Ft Myers Beach - Good Neighbor

A ten dollar margarita that helps pay for fireworks is the kind of Fort Myers Beach idea we can get behind. We’re posted up at Snug Harbor with Jason to map out what’s happening as the island ramps into the local kickoff, starting with a Cinco De Mayo pub crawl vibe in Bayside Park and rolling straight into weekly locals favorites.  We break down the Cinco De Mayo details you actually need, includ...

Leaking when you sneeze. A sudden urge that makes you sprint for the bathroom the moment you pull into the driveway. Constipation that won’t quit. Pelvic pain that’s hard to explain and even harder to bring up. We’re getting practical and specific about pelvic floor dysfunction, because “just deal with it” is not a plan and it’s not the standard you deserve. I’m joined by Dr. Greet Baestaens, a pe...

A sea turtle can cross an ocean and still lose the last 50 feet because of a single bright light on shore. We sit down with Cindy and Mary Rose from Turtle Time Inc, the volunteer team that patrols Fort Myers Beach at dawn, flags crawls, confirms nests, and monitors eggs until hatching. Along the way, we dig into the surprising scale of what’s at stake: Florida hosts about 90% of all sea turtle ne...

The best comfort food doesn’t just fill you up, it reminds you why a town feels like home. We’re posted up at Mom’s Home Cooking on Fort Myers Beach with owner Heather Reagan, who also created the beloved Heavenly Biscuit, and she tells the real story behind “homemade.” From cinnamon rolls and biscuits to scratch-made lunch specials, Heather explains why quality ingredients are the only way to del...

Fourth of July on Fort Myers Beach nearly lost one of its biggest traditions and the ripple effects would have hit every restaurant, bar, shop, and family that counts on summer energy. From the Roxie Power Hour in Times Square, we talk with Karen Woodson of What's Up FMB, a newly official 501(c)(3) nonprofit with one clear mission: drive visitors back to the island during the off-season and k...

Your produce shouldn’t look great at the store and fall apart in your fridge two days later. From Santini Plaza on the South End of Fort Myers Beach, we sit down with Holly from 24karrot Produce to talk about what changes when you buy fruits and vegetables that are sourced close to home and brought in without a long chain of warehouses, trucks, and mystery handling. If you care about fresh produce...

You’ve seen it on a walk: a bottle in the sand, a scrap of plastic by the dune line, fishing line tangled where it shouldn’t be. The part most people don’t see is how fast that “small” litter becomes a waterways problem, and how much coordination it takes to reverse it across a county the size of Lee County. We’re joined by Tisha Bayne, Communications and Special Events Manager at Keep Lee County...

Parking is shrinking on Fort Myers Beach, traffic is still a reality, and a lot of people are wondering what “better transportation” can actually look like in Southwest Florida. We sat down with Dominic Gemelli, Director of Lee County Transit (LeeTran), to talk about what’s working now and what’s next for public transportation in Lee County, from fixed route buses to ADA paratransit and newer Mobi...

Something is changing in how people think about health. More of us want prevention, clearer answers, and practical ways to feel better now, not just “treat” problems later. That’s why we sat down with Danielle, a wellness professional helping bring Glow By The Gulf to Fort Myers Beach, a curated health, wellness, fitness, and longevity event built for locals, visitors, and anyone who’s ready to le...

A hurricane can take your walls, your inventory system, even your address but it does not have to take your story. We pull up at Nick’s Liquors on Fort Myers Beach and talk with Nick Jr. about what it really looks like to keep a local shop alive on an island where every year brings change, and some years bring catastrophe. If you care about small business resilience, Fort Myers Beach recovery, or...

She walked into the ER thinking “my asthma is acting up” and walked out carrying a cancer diagnosis that changed everything. That moment kicks off a raw, hopeful conversation with our guest Nelsa about what chronic stress, grief, and nonstop caregiving can do to the body when survival mode becomes your default setting. We talk about the years after her husband’s sudden death from a brain aneurysm...

“Short-term rental” gets thrown around like it’s one simple strategy, but on Fort Myers Beach it can mean anything from a condotel with resort perks to a canal-front house built for three families at once. We dig into what actually drives rental performance here, starting with the question most buyers skip: what’s your real goal? If you’re a pure investor, you’ll design and buy differently than so...

