Tag: parking

August date for parking meet

After expecting a parking ordinance to come before the Lee County Board of County Commissioners on May 20, Lee County has now delayed the hearing of the ordinance and vote until August. At...

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...

Gasparilla Island Parking Ordinance item for Lee County Commissioner meeting May 6

May 5, 2025
Garland Pollard
News

Today, the Lee County Board of County Commissioner’s official agenda was updated as of May 5, at 2:15 p.m. to include a new item related to Gasparilla Island. It just reads “Gasparilla...

Patchwork of Policies: How Florida beach towns manage public access

May 2, 2025
Staff Report
Community, News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE With a considerable population increase in Florida in the last five years, more and more Florida beach towns are being forced to consider what their options are as far as...

Emails shed light on parking and beach access, as policy develops

May 2, 2025
Garland Pollard
News

Currently, the Boca Beacon is waiting on a public records request from Lee County to get a better understanding of what is happening with a proposed parking ordinance. This week, we were made...

Letters: Time for action

To the Editor: It is hard to dispute that the residential roadways of Boca Grande have become overwhelmed with parked cars. The issue has increased steadily, to the point that the streets in...

Public forum for parking ordinance set for May 13 at Lighthouse United

There will be an open forum on the Lee County’s proposed parking regulations on Tuesday, May 13, at Lighthouse United Methodist Church. It will be an opportunity for all to hear about the...

Beach parking may change renourishment funding

BY MARCY SHORTUSE Gasparilla Island is scheduled for a Lee County and federal beach renourishment this fall. It is unclear, however, how much a potential change in parking or public access for...

OPINION: EMERSON WICKWIRE

April 24, 2025
Staff Report
Opinion

BY EMERSON WICKWIRE Today, while reading yet another installment in the Beacon’s never-ending stream of church-related letters about their Gilchrist parking access, I paused to wonder: Why, in...

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...