Author: Garland Pollard

Where are the $igns to our $leepy little town?

While there is no official plan for parking for Boca Grande from Lee County, county officials are already circulating a draft list of ideas for this island and parking. The Beacon is sorting through...

Merchants hold impromtu meetup on parking

A dozen local retailers and officials came to a meeting to discuss possible parking restrictions in Boca Grande on Monday, July 8 at the Boca Grande Community Center. There was some confusion as...

Community Center approved by Preservation Board

Three projects, including a renovation and expansion of the Boca Grande Community Center, were each unanimously approved by the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board on July 10. In spite of the...

No details yet on contract for Eldred’s from national broker

The Eldred’s Marina is under contract. “It is true,” said Michael Fay, chairman of the U.S. Capital Markets group Executive Committee of the brokerage Avison Young Global. Fay, of Miami, was...

Beach nourishment on Gasparilla Island

July 9, 2024
Garland Pollard
News

Stories in the Boca Beacon related to beach nourishment and renourishment, sand erosion and dunes on Gasparilla Island and in Lee and Charlotte counties. Some recent headlines, in reverse chronological...

If island retail is important, let’s start with an inventory

Currently, the Boca Beacon is digesting hundreds of pages of correspondence between Lee County and Boca Grande as part of a public records request. On June 4, we filed and paid for a record of any...

America’s Signers of the Declaration ‘put it all on the line’

June 27, 2024
Garland Pollard
Editorial

Americans often take for granted the hard-won freedoms celebrated at the Fourth of July. We should not. Our duty not to forget starts with the Declaration of Independence signers. The signers had...