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Cape Coral’s 50th Anniversary

Cape Kids — City Leaders: Eric Feichthaler, former Cape Coral mayor, attorney

“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 ...

Into the Future: Even at 50, the city of Cape Coral’s history has only begun

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 ...

Editorial: Cape at a crossroads: To be or not to be?

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 ...

50 years later: Today’s Cape Coral City Council

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 ...

Members of past Cape Coral City Councils

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 ...

Policing the Cape: Original department started with three officers

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 ...

Cape business leaders look back on the early years

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 ...