The US Army Corps wants to hear from the public on the future of coastal resiliency. By Pamela Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Over 400 stakeholders – local residents, politicians, representatives of condo associations, businesses and advocacy groups attended the first of two scheduled scoping meetings hosted by The U.S. Army Corps of [...]
A number of our residents have expressed concern that they will be unable to deduct on their federal tax return substantial casualty losses incurred as a result of Hurricane Ian. This is due to the IRS’s failure to explicitly label Ian-related losses as a “qualified disaster loss.” This could mean, for example, that taxpayers will [...]
Blob “unlikely” to affect Florida’s West coast By Pamela Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online The giant sargassum “blob” reported by some media lately may have attained record setting proportions but it’s unlikely the floating mass of brown seaweed will reach the shores of Naples, say scientists. The “blob” is actually what researchers refer [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online At the April 11, 2023 Gulf Shore Association of Condominiums Board Meeting the Board of Directors voted unanimously to make a $52,800 donation to the City of Naples, to purchase security cameras to monitor all vehicular traffic moving in and out of the GSBN neighborhood. This [...]
Update April 21, 2023 The sand haul has begun on the emergency beach berm project. The County contractor, Phillips & Jordan, has promised to keep the workday from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, Monday through Saturday. At 7:00 pm, work will stop, and the contractor will perform equipment maintenance and fueling until 8:00 pm to [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Several years ago your GSAC Board of Directors received a number of complaints from its members that the Horizon Way Crosswalk posed a danger to those crossing Gulf Shore Blvd North at that location. Not only is it a busy location due to beach goers using [...]
Please submit any questions you might have to gsacnaples.org/contact and if we can’t answer we will find an authority who can! Question. People tend to blame Red Tide on a lot of things but is there a definitive cause? Do humans and hurricanes make it worse? Answer. Current scientific data suggests that red tide initiates 50 -100 [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and non-Federal Sponsor, Collier County, Florida, announce the re-initiation of the Collier County Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study, and invite the public to attend two National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Scoping Meetings. The purpose of the study is to identify coastal storm flood risks from coastal storm [...]
By Pamela Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Residents on GSBN will see an increase in traffic volume during the coming weeks and months as the County's Emergency Berm Project gets underway on April 3. There will be 200 trucks per day delivering the sand needed to restore the beaches from Park Shore to [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online As GSAC members continue to put down new sod and plant new bushes, trees, and flowers our neighborhood looks more beautiful every day! Hurricane Ian is starting to seem like nothing more than a bad dream. We recently met with Chad Merritt, City of Naples [...]
