City of Sanibel

Household chemical waste collection event on Sanibel June 7. Residents may safely dispose of chemical waste at the Sanibel Library.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Native plant walks in Sanibel will resume to show how vegetation has recovered after Hurricane Ian.

As the barrier islands of Sanibel and Captiva continue to assess the damage to homes and businesses after Hurricane Ian, some community organizations and concerned citizens have joined to create the SanCap Citizens for a Resilient Future. Their goal is to spark conversations on how to rebuild on the islands so that structures and people can become more resilient for future storms. The group recently hosted the first of two formal gatherings .