post #13- Fort Myers Beach

I have lived in fort myers since 4th grade and it was really cool to learn about the history of fort myers beach!!  I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Joe's stories about growing up on San Carlos back in the day and what the town was like.  I loved all of the old artifacts in the cottage and the old pictures of what the house looked like when it was first built!  When we walked through Matanzas pass it smelled pretty bad and I noticed a bit of garbage.  I wish that it would have been cleaner!  The local quality of life on the beach is being enhanced by those who have luived there their entire life.  They make an ongoing effort to preserve the education for the younger generation and make it a point to teach the history of the beach to all of the young children who are growing up there in today's world.  Fort myers has changed so much growing up here.  I feel like the beaches have washed away quite a bit and the water has definitely gotten dirtier.  I remember there being a lot more trees.  Tree line rd. did not exist, gulf coast town center did not exist, the new airport didn't exist.  So much development has gone on over the past few years and it is starting to not feel like a small town anymore.  More and more people are coming here during season also.  I would not take the money of 300% for my childhood home for condos.  We do not need any more of them in this area!  A 20/20 program would be a wonderful thing to be a part of and would be a better contribution to our community.  Money is not everything and greed is killing the community.