Travel writer and resident of Useppa Island, Gretchen Coyle, shares her perspective of lifestyles on Useppa, in this article from US Harbors. Useppa Island Lifestyles Useppa Island Life at a slower pace Is it a harbor? A private island? A marina? What the heck does the name "Useppa" mean, and where is it located? For me and my husband, Useppa Island, Florida, is our home for six months of the year -- and it has been for almost thirty-five years. The island is private, but the … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
Useppa Island Featured Destination
From the featured article in Châtelaine (a Canadian publication) Florida Wild Forget the flashy Miami Florida, it is also of the Islands Green (some are even deserted) in the warm waters of the Mexico Gulf. And it is less than four direct flight hours from here! Useppa, a private jewel Last stop and not least: Useppa. Life flows slowly on the island, between gardening, fishing for tarpon, croquet and tennis. Residents find themselves at the bar of the Collier Inn for happy hour. … [Read more...]
Flood Insurance Update – Useppa Island
Biggert-Waters flood legislation continues to make a splash (sorry, couldn’t help it). The incompetence and secrecy surrounding the FEMA plan is ludicrous. Here is a plan deeply in debt primarily due to FEMA writing insurance on properties below sea level-as in New Orleans/Katrina. Plus the low lying areas that were built upon decades, if not a century, before flood insurance became a federal program. Now it has become another transfer of wealth from the middle class. Read the following article, … [Read more...]