August 24, 2022 / Issue #2022-34

It's hurricane season

We are EXCITED for the official ribbon cutting to open Bayside Park! Please join us!

The event will feature Mayor Ray Murphy with Vice Mayor Rexann Hosafros and Town Councilors Dan Allers, Jim Atterholt, and Bill Veach. FMB’s own singer/songwriter Ms. Sheena Brook will also appear as the event’s musical guest.

The newly-redesigned park includes several enhanced features such as a shaded platform for entertainers, shade sails, a ground covering of environmentally-friendly turf and refurbished brick pavers, benches and a small brick wall for seating. It also includes drinking water fountains for people and dogs as well as a filling station for water bottles, and multicolored changeable lighting. A rain garden with native plants and shell ground coverings is prominent at the front of the park, and new trees are along the sides. The Town’s new logo is reflected in the colors of the shade sails and etched on the metal trash cans and tree grates.

Bayside Park sits where what was commonly known as the swing bridge, the Island’s second drawbridge, was connected. The park now is in the shadow of the iconic Matanzas Pass Bridge, dubbed the sky bridge, that was built in 1978 to replace the swing bridge. 

The redevelopment of Bayside Park is the first of the Town’s big three projects to be complete.

It's sea turtle nesting season

Turtle hatchlings are starting to emerge from their nests.

PLEASE do your part to keep the beach dark so they make it safely across the sand to the Gulf - close curtains at dusk, turn off outside lights that are not turtle-safe, do not use flashlights or phone lights on the beach, fill in holes on the beach and remove items from the beach. 

WE ALL - residents, visitors, property owners, business owners - have responsibilities in this season to keep the beach safe for nesting turtles and their hatchlings.

Several turtle hatchling disorientations have happened recently on FMB. Please do your part to save the sea turtles! 

Enjoy the FMB Community Pool's new obstacle course

Swimmers can play and exercise on the inflatable obstacle course and even race one another. Visitors must be able to swim on their own to use the course. The course has a tunnel for swimmers to either go through or climb, a trampoline, and a slide to cool off afterwards.

The course will be set up in the pool on these dates: 
August 29 ^- September 5
September 26 - October 2
October 24 - October 30
November 21 - November 27
December 26 - January 2

We are already thinking about Halloween

Did you know?

You can ask the Lee County Mosquito Control District to service an area where you are noticing mosquito activity even though the district has a regular schedule to service all areas of Lee County.

Make a service request online or call (239) 694-2174

Labor Day trash pick-up delay

Per an interlocal agreement with the Beach Elementary School, the school will be using the Bay Oaks gym on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Pickleball will not be able to played by the public in the gym during that time.

Plants along Estero Boulevard keep growing and blooming 

Hiring part-time Museum Visitor Services Retail Associate at Mound House

Great for an Islander!

The person in this position will have a unique role as the public face and first point of contact for visitors to the Mound House. Seamless customer service that maximizes our guest's experiences in the museum and the store is a must!

Job Description

The Main Museum will be open during this time and all visitors who pay museum admission will receive a museum admission pass to return to the Mound House to view the underground Archaeological Museum when it reopens. 
 

All scheduled programs will continue to be offered as listed on the Mound House September calendar. 

Weekly Events August 25, through September 3

September 2022 Calendar

Summer lecture series continues in September 
 

The iconic Mound House, one of Southwest Florida’s most-beloved historic attractions that traces its roots to the ancient Calusa of over 2,000 years ago, is inaugurating a new Summer Lecture Series. 

The series is for adults only with a wine and refreshments reception at 5:30 p.m. and the lectures from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Due to limited seating, advance registrations are necessary by the Monday before each lecture. Make reservations by calling 239-765-0865. Cost is $7 for Mound House members and $12 for non-members.

September 13
Reservations due by September 12
Yvette Carrasco, Environmental Educator
Butterflies by the Bay

Mound House is partnering with Holbook Travel to host a trip to Mexico in February of 2023. 

Details

Environmental education pop-up booth hosted by the Marine and Environmental Resources Task Force

Representatives from the Town's Marine and Environmental Resources Task Force (MERTF) are hosting a pop-up educational booth at various locations around Town throughout the month.

Some seats on each of the Town's advisory boards and committees expire by the end of September every year and members must re-apply.

Community members interested in serving as volunteers to advise and support the work of Town government are encouraged to apply. 

ATTENTION BUILDING CONTRACTORS

Effective September 22, 2022, all contractors registered with the Town MUST be a licensed contractor through the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR). Contractors licensed through the Lee County Contractor Licensing Board will not be allowed to register with the Town or apply for building permits.

Department of Business & Professional Regulation

Keep up on the schedule of Town Council and advisory committee meetings

View the meeting calendar on the Town's website

Upcoming meetings

The Town of Fort Myers Beach has partnered with DemandStar which is open and accessible to all businesses and gives instant access to RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs 

Read more about bids and proposals