Enhancements to Existing Amenities & Features

The Civic Club's SGI 2025 Vision includes a focus on existing island facilities and features that badly need updating or repair. Those threatening health and safety are top priorities in this category. Consistent with Franklin County Ordinance 2018-02, we also want these facilities to be welcoming and attractive and reflective of an economically prosperous community.

Lighthouse Park Restrooms

Like many other SGI public use structures, the original construction of the Lighthouse Park Restrooms was accomplished by volunteers.  When the island was truly “forgotten” by the tourists, these quaint facilities—much like an old-fashioned summer camp toilet—were part of the island’s charm.  Today, such facilities are sub standard and inconsistent with the lovely lighthouse park in which they sit, for the large public beach which they serve, for the entire county which recognizes the growing economic value of the island to the county’s revenues.

 State and federal grants, and TDC funds, have improved restroom facilities in the City of Apalachicola, Carrabelle, Eastpoint and elsewhere.  With its more than two hundred thousand people coming to the island every year, the island needs sanitary and adequate public restrooms.