A Margaritaville resort on Fort Myers Beach is getting closer to becoming a reality. It’s been a long 6 year odyssey for TPI developers, but their hope is to put shovels in the ground in May or June and if all goes according to plan, Margaritaville could be open in a little over two years.

Restore the Fort Myers Beach Arches and BOYD the sand Artist are having the Rake The Arches 5-day event February 14th through the 18th. The event will be held all around Fort Myers Beach.

Business owners from Nervous Nellie's, Harbor House, Snug Harbor and Marina Village have written the Fort Myers Beach Town Council with a list of concerns over the latest Bayside Park design.

The Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation is hosting a Fashion Show Fundraiser Saturday in Santini Plaza starting at 11AM. Leading up to the event, baskets filled with goodies are on display at the Fort Myers Beach Library

Former Mayor Anita Cereceda has launched a new shopping website for all three of her Fort Myers Beach retails locations called thebestoffortmyersbeach.com. The new site offers free shipping and a 10% discount to anyone that creates an account.

Lee Health President & CEO Dr. Larry Antonucci updated the community on the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday. He detailed how much vaccine Lee County is receiving and who it's being distributed to. Here's what he had to say...  

The Fort Myers Beach Art Association Winter Juried Show-Beyond Boundaries continues this week, both for viewing and purchase, until Thursday. Then, Spring Juried Show, Freedom to Move, opens Monday February 15th, juried by Jan Ellen Atkielski

(SANIBEL) On episode #3 of the Sunday Sanibel show Mary Bondurant, who's running for City Council was our first guest, and, City Councilman Chauncey Goss updated us on water quality issues and his role on the Council now. Thanks to Brian Kautz at The Dunes Golf and Tennis Club for hosting us. FACEBOOK PODCAST

(SANIBEL) Sanibel is holding an election March 2nd. There are 3 openings for a 5-member council and there are 6 candidates. We've created a page on our website HERE that links to all of our candidate interviews. You can also easily find it behind the ELECTIONS tab on the top of our site.

(SANIBEL) The next Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce virtual luncheon is set for this Wednesday at Noon. The speaker will be John Talmage, Director for the Lee County Economic Development Office. Talmage will discuss the current state of the regional economy as well as an update on the Lee Cares program. REGISTER

The next Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast will be held at Shuckers this Thursday at 8AM. The guest speaker for the event is Valerie's House CEO Angela Melvin. The cost is $25 for Chamber members, $35 for non-members. REGISTER