Tag: Gilchrist Avenue

Church speaks on Gilchrist parking

April 23, 2026
Garland Pollard
Community, News

Above, Deb Martin, who had been a member of the old Parking Panel, said hello to Michael Jacob, the deputy county attorney before the meeting. Photo by Garland A representative of the...

‘They were so old, and so great’

November 20, 2025
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

It was like another death on Gilchrist when a Cuban laurel, or Ficus retusa, was taken down the week before last. Milton’s salt water was too much. Owners Susan and Tom Bowers estimated the trees...

Tree crews out across island

Tree removal across the island, including on Gilchrist Avenue and at the location of the Clinic of the Future. The clinic has just begun laying foundations this week. Clinic construction...

Letters: Suggestions to solve the Gilchrist issue for once

To the Editor: I would like to make a few suggestions regarding the Gilchrist Avenue parking problem. Install curb and gutters on both sides of the boulevard. This will keep cars off the...

Methodist Church explains position after online comments

Lighthouse United Methodist Church has responded to criticism in social media that it is behind or supporting all the elements in a proposed parking plan for Boca Grande. Peter Soderberg, Chair...

Parking draft differences in club email

Church group questions wording Emails being sent out to support a proposed parking regulation in Boca Grande have not clarified details sought by Gilchrist Avenue churches. An email sent...

Lee County on task for palm maintenance on Gilchrist Avenue

Lee County is planning tree maintenance on Gilchrist Avenue. Crews from the county, including Lee County Parks and Recreation, have been out in medians also on 5th between Park and Gilchrist. ...

Methodist Church announces agreement with neighbors on parking

Tuesday’s meeting at Lighthouse United Methodist Church regarding parking started with an announcement that the church had struck an agreement with neighbors in its decades-long fight over parking...

OPINION: ALICE GORMAN

April 24, 2025
Staff Report
Opinion

BY ALICE GORMAN One of the results of living and caring about a small community for many years is the awareness that certain complicated and difficult issues seem to never be permanently...

Taking the ‘Christ’ Out Of Gilchrist: Churches not viable without parking

March 27, 2025
Staff Report
Opinion

BY PETER SODERBERG Many of those of us deeply engaged with the three churches on Gilchrist Avenue are aghast by our reading of the draft of your parking ordinance to be signed by Commissioner...