28 March 2025 – The South Venice Beach Endowment Trust owes a great big thank you to whoever found, restored, and reinstalled the sign for the property at 4800 Lemon Bay. This sign was missing ever since Hurricane Milton. Despite major efforts to locate it, we were left thinking it would have to be remade. We on the board and…
7 January 2025 – The Trust is pleased to announce the opening of a temporary mobile office beginning 11 January 2025. The temporary mobile office is pictured below and is currently located next to the Beach Ferry Dock House. Office hours are Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, beginning 11 January 2025. The Trust has a…
29 December 2024 – The South Venice Beach Endowment Trust (SVBET), referred to as the Trust, would like to announce the South Venice Civic Association (SVCA) appointment of Gary Cole to the Trust, effective 1 January 2025. One of the Trust members, Cheryl Cooper, has served on the Trust for the 5 year term effective 31 December 2024. According to…
29 December 2024 – On December 22, the Ferry was put back in its slip in the Ferry Dock House. Thanks to Captain’s Phil and Eric, along with volunteer Gary Cole. In addition , we now have water and electric service restored to the Ferry Dock House. We evaluated the Ferry recharging cables, since we determined they were exposed to…
2 October 2024 – The Ferry slip has been repaired and the Ferry is back in the water! The beach dock and remaining boardwalk are mostly intact and can be utilized. A new set of steps will be constructed on the end of the remaining boardwalk down to the beach. We are hoping all repairs can be completed by the…
6 August 2024 – The Beach Ferry will reopen on 7 August 2024 and will run under the normal schedule beginning at 8:30 AM. The Ferry was pulled out of the water and placed on a trailer in the parking lot prior to the storm, so there was no Ferry damage. There was flooding in the Ferry Dockhouse, including the…