Denied or underpaid storm claims often come down to one brutal detail: you can’t get paid for what you can’t prove. We’re launching the Before The Storm series from Fort Myers Beach with building science investigator Shane Bailey, and we get intensely practical about hurricane preparedness that actually protects your home, your health, and your finances. We talk through the unglamorous steps most...

Florida’s water headlines can feel like a never-ending loop: algae, discharges, murky estuaries, and the question of why it keeps happening. We sit down with Steve Davis, Chief Science Officer at the Everglades Foundation, to map the problem back to its source and explain what it actually takes to move cleaner water the way nature intended. Along the way, we connect the dots between Lake Okeechobe...

Easter weekend on Fort Myers Beach can feel like a sprint, so we head to Snug Harbor to get the simplest thing you can have on a holiday: a clear plan. Jason joins us waterfront to lay out the details that matter when the island fills up, including regular hours (11 a.m. to 9 p.m.), reservations for parties of 10 or more, and a walk-in flow designed to keep waits reasonable even when the crowd is...

A wrecking ball took down one of Fort Myers Beach’s most recognizable entrance landmarks, but the story didn’t end in rubble. We’re joined by Earl from Restore Fort Myers Beach Arches to share the inside track on a commemorative arch planned for Bowditch Point Park and why this piece of island history still matters to residents, visitors, and families who’ve been coming here for generations.  Earl...

A move to paradise can start with something as small as a song and something as undeniable as two dolphins surfacing beside your boat. We’re hanging out with Fort Myers Beach neighbor and singer-songwriter Stephen Clark, a retired TV journalist who trades gray Midwest winters for Gulf sunshine, canals, and a music scene rebuilt one gig at a time. We talk about the moment Florida became real, how h...

A 120-year-old house is impressive. A 120-year-old house built on a 2,000-year-old Calusa shell mound is something else entirely. We meet Brianna from the Mound House on Fort Myers Beach to dig into the layered history hiding in plain sight, from Indigenous life in the estuary to the pioneers who built on the same high ground for the same practical reasons.  We talk through what the Mound House ac...

Fort Myers Beach can feel like a postcard, but the real story lives behind the counters, in the leases, and in the people who decide to rebuild anyway. We talk with Carrie from Leanis Casual and Swimwear on the south end about what it means for a small island business to reach a 50-year milestone and why that history is tied to Santini Plaza and the bigger comeback of the community. Carrie shares...

Golf carts used to mean a slow ride around a course. On Fort Myers Beach, they’ve become real transportation, and the rules, safety features, and technology have caught up fast. We’re joined by Dan Allers from Island Carts FMB and The Cart Shack to talk about what’s actually street legal, what buyers get wrong, and how a personal family moment sparked a business built for island life. We dig into...

Sunlight, salt air, and three stories that won’t let go. We bring Fort Myers Beach true crime out of the rumor mill and into the record, following the clues from a 1953 double homicide to a dream voyage cut short in the Bahamas and a neighborhood murder that hid in plain sight. First, we revisit the Galloway murders. Newspapers once called it random, but a buried detective magazine hinted at a Det...

A bar on Fort Myers Beach looks effortless when it is done right, but Ruby tells us what is really happening behind the scenes. We’re at Nervous Nellies on the water, watching the boats roll by, talking with the front-of-house and bar manager who builds schedules, trains staff, and keeps the whole operation moving when the dining room is buzzing. Ruby also gets personal about Hurricane Ian and wha...

Fort Myers Beach is changing so fast that even longtime locals can forget what used to sit on a familiar corner. From storm loss to new construction, the island’s “before” can start to fade unless someone saves it on purpose. We’re at the Roxie in Times Square with Ellie Bunting from the Estero Island Historic Society, talking about how to preserve Fort Myers Beach history after Hurricane Ian whil...

Fort Myers Beach real estate has a reputation for being seasonal, but the truth is more interesting and a lot more useful if you’re planning a move, a second home, or an investment property. We sit down with Alex King to map the island’s real sales cycle, from the winter surge to the post-Easter wave that runs into late May, plus the summer months when buyers slow down enough to actually think and...

Hunger in Southwest Florida isn’t always visible. It’s the server between shifts, the starting officer paying off a car repair, the retired nurse raising a grandchild and splitting blood pressure pills to make the grocery budget work. We invited the Harry Chapin Food Bank to share how a community-powered model rescues millions of pounds of food and gets it where it’s needed most—fast, fresh, and w...