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Rethinking the Beachfront

FORT MYERS -- Local planner Bill Spikowski and Coral Gables-based urban planning firm Dover, Kohl & Partners have proposed tearing down at least three Fort Myers Beach hotels damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Charley and replacing them with a public beachfront park, a four-star hotel, a public boardwalk and a new street to help with congestion along Estero Boulevard. Fort Myers Beach officials hired the planners, but the city council must still approve the plans.