Episode 15: Boca Grande welcomes holiday season
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English - December 12, 2022 19:45 - 18 minutes - 17 MBPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Leisure sanibel beaches florida fortmyers jackieparker leecounty southwestflorida Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Celebrate the holiday season with the Lighting of the Lighthouse at Port Boca Grande Lighthouse on Gasparilla Island and hear from the locals about how this island community is recovering from Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 hurricane that hit Southwest Florida on Sept. 28. Interviews with Sharon McKenzie, executive director, Barrier Island Parks Society; Gary Cross, president of Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce; Sue Herbert, resident of Fremont, Ohio, and Englewood, Florida; Andrew and Brittany Madison, residents of Englewood; Paul Townsend, lighthouse docent. Recorded Dec. 8 and 10, 2022.