GNN-FMB-Restore The FMB Arches-The Gateway to FMB

They once stood like a promise at the edge of the island: drive through the Fort Myers Beach Arches and you knew you’d made it. I’m joined by Gina Sabiston from Restore Fort Myers Beach Arches to tell the full story behind one of Lee County’s most iconic landmarks and why a piece of it is on the path to returning at Bowditch Point. We walk through the Arches’ origins in the mid-1920s, how hurricanes derailed early development plans, and how the stone gateways outgrew their marketing purpose ...