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As islanders rebuild after Hurricane Ian, they will have to do so at a much higher elevation
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Placement of sand for the Sanibel Hurricane Ian Beach Recovery Project is expected to begin in mid-November helped by $23 million in state and FEMA funding authorizations for the project.
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Hurricane Ian might have slowed Sanibel’s tourism industry, but it hasn’t blunted the blood-sucking bite of nasty no-see-ums.People working and living on the island say they are worse than before last September’s storm.
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The Bayside parking lot at 110-153 Periwinkle Way used for the Lighthouse Beach Park, and the Causeway Beach parking lot at 888 Sextant Drive next to the boat ramp opened on Friday.
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All eyes and ears were on the mayors of both Fort Myers Beach, Dan Allers, and Sanibel, Richard Johnson, when they recently shared island updates 7 months post-Hurricane Ian at a local commercial real estate meeting.
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Household chemical waste collection event on Sanibel June 7. Residents may safely dispose of chemical waste at the Sanibel Library.
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The group called The SanCap Citizens for a Resilient Future held a third townhall on Monday, May 15, on Sanibel. The focus this time was to assess the emergency response on the islands and the lessons learned after Hurricane Ian. Two themes emerged: pivot and evacuation.
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Resiliency is the focus for the three town halls sponsored by the SanCap Citizens for a Resilient Future. The first townhall in March featured dramatic personal experiences of surviving the storm. The second townhall in April centered on how well the environment held up and how it possibly helped mitigate storm damage. A third townhall is scheduled for Monday, May 22 at Big Arts on Sanibel, with a focus on the emergency response.
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Although the FNPS award-winning Native Plant Demonstration Garden sustained a great deal of damage during Hurricane Ian, new wildflowers sprout every day showing how the vegetation has recovered post-Ian.
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In 2018, the city was awarded "Gold" status as a Bicycle-Friendly Community and it has applied again for that status from the League of American Bicyclists.