While the 5.4-acre property has been vacant for 20 years, some see it as the "next chapter" for downtown Punta Gorda.

Hurricane Charley made landfall at Punta Gorda on the southwest Florida coast and produced major damage well inland across central Florida with gusts of more than 100 mph.

Before Frances makes landfall and starts hogging all the headlines I want to sneak in one last Charley tidbit. HC's destruction of a barn in rural central Florida has led to the discovery of a ...

Since Charley in 2004 ... the state late Wednesday and Thursday as an extremely dangerous hurricane. After most likely making landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday within a zone that includes ...

NOAA's Hurricane Katrina page. Hurricane Charley was a Category 4 storm when it made landfall in Florida in 2004. These storms have wind speeds of 131-155 mph, uprooting most trees and power lines.