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5th Street beach access closed due to erosion

June 9, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

The Boca Grande 5th Street Beach Access is closed indefinitely due to erosion stemming from recent storms and high tides. The parking lot will remain open. Other Lee County beach accesses on Boca Grande...

Beach access parking to be cleaned up, new signage proposed

March 10, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN Lee County Parks and Recreation Administrative Manager Jesse Lavender unveiled proposed examples of new beach access signs at the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board meeting...

BREAKING: Lee County Commissioners strike Gilchrist from agenda

October 28, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Lee County Commissioners sent out an email on Friday, Oct. 28 stating that agenda item 26 regarding the Gilchrist Avenue meeting landscape project in Boca Grande has been stricken from the November...

Lee County commissioners vote unanimously for 5th Street parking expansion

October 7, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

Lee County commissioners voted unanimously to pass a proposal to renovate the 5th Street public parking lot at a meeting held on Tuesday, Oct. 4. While they have not yet begun to create a timeline...

EDITORIAL: The parking-challenged ghosts of Boca Grande

We are now in the thick of the summer, a time when the remaining humans on the island retreat indoors, when summer storms are the norm and when iguanas are doing the happy dance. There are other things...

Meter maids? Parking permits? Don’t worry, it’s just an advisory group for parking

March 18, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN The debate about the ongoing parking issues on the island continued this week when an informal advisory board gathered at the Community Center for a discussion. Concerned residents...

A Gilchrist Avenue parking timeline: 2003-15

December 4, 2015
Marcy Shortuse
News

If you hear the word “Gilchrist” and cringe, you are not alone. As this season begins, the controversy is already starting to heat back up. Before you dive into the cocktail party circuit conversations...

GICIA facilitates parking ordinance revision

July 24, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

Boca Grande has gorgeous beaches and, even though they are public, they have a wonderful way of giving beach goers a sense of privacy. As Boca Grande becomes more popular as a beach destination, the...

Letters: The saga of Gilligan’s Island continues (‘That patch of weeds belongs to all of us’)

To the Editor: I read with great interest an article by a spokesperson for the Gilchrist neighborhood Association, which stated there had been a miscommunication about the Gilchrist parking situation....

Gilchrist residents speak to the community: There’s been a miscommunication

April 24, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

The following is a statement prepared exclusively for the Boca Beacon, regarding the stance taken on Gilchrist Avenue parking by The Gilchrist Neighborhood Association. They have been largely silent...