Today at 1PM the Studio AD designed new Woman’s Club Building will be on the desks of the Local Planning Agency as the 501c3 heads into its next rebuild phase.
The previous Woman’s Club building on Sterling Avenue was completely destroyed by Hurricane Ian. The organization has been in fundraising mode ever since trying to put together enough cash to come back with a new multi-million dollar multi-purpose facility to serve the Fort Myers Beach community.
The organization will ask the LPA to rezone the property from Institutional to Commercial Planned Development “to facilitate the redevelopment of the membership organization.”
The original Woman’s Club building had been on the property since 1947 and it became the Woman’s Club in 1950. The organization held many fundraising events on the property and in the building that was washed away by Ian.
The previous structure on the property was just under 3,000 feet. The proposed new building is a total of just over 15,000 square feet (6,737 square feet under air, 838 square feet of deck, and 7,575 square feet of ground floor).
The organization is not asking the LPA for any deviations.
James Ink from Ink Engineering is also part of the Woman’s Club rebuild team.
Help us help the Woman’s Club rebuild by becoming a permanent part of the Yellow Army Mosaic Wall. With a $50 donation your picture will be part of the wall in the Woman’s Club lounge forever. Detals HERE.
Become a Woman’s Club member (men are allowed) for $75 per year HERE.
We will carry the meeting live on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.