Could we be getting a pier at Dinner Key?

City officials are applying for grants (six) from the Florida Inland Navigation District.

There are a few projects around the City that the money would be used for, a few are in the Grove. Officials would like to fix up the shoreline at Kennedy Park and fix the dock there. Also, ironically, they would like to put in a public pier and bay walk at Dinner Key.

A friend commented to me recently, saying we needed a pier. I said to her, that that won't happen. That there is no way the City wants people congregating in areas like that. But I hopefully, am wrong.

If you travel to the west coast of Florida, you'll find that each town has a pier. In the case of the west coast, they see the sunset over the Gulf so perhaps that is the main reason Naples, Ft. Meyers, Siesta Key, Punta Gorda, Sarasota, Bradenton (shown above), and so on, have piers. Also, people hang out, fish and just enjoy it.

Let's hope we get one. It would add a lot to the waterfront and the Grove.