Weight room opens at Bay Oaks
Pickleball lessons available
The Town of Fort Myers Beach is getting more programs going again at Bay Oaks Recreational Facility after wrapping up summer camp and after setbacks in reopening from Hurricane Ian, Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene.
The town recently announced the weight room has reopened at the facility. The weight room’s hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Beginning Aug. 15, a day pass or membership will be required to use Bay Oaks. The town paused all Bay Oaks memberships after Hurricane Helene.
Other programming available at Bay Oaks includes indoor pickleball daily from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is free for residents. The cost for the general public is $5.
Pickleball lessons are available this month on Aug. 12, Aug. 14, Aug. 19, Aug. 21, Aug. 26 and Aug. 28. The total cost for six lessons is $120.
Beginner lessons are available from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., with intermediate lessons available from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
There is a cost to participate in the lessons. To sign up, contact Pam Berzin at (847) 858 – 9006 or PamBPickleball@gmail.com.
There is open gym for basketball daily from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. which is free for residents and $5 for the general public.
The town also announced that in order to use Bay Oaks, you must either sign up for a membership or purchase a day pass.
Bay Oaks also offers an after-school program through 6 p.m. at a cost of $125 a week for residents and $175 a week for non-residents. For more information, contact youth and teen coordinator Jimmy DeMilia at 239-765-4222 or by email at JimmyDemilia@fmbgov.com.
The town’s fitness classes and indoor volleyball classes are currently on hold. The town’s yoga and Zumba classes have been canceled since the hurricanes until further notice.
The operations at Bay Oaks have grown complicated since the town moved its Town Hall operations into the facility in June in order to move out of its temporary trailers at Oak Street. The town had been operating out of the temporary trailers since 2023 after the state pulled funding for a temporary trailer at the former Topps supermarket lot.
The town purchased property last year for a new town hall on Estero Boulevard near Bahia Via but the transition has been slowed in part due to equipment issues such as the installation a new elevator.
The Town Hall hours at Bay Oaks are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Bay Oaks Recreational Campus is located at 2731 Oak Street.
Bay Oaks is also hosting advisory committee meetings.
This week, Bay Oaks will be hosting the Marine and Environmental Resources Task Force (MERTF) on Wednesday at 10 a.m. The Bay Oaks Selection Advisory Committee will meet Friday at Bay Oaks at 10 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.