The Beach Bar breaks ground on Fort Myers Beach

Author: David Dorsey, Gulfshore Business
Published: Updated:

Stevens Construction President Mark Stevens has presided over dozens of groundbreaking ceremonies, he said, but never one like this.

The Beach Bar, destroyed Sept. 28, 2022, by Hurricane Ian, broke ground Oct. 17 off I Street on Fort Myers Beach, just south of Lani Kai Island Resort.

While typical groundbreaking ceremonies have perhaps a couple dozen people on hand, this one had about 200 people: beachgoers, elected officials, design and construction teams and more. They all attended the event that included ceremonial sand, shovels and hard hats for a project that actually began several weeks ago.

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