The Cape Coral Yacht Club is one of 39 parks in the city system, with seven more community and neighborhood parks on the way. A look at how many of the other parks got their names: Burton Memorial Park J. Chandler Burton was elected to Cape Coral’s first city council in 1970, winning ...
While 2020 was full of what could be called memorable events, the city of Cape Coral celebrated its 50th anniversary since incorporation throughout the calendar year despite those challenges. The golden year celebration started with a night of jubilation five decades in the making that took ...
People driving along the Cape Coral Bridge at night may notice something different. The Cape Coral Veterans Memorial Monument will be lit for the first time in about six months. The 55-foot structure sits in the median on Cape Coral Parkway near the intersection of Cape Coral Parkway and ...
In 1970, Cape Coral had little more than 10,000 residents and much of Del Prado Boulevard was still a dirt road. Still, those residents voted to become a city, and Aug. 18, 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of that historic election day with the city holding a re-enactment of the signing ...
(The following article was published in the Cape Coral Breeze on Thursday, Aug. 20, 1970.) Precedent appeared to have been shattered Tuesday at Cape Coral, with 2067 registered voters voting for incorporation and 1798 voting against the issue. A total of 404 absentee ballots remained to be ...
Connie Mack III’s family moved to Southwest Florida in 1950 from Pennsylvania when he was 10. His father, Connie Mack Jr., was instrumental in the creation of Cape Coral and the “Waterfront Wonderland” it was advertised as. Mack’s father worked with the Rosen Brothers to promote, sell ...
“Cape Coral was and still is a great place to grow up, and I am proud to have been born and raised here. “One of my fondest memories of growing up in Cape Coral is the city’s annual tree lighting, now known as Holiday Festival of Lights. I can remember performing at this event for ...
The Schroder family was one of the first in Cape Coral. The family was integral in the creation of many local organizations and Palmetto-Pine County Club. Chris’ father’s company built many of the pools in the early years of the city. “We moved from Savannah, Georgia. My mom’s father ...
“I was born here, but it’s a funny story. There was no maternity ward at Cape Coral Hospital at the time so I was born in an ambulance in the Lee Memorial parking lot. They had to call an ambulance because all of the rush hour traffic was going over the Caloosahatchee Bridge, which was one ...
“When I came to Cape Coral in 1968 the first place we moved to was on Shelly Parkway off of Del Prado Boulevard — and that was the boondocks. That’s where the bus would turn around; we were at the end of the bus line. I rode my bike, or walked, or hitchhiked anywhere I needed to go around ...
