Tag: Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board

Meetings set to hear National Historic Register proposal: And still more answers come to light regarding the pros and cons of an NHR listing

October 2, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
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BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Dates for meetings regarding an ultimate decision to place parts of the residential area of the Boca Grande Historic District on the National Register of Historic places...

Historic Preservation Board to meet next week to discuss numerous request, including one from Catholic Church

June 5, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
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STAFF REPORT-The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board will meet for the first time in a long time, on Wednesday, June 10 at 10 a.m. in the Woman’s Club Room at the Boca Grande Community...

Historic Preservation Board approves Gasparilla Inn Beach Club Phase II plan, Gilchrist Avenue garage

December 13, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The Beach Club rehabilitation, a taller garage vs. a small house, and giving contributing status to a home on Whiskey Row were three interesting items the Boca Grande Historic...

A history of miscommunication with Lee County: the Promenade

November 15, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The controversy surrounding the Promenade – a walkway that runs along the land by the seawall from 1st Street to 4th Street – hasn’t always been so convoluted. While county...

According to County, our right to promenade is not easily defendable

November 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE If you’re a regular Boca Grande beachgoer, you may have noticed a new addition to our already crowded Promenade. A Stonehenge-type obstacle (shown at right) has now been placed...

Obstacles in the ‘Promenade’ prompt questions of ownership yet again

July 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The right to roam the Promenade is being infringed once again, not only by overgrown bushes but by brand-new plantings right in the thoroughfare. This seems to have become an...

Hanafee resigns from Historic Preservation Board

June 14, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board approved all four items on the agenda at the monthly meeting held on Wednesday, June 12. The first special certificate-of-appropriateness...

Historic Preservation Board debates 11th Street project, E. Railroad home

May 10, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Lee County Planning approached the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 8 with three projects on the agenda, but one stood out as a...

Historic Preservation Board meeting dwells on sliding doors and ‘what if’ scenarios

April 12, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE A rather long and well-attended meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday, April 10 yielded some interesting conversation regarding rumors and...

Historic Preservation Board discusses Whiskey Row, questions mysterious Railroad Avenue project

March 15, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE What started out as a relatively mundane Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting started exhibiting some interesting twists and turns about halfway through. With just...