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Saw this today on Mexico Beach Marina's page. Interesting idea.. MB is a much smaller scale than Gulf Shores/OBA. Guessing they will make a daily trip offshore to dump fish heads, would keep their canal/beaches cleaned off. May also deter sharks from staying around.
Crab bait, chum, compost, fish meal, hog feed.... there have to be uses for the stuff.
There are uses for it. Much better to feed it to hogs or use in fertilizer production than to haul it anywhere and dump it.
Maybe somebody should contact Mexico Beach and see what they are doing.
For commercial feed it would have to be cooked and processed in some kind of permitted facility, but I would not be surprised to find out that there is somebody doing it, just like there are commercial operations that go around to restaurants and collect the used fryer oil.
if the pier charged people to park that goto the beach we could have one at the pier..i say 5 bucks to park and 4 more to fish and pier pass gets a sticker or parking pass for free
Can we not just donate the supplies to build our own? I'll gladly provide most of the lumber. If we could get permission from the state couldn't we just do a fund raiser to build this???
That is a great set up! Got some land to donate to build it on Mr. Cleland?
Well the state FLEECED the beach habitat for a hideous concrete and glass structure right next to the pier, you used to get in trouble just for messing with dunes, I guess that only applies to people like myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nimakdm
It would fit perfectly near the dumpsters, the north west corner of the lot... we are only talking about a area that's 16x20ish.
The location would allow for easy pickup of the carcasses and it's open enough to see anyone using it. A security camera would likely be needed to keep little pricks from vandalizing it though.
Or, as a first phase, they could keep the cleaning station where it is on the pier and charge people a buck to come on the pier and use it. Much lower sunk cost, all they would need is a freezer.
Keep in in mind that anything new the state does will involve a lot of paperwork and regulations and that means time and money.
Not exactly, the rebuilt lodge is on the location of the old lodge that was destroyed durng Ivan, so this was a brown-field site, not pristine dunes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Cleland
And the new design reduced the building footprint by 2/3 while increasing the number of rooms and meeting space.
The remaining unused acreage from the old hotel was restored to dunes long before construction began on the new lodge.
And the state jumped through way more hoops than a person wanting to build a single family dwelling on a beach front property.
But then we've beat this issue to death in the past........
Its worth asking, tricky part is finding someone to maintain the walk-in and remove the waste.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Cleland
That would require a vendor. Not undo-able but not an easy process for a state agency to jump through.
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Originally Posted by CarlF
Thanks Carl, I didn't know that... I still hate to see any land developed when there's so many older structures that could be used(at least in my area) When a part of town gets old or undesirables move in, the town just moves further and futher and leaves the old structures.. I hate seeing structures like condo's along the beach(I know there's money and stuff in it, but dang...
Working in City Government, the biggest issue we have is that fact is it's generally speaking a ton more expensive and laborious to renovate older buildings than just building a new one that you aren't having to shoehorn a new use into. That being said I love when it is done. In my area we have a mile or so long street of Victorian mansions that have been re-purposed into all sorts of shops and restaurants.
With the new lodge it might actually make a lot of sense to get a state of the art cleaning facility put up as opposed to having people try to process them in their rooms haha!
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You may have just hit on the best selling point!!!
The old lodged was patched up until it was just about to be condemned, then Ivan came along and finished it off.
New lodge is higher, built stronger and better and will be much more energy efficient, not sure if we got LEAD certification, but efficiency was a top priority.