Crescent Beach Family Park to reopen Wednesday

Lee County Parks & Recreation is scheduled to reopen Crescent Beach Family Park on Fort Myers Beach this morning following the completion of a restoration project that rebuilt and enhanced the beachfront park after damage caused by Hurricane Ian. The $1.3 million project restored the park while improving accessibility and visitor amenities for residents and visitors. Enhancements include shade structures and utility connections for an ADA-compliant modular restroom facility, integrated bike racks, a picnic area, a landscaped pedestrian path, four beach access points, including one ADA-accessible beach access route. The project got off to a rocky start earlier this year when ...

Fire chief predicts millage rate hike if homestead exemption referendum passes

Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief Scott Wirth is forecasting millage rate hikes if a state referendum to increase the homestead property tax exemption up from $50,000 to $250,000 passes in November. While the Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District Board of Fire Commissioners approved Wirth’s request to freeze the current millage rate at 2.76 mills per thousand dollars of property value, Wirth said the district would have to increase that rate if the homestead exemption increase passes. To account for the homestead exemption’s impact in the first year, when it would rise from $50,000 to a $150,000 exemption, Wirth said the millage rate would go up from 2.76 to 2.93 mills. In the second ...

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Lee County commissioners approve repairs for Bowditch Point Regional Park