Tag: Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association

GICIA celebrates 50-year anniversary with restoration of walking path curbing

SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association is pleased to announce that the work to restore the GICIA Walking Path began on Tuesday, June 1. The 3.5-mile...

LCSO recognizes GICIA’s bike path safety efforts

May 9, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
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SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – In 1985 the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association completed construction of the five miles of paved bike path that runs from First Street north. In...

GICIA approves landscape beautification plan

March 7, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
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SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association continues its 50th Anniversary Celebration by announcing plans for a landscape enhancement project for the...

GICIA Mercabo Cove seagrass planting effort brought to light

February 20, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
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SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – In January 2016, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association successfully acquired the Mercabo property located at the entrance to Gasparilla Island....

Sam Murphy Park renovations just beginning

August 21, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
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SUBMITTED BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION – The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is pleased to announce that restoration of...

PROFILE: John Edwardson

BY OLIVIA CAMERON – Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association board member John Edwardson came to Boca Grande as a jack of all trades. The former business leader also volunteers...

GICIA Mercabo Cove project moving along

SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – The GICIA’s Mercabo Cove is moving along smoothly and TSI Disaster Recovery Engineer Theresa Cauthen reported to the Land Conservancy Committee that they are slightly...

GICIA donates funds to Lee County to purchase beach rake

December 6, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT As another red tide bloom lurks off the coast, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association recognizes the negative impact these blooms have on our community. After...

Mercabo Cove restoration gearing up for groundbreaking

November 15, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA If you have noticed some activity at the Mercabo Preserve site, that’s because the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is in the preliminary phase...

Mercabo Cove restoration set for March of 2020

November 1, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has announced that the Army Corps of Engineers and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection permits,...