Cape Coral Mayor John Gunter hopes to have Yacht Club beach reopened at summer's end
The Yacht Club and its facilities and beach have been closed and fenced off for more than eight months, leaving residents wondering when they might...

The Yacht Club and its facilities and beach have been closed and fenced off for more than eight months, leaving residents wondering when they might able to frolic in the waters and watch the sun set. As Cape Coral ponders massive changes to its Yacht Club facilities, Mayor John Gunter is pushing to open the beach area to the public by September. "I hope by September or so, (which) would be my preference to try to get it open," Gunter said. Here's what we know: Ian background The Cape Coral Yacht Club Community Park was hit hard when Hurricane Ian, a Category 5 storm, made landfall on Sept.