How much progress has been made since the toxic-algae crisis that devastated Boca Grande and other Florida communities in 2018?
How likely is a recurrence of the red tide and blue-green algae that killed marine life and posed a public health threat to Floridians?
Have the political and policy responses to Florida’s toxic-algae crisis been adequate?
Those are the questions at the heart of an event Friends of the Everglades and VoteWater are co-hosting March 22, at the Boca Bay Pass Club Power House. You’re invited to join us for a “Clean Water Conversation: LIVE” moderated by Boca Grande’s own Wesley Locke. This informative and fun gathering will begin at 5 p.m. with an interactive presentation, to be followed by a 6-7 p.m. outdoor cocktail reception open to the Boca Grande community.

Just because you can get most anything all the time, doesn’t mean you should.
Probably words to live by but for internationally known Ariella Chezar, it describes the backbone of her floral design philosophy. Ms. Chezar, who will be working with Boca Grande Garden Club members during the group’s annual “Flower Week,” places sustainability and seasonality at the center of her floral practice.

Barrier Island Parks Society and Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium have partnered again to co-host one of the most popular free educational community events in Boca Grande! The annual Red Tide Forum will be presented at Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium, located at 131 1st Street, Boca Grande, FL on Tuesday, March 8 at 4 p.m.

Zimbabwe is the only African country with vast amounts of carve-able stone. In fact, the stone found there is of such great importance to the people of Zimbabwe, that the word “ Shona” is derived from a word  in their native language literally meaning “house of stone.” This art medium has been made into a world renowned traveling exhibition of these modern Zimbabwean Shona stone sculptures and, in 2022, the prestigious honor for the exhibition location has been bestowed upon the Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens in Punta Gorda. Join the festivities and listen to the sound of chisels clinking against stone echoing throughout the gardens from February 4 through April 18. 

The Boca Grande Art Center is looking for volunteers for the Home Tour. All volunteers receive a 50 percent discount and can attend the tour. Volunteers will be divided into two shifts. It’s a four-hour tour, so the Art Center asks that volunteers arrive at the home prepared  to be a docent for two hours. Then they will hand their duties off to the second shift. 

The Strawberry Festival silent auction won’t be a quiet one for the winning bidder “syndicate” of a dinner for 24 that features the music of the local Grande Bande and a fabulous view of the Gulf of Mexico. The fun-filled evening is one of 12 special items offered at the festival on Saturday March 5 at the Boca Grande Community Center grounds.

The landscape of the Cape Haze Peninsula is guaranteed to be changing dramatically in the next few years, including the possibility of a project just off island that could enhance the county boat ramp.
In March of last year Commissioner Bill Truex suggested the possibility of purchasing land on Placida Road to create more parking for the county boat ramp, and to create a new place for kayak and canoe enthusiasts to launch their vessels.
At a workshop held on Tuesday morning, Feb. 17, Charlotte County commissioners discussed the details of a proposed project that includes the purchase of four lots directly across from the Boca Grande Causeway entrance on Placida Road. The commissioners’ general tone was optimistic about purchasing the property … the nagging question, though, was how the county would pay for them.