Tag: Charlotte County

OPINION: Informed locals can hold Buc-ee, county, to highest bar

June 5, 2025
Staff Report
Opinion

BY ROB ROBBINS Recent local media coverage of the Buc-ee’s and Harborview proposal didn’t tell the real story from the epic May 27th marathon board of county commissioner’s meeting. No context...

Charlotte biz loan help

May 29, 2025
Staff Report
News

The Charlotte County Economic Development Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Small Business Administration, invites entrepreneurs, startups, and small business owners to an in-person workshop...

Petition asks Charlotte reopening of Englewood Beach parking

An internet-based petition criticizing Charlotte County for its slow pace in reopening Englewood Beach mentions the quick speed of beach reopening in Boca Grande. The petition, at the site...

Ideas sought for parks

May 29, 2025
Staff Report
Community, News

Charlotte County Community Services will be hosting a public meeting at Rotonda Community Park at 6 p.m., June 5, to discuss and gather feedback on the master planning of amenities at Rotonda...

Charlotte County reschedules hearing for Harbor Village

May 29, 2025
Staff Report
News

The adoption hearing for the Harbor Village project (TCP-24-03, PAL-24-04, PD-24-14) has been rescheduled to the July 22 Charlotte County Commission Regular & Land Use meeting. A sign of the...

Englewood beach merchants, Boca Grande fast recovery

May 29, 2025
Garland Pollard
Editorial

Here in Boca Grande, during this hurricane cleanup, we have been well served by Lee County and its various departments, from Parks and Recreation to DOT. There had been a past sense, quite...

AI biz training

May 23, 2025
Staff Report
News

The Charlotte County Economic Development Office, in collaboration with the Florida SBDC at FGCU, will host a free, 90-minute interactive workshop on AI for business. Designed specifically for...

Charlotte sets week’s upcoming meetings schedule

May 15, 2025
Staff Report
News

Charlotte County government meetings for the upcoming week. Monday, May 19, 2 p.m. – Metropolitan Planning Organization Board Meeting, Charlotte County Administration Center, 18500...

Birds, paragliders fighting for shore leave

Charlotte County environmental specialists have posted a bird nesting area at the north end of Gasparilla Island in front of Island Court, but numbers have been unusually low due to human...

Landscape for Gasparilla Road

Charlotte County will re-landscape Gasparilla Road, in an ordinance passed on April 8 at their regular meeting’s consent agenda. The landscape plan for County Road 771, which will be on the...