Tag: GICIA

OPINION: THE GICIA ON PARKING

Plan an appropriate tool to find balance while managing growth BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has been working to preserve island life since...

New banyan arrives for Town Park landscaping

BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association Town Park, located between 3rd and 5th Streets, is buzzing with activity. Restoration began on Monday, April 21....

Town Park restoration begins Easter Monday

BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) will start restoring the Town Park between 3rd and 5th Streets, beginning on Monday. Stormwater intrusion...

Rains helped salty GICIA Bike Path

February 27, 2025
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

Please continue to use caution while using the GICIA Bike Path. Hurricane cleanup and site prep for replanting the five-mile-long GICIA Bike Path continues. GICIA landscape crews are working...

GICIA Bike Path Update

The walking path is officially OPEN! Please continue to use caution while using the GICIA Bike Path. Crews will finish correcting the steep, washed-out areas along the Charlotte County...

OPINION: EMERSON WICKWIRE

Better communication needed among island entities BY EMERSON WICKWIREEditor’s Note: Boca Grande resident Emerson Wickwire presented this letter to the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority board...

Bike trail landscaping discussion

December 19, 2024
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

This week, the GICIA sent out a letter to the island talking about the planning for a significant restoration effort within the Town Park area of the GICIA Bike Path between 3rd and 5th Streets....

Recovery process for GICIA property, landscaping

December 12, 2024
Boca Beacon
News, Sports & Outdoors

Summer restoration projects held up well SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is making good progress after the double whammy of...

Banyans green up after storms

November 14, 2024
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

On Banyan Street the leaves have returned, and trees closest to Park Avenue seem to be in full recovery. After Hurricane Milton, Lee County cleaned around the trees, and also hand-watered them...

Cleanup needed in aisle everywhere including downtown

November 7, 2024
Garland Pollard
Breaking News, News

Town trash still on county agenda; looking at options Three weeks after the departure of Hurricane Milton, there are piles of trash still littering the island. And where the piles have been...