quality and highly efficient
exterior
lighting
solutions
resulting in a
significantly enhanced quality of life
--or a uniquely memorable business presence--
each and every night."
"In addition, we pledge that rigorous
industry research, leveraged
contemporary lighting design, and
state-of-the art component selection and
implementation activity will be applied
to every client project undertaken."
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Our
Management Team |
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Kip
Palmer, Owner/Partner; Cape Coral,
Florida
Michelle
Palmer, Associate partner; Cape Coral,
Florida
Patrick
Dupre, Associate Partner; Paris, France
James
Brennan, Associate Partner; Cape Coral,
Florida
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Our Contact
Information |
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Office (239)945-4833
Business hours Monday-Saturday
9:00am-6:30pm
Email anytime!
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ALLOWS OUR REPLY EMAILS! )
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A Brief
History |
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The Dupre Group was
originally founded in 2002 and focused
on real estate investing—specifically
south
Florida waterfront home rebuilds with
wealth creation potential or true
tropical vacation home rental
capability. In 2003, during
achievement of
these goals on multiple properties, our
team quickly recognized the need for
professional and creative exterior
illumination. Homes, landscapes,
and pool areas without impressive illumination
significantly degraded the lifestyle
experience we were seeking for our
investments. We came to understand
that achieving a Caribbean resort like feel
with proper lighting was and essential ingredient
to any south Florida home. Thus began our quest
and augmentation of core skills (general
and electrical contracting, pool and
landscape design)--with best in class
architectural lighting capability for
residential homes.
Nearly a
year into our "enlightened" development and
after a few missteps along the way by us and
by the use of creatively challenged
contractors and builders, we have realized
that as a team our exterior lighting
design capability has reached a coveted
professional threshold. As homeowners
and real estate investors seeking
state-of-the-art lighting implemented,
we graduated from the school of hard
knocks through impractical attempts to
hire out for these services. We
learned the options for us in southwest
Florida were and still are:
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electrical contractors - are
competent with line voltage electricity but
had little to no interest in style
or environmental factors we were seeking
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landscape designers/dock builders -
again are competent in their
respective professions but resort
caliber lighting was clearly not a
focus nor a capability of theirs
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commercial lighting design
and engineering firms -
professional, technical. and competent in
lighting design and execution but
individual homeowners were not generally
their focus--at least in the
scale and number of homes we had
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DIY
(do it yourself) -
without an initial and combined
professional skill level in
electricity, architectural design,
landscape design, pool design, dock
design, and most importantly
residential lighting design, this
option quickly becomes frustrating
and costly or quality results won't
be forthcoming.
As we have learned, this approach requires much patience,
perseverance, study, training, and most
importantly, the time to see projects
through multiple iterations.
This journey, though challenging as its
been, has resulted in a team that is
both knowledgeable and capable in the
art and application of light to exterior
spaces--specifically south Florida
spaces.
After careful thought and
consideration, as of late 2004 we as a
company decided to formally add an
additional business:
Exterior lighting design and contracting
to serve homeowners,
developers, builders, business
owners with similar
needs located in subtropical / tropical
locations.
The Dupre Group's key
strengths
are and will continue to be first and
foremost:
The ability to
fully leverage industry best
practice LIGHTING DESIGN approaches and proven product acquired
through exhaustive research and direct
experience
An implementation team that holds a
strong understanding of what established
and new home or business owners alike are seeking
from life in Southwest Florida
The ability to execute design and
implementations with quality and
efficiency through leveraging technology
and the best local resources
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