Last week representatives from the Church of The Ascension on Fort Myers Beach submitted a site plan to rebuild the church that was located at 6025 Estero Boulevard. The Church was ripped apart by Hurricane Ian two years ago.
Church representatives have requested a pre-application meeting with town staff to discuss the demolition of what’s left of the church campus, the new layout and circulation of the parking lot, layout of utilities, setbacks and landscape buffers. The next step would be for the town staff to set up the meeting and give the church feedback on their plan.
Father William Adams and the Poor Clare nuns were on the church campus when the storm came through bringing with it 18 feet of storm surge. Everyone who stayed through the storm at the property survived.
The home on the property, where Father Adams lived, was also destroyed leaving him with only the clothes on his back. Back in June Adams told Beach Talk Radio News that even though the church was deemed structurally sound, repairs far exceed FEMA’s 50% rule, and the buildings (the Church, the Church Hall, the Monastery Chapel and offices) needed to be demolished. The church did have insurance and was covered for catastrophic loss.
There have not been any services being held for church members on Fort Myers Beach. Adams had been sending members to St. Leo’s in Bonita.
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