By David Feight, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online The holiday season from Thanksgiving to year end is always a wonderful time to be in Naples. The weather is terrific and there are many, many special events to enjoy. Here are just a few: 24th Annual-Naples Gobble Gobble Thanksgiving 5K Starts at the Village on [...]
Naples Police Department reports a total of 273 calls for service from the GSAC community during the period October 1, 2025, to October 31, 2025. The majority (127) were directed patrols. Seven incident reports were filed: Dead Person - 1 Fraud -1 Stolen -1 Suspicious - 2 Theft - 1 Trespassing -1 The Traffic Crash [...]
The Naples Police Department is planning to hold a community carnival to celebrate our centennial on November 20th at Baker Park from 2pm-6pm. This will be a free event with food, music, games, bounce house, and more. So mark your calendars now and plan to bring your family!
Sea turtle nesting season begins on May 1st and lasts until October 31st. During this time, sea turtles of various species visit the beaches of Collier County to lay their eggs and nest. GSAC is committed to monitoring this year's sea turtle hatchlings and reports on our coastlines to ensure our community is well-informed. If [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online Deputy City Manager Gary Young was already planning his retirement when Jay Boodheshwar announced his departure from the City Manager’s job in December. Two months later, Young, a 40-year public service veteran, was sworn in with the unanimous support of Council, postponing his leap to greener [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online In response to the tragic Surfside condominium collapse in 2021, Florida significantly revised its building safety regulations a year later through the enactment of Senate Bill 4-D. The legislation established stringent requirements for mandatory structural “Milestone” Inspections for aging coastal condominiums that are 25 years or [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online The Board of the Moorings Property Owners Association (MPOA) is surveying its members in an effort to ascertain a preference for intersection improvements at Harbour Drive and Crayton Road. A fatal accident in November created “a whole new conversation about this intersection,” said MPOA chairman Cliff [...]
By David Feight, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online If you live on Gulf Shore Blvd North between Harbour Drive and Park Shore Drive or were visiting Venetian Village the evening of March 31 you no doubt experienced the power outage that was caused by a catastrophic fire in an FPL vault near 3400 GSBN. [...]
By Pam Nicholls, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online After multiple weather events decimated hatchling numbers in 2024, beach dwellers need to do their share to ensure that conditions are ripe for sea turtles this nesting season. According to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, the storms, tides and surges that flooded our beaches last year [...]
By Stan Karpf, GSAC Board Member Submit questions or feedback online GSAC residents have expressed their concern about the appearance of the entrance to Seagate Beach access located at the north end of Gulf Shore Boulevard North. This area was relandscaped, walls and fencing repaired, bicycle racks refurbished, showers and benches replaced, and a new walkway built [...]
