Tag: Jim Grant

For 90 years the sentinal has stood … and now the Light is finally ours!

April 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ SUBMITTED BY JIM GRANT OF THE BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY Last week directors of the Barrier Island Parks Society finally celebrated, after 14-plus years of frustration in obtaining the island’s...

BIPS looks for final funding of Range Light project

■ STAFF REPORT The Barrier Islands Park Society has outlined the work yet to be accomplished in its restoration of the Gasparilla Island Light (formerly known as the Rear Range Light). The final...

Help keep the light shining on Boca Grande

April 1, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The lease is here. Gasparilla Island Light Committee Jim Grant announced that Barrier Island Parks Society has received a lease dated as of April 1 to restore the Gasparilla Island Range...