By Dave Feight, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Coming off the pandemic and a devasting hurricane, the GSAC board in 2023 raised our activity level to a new high. We continue to believe in our mission of communication, education, beautification, and civic advocacy. We have a highly engaged volunteer board, all of whom [...]
By Dave Feight, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Traveling on GSBN in the area of Athens Group’s Naples Beach Club project, one can’t help but notice that the pace of construction is accelerating. There are five active cranes. The golf course has numerous construction trailers and offices. The temporary construction road from 41 [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Members of your GSAC Board recently met with members of the City of Naples Parks Recreation and Facilities Department. We walked Gulf Shore Boulevard together in an effort to put together a plan to complete the landscape restoration required due to Hurricane Ian damage. The center [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online We published an article in our November issue informing you that after fifteen years in business as proprietor of the Park Shore Marina, Dave Ramsey was retiring. Many neighbors were saddened to hear this news and were hopeful someone else would take over the business so [...]
By Officer Jeff Perry, Naples Police Department Here are some of the noteworthy cases the Naples Police Department encountered within and outside of Gulf Shore Boulevard North for December. I also included crime prevention tips (***) after each incident that will help the citizens avoid or deal with such crimes. GSAC Neighborhood Burglary Not [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online As I was walking through The Village on Venetian Bay I noticed a sign at the entrance to T-Michael’s Steak and Lobster House inviting neighborhood residents to a Tenth Anniversary and Christmas Party on December 23 from 6-9 PM. The next day before the restaurant opened [...]
By Jim Melican, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online On Wednesday, December 13 the City's Planning Advisory Board (PAB) conducted a second hearing on NCH's proposed Heart, Vascular and Stroke Institute, at which it narrowly approved NCH's plans but with reservations. The PAB's role is to hear evidence and then make a non-binding recommendation to [...]
By Pam Nicholls GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online The project to restore the landscaping along Seagate Drive and the Seagate Linear Park destroyed by Hurricane Ian is temporarily on hold, according to City Parks & Recreation Director Chad Merritt. The lack of action is the result of multiple factors. Timing, funding and, principally, the [...]
By Pam Nicholls GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Hurricane Ian destroyed all 40 public beach accesses in the Naples area, 37 of which have now been restored to a usable/safe condition. The public beach accesses north of Doctor’s Pass were some of the first ones City staff tackled. Much of the damage concerned walkways, [...]
By Pam Nicholls GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online As of Thursday, December 14, the coast of Southwest Florida continues to be in an “Abnormally Dry to Moderate Drought” according to the U.S Drought Monitor. Coastal areas received 42 inches of rain this year, about 13 inches below normal. Water levels in underground aquifers that [...]
