Keep Lee County Beautiful has been recognized as a 2023 AARP grant recipient. AARP Florida announced 8 organizations throughout the state will receive 2023 Community Challenge grants and KLCB was one of those 8.

Scott Wirth has been the interim Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District Chief since Ron Martin resigned back in March. Wirth is the only candidate being considered for the job at this time by the Fire District Board and will be having one-one-one meetings with board members over the next month.

The state officially reopened the park on Wednesday when the directors of the facility did a site visit and decided the park was safe to reopen. Lovers Key State Park suffered extensive damage during Hurricane Ian and has been closed ever since.

The proposed building across from the resort on Estero Boulevard includes a 4-story 518 space parking garage and 4 stories of condo units to accommodate 109 multifamily residential units above the parking garage.

Scott is a founding member of "Let's Go FMB." He was on our show this past Saturday at Wahoo Willie's where he explained the vision of the group and how he hoped the organization can help the Town Council speed up the rebuild process.

The Fort Myers Beach Woman's Club is hosting a membership meeting on Wednesday, July 5th at 6:30pm at The Tiki Bar at the Lighthouse Island Resort. The group will also be discussing the recently launched Pub Passport campaign.

The Fort Myers Beach Town Council will be working with a company called Trust For Public Land to purchase property on the island and preserve that land as a park, trail or some other public benefit.

John Herin is no longer the Fort Myers Beach Town Attorney. While he did make a pitch to try to keep his job at a special Town Council meeting Monday it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that he would be replaced.

The Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation lost all of its towels due to Hurricane Ian and would greatly appreciate donations of any size and shape. The towels are used to cover buckets that are used to hold and protect hatchlings.

We've set up an Amazon Wish List if you'd like to help us help them replenish their shelves. Our goal is 1,000 cases. FMB Strong is a 501c3 and all the water donated is given out for free to residents in the 33931 zip code. DONATE HERE or stop by 820 Buttonwood to drop off the water in person.

The new community group focused on speeding up the rebuild of Fort Myers Beach got off to a booming start last week with over 120 people attending their first meeting. Now what?

Shortly after 6PM Thursday evening Fort Myers Beach Fire crews were dispatched to a gas leak in the area of Old San Carlos and Estero Boulevard. Here's what happened.