What is happening with the beach management feasibility study?
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded Gulf County with approximately $562,000 to conduct the study and an offshore sand search to restore the critically eroded beaches located in the project area. Since that time, county and state officials, in conjunction with concerned citizens, have made tremendous progress toward a long-term beach restoration program. The county hired a Coastal Engineering firm, MRD Associates, to conduct the feasibility study and the sand search. The study is on track for completion in February 2006. Additionally the Gulf County Tourism Development Council hired a well recognized economist to prepare a countywide economic impact statement addressing the economic importance of our beaches. The results from the study have been received in preliminary form. Probably the most significant progress was in the formation of the St Josephs Peninsula Beach Advisory Committee. Our mission is statement is as follows: “To bring about the successful restora
