Lee County Parks & Recreation invites the community to celebrate the completion of the shuffleboard project at a ribbon cutting planned for 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, at North Fort Myers Park and Recreation Center, 2000 N. Recreation Park Way, North Fort Myers.<\/p>\n
The $2.2 million project includes:<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 New 18,000 square feet of shade structure over existing courts<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 New scoreboards<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 All new LED lighting and fans<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Restored and expanded engraved brick path\/area<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Resurfaced courts<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 New fencing and gates<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 New benches\/seating<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 New storage building<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 New public address system<\/p>\n
The project evolved from a request from local shuffleboard court patrons for additional shade to be provided while playing.<\/p>\n
The official ribbon-cutting event will include brief remarks from Lee County Commissioners and other officials.<\/p>\n
Those unable to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony can watch it via livestream on Lee County\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0or on Lee County\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information about Lee County Parks and Recreation locations, amenities and special events, visit\u00a0leeparks.org<\/a>, call 239-533-7275, email\u00a0leeparks@leegov.com<\/a>\u00a0or visit leeparksandrecreation on Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n Residents and visitors can also explore more than 30 locations and earn rewards through Parks, Points & Perks, a free digital pass program available through May 2026. Learn more at\u00a0visitfortmyers.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n To receive updates from Lee County Government, sign up for the newsletter<\/a>\u00a0and follow on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee County Parks & Recreation invites the community to celebrate the completion of the shuffleboard project at a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-264490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}