“Winters treated my father quite bad due to illness, so what kind of motivated us as a child to move was warm weather. We flew to Fort Myers, of course, when I was 15 and looked around. The Realtor thankfully asked if we wanted to go over the river to look as well and we did. “We built in ...
“Cape Coral in the ‘90s was definitely a place where kids seemed to always be playing outside; whether it be riding bikes, hanging out in a tree house, swimming, going to the Yacht Club beach, or just playing in the street. “I lived on a small lake for some time, so I honestly spent a ...
A lot has happened in 50 years since the city of Cape Coral’s incorporation, and it’s safe to say things have only just begun. From a large, undeveloped plot of land to a city of approximately 200,000 with over 400 miles of canals, Cape Coral has seen drastic change in a relatively ...
Editor’s note: This editorial was originally published by The Breeze in March of 2019. As Cape Coral marks its 50th anniversary, we are again a city at the crossroads — this time big and booming, but still only half developed in terms of available land and projected population. Just as a ...
Cape Coral’s first city council came into office in December of 1970 after Cape residents voted in favor of incorporation. The first board was made up of Paul Fickinger, who the board tapped as the then new city's first mayor, as well as council members Cleo Snead, Chandler Burton, Robert ...
Cape Coral’s Mayors Paul Fickinger – 12/70 to 01/73 (first mayor, chosen by Council) Chandler Burton-01/73 to 05/74 Herman Horton-05/74 to 11/75 Don Graf-11/75 to 11/77 Lyman Moore-11/77 to 10/80 Bernie Langguth-11/80 to 11/81 Jim Price – 11/81 to 11/83 Joe ...
From humble beginnings, the Cape Coral Police Department has become ranked as one of the safest cities in Florida year after year. Established in 1971, CCPD began with just three patrol officers, a sergeant and chief when they first set up shop in the former Gulf American Corporation ...
While a lot has changed in Cape Coral in 50 years since incorporation, one thing remains the same -- small businesses are the backbone of the economy. Cape pioneers often had deep roots in established areas but they transplanted them here in what, at the time, was just a ...
No one enjoyed the road more than Harley “Hal” Burchinal, and no one had a better time as passengers than his. All but set to retire in 1972 coming from Cleveland to Cape Coral, Burchinal couldn’t shake the driving itch and became the conductor of choice for countless local residents ...
No one had a better view of Cape Coral before it became the Waterfront Wonderland than Ed Wilson. Thousands of feet in the air, it was Wilson in the cockpit with a representative of the Rosen brothers in the early 1950s when he first laid eyes on what would eventually be Cape Coral. The ...
