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Galveston – Port Bolivar Ferry Shields Peninsula Residents
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Galveston – Port Bolivar Ferry Shields Peninsula Residents
While the Galveston Island area police and residents struggle with rising crime, Bolivar residents enjoy peace of mind.The Bolivar Peninsula is separated from the Galveston Island area and the mainland by 2.7 miles and is accessible by a Texas Department of Transportation provided ferry that takes 15-20 minutes to cross over a section of the Galveston Bay called Bolivar Roads. 
“The family-oriented Bolivar Peninsula, most known for Crystal Beach, is a bedroom community that enjoys a relatively crime free environment where many residents still leave their doors unlocked and keys in the car.” – says Christy LeBlanc of the Bolivar Chamber of Commerce and a 20 year resident. Many people say that the ferry ride is one of the best things about visiting the Bolivar Peninsula. Yet what was once looked as an annoyance for some, the Ferry has turned out to be Bolivar’s saving grace - shielding the residents from the growing crime wave engulfing the Galveston Island area. The crime on Galveston has increased to the point where they have implemented an ordinance where neighborhoods can pay for extra police protection and the police have now proposed a controversial plan to block some streets with 10,000 pound concrete barriers in an attempt to limit criminal escape routes. See related article. The Bolivar Peninsula towns of Port Bolivar, Crystal Beach and Gilchrist meanwhile are booming with new second home resorts going up and median prices well below other beachfront areas on the Texas Gulf Coast. The area also has rental demand that exceeds supply. 
“Rental demand for Bolivar’s vacation homes is so strong that almost every home is booked for the summer season by February, and rental incomes can pay for the typical mortgage.” - says Anne Willis, owner of Swedes Real Estate managing over 275 rental homes. Home sales on the Bolivar Peninsula are bucking the national trend with steadily increasing volume and median prices. If you are considering investing in an oceanfront vacation home, the Bolivar Peninsula is definitely worth a second look and now is a great time to buy while the prices are still affordable. Check out the recently modernized Bolivar Peninsula at the Chamber of Commerce’s new web site: www.bolivarchamber.orgor call 409-684-5940
See article describing why Bolivar is a Best Best on the Texas Gulf Coast
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mikestuart @
Saturday, September 29, 2007 7:38 AM | |
Peace of mind is a valuable part of a vacation home rental or second home owning experience, especially when you are using that home to get away from big city pressures or have children. |
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mikestuart @
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:19 PM | |
A new $16 million ferry has been ordered, and that sixth vessel is expected to join the fleet next year, says Norm Wigington, Texas Department of Transportation |
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Galveston News @
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 6:49 PM |
City council blocks barricade plan
Dickinson Residents in two of the city’s oldest subdivisions won’t have their streets blocked by concrete barricades, because the City Council voted unanimously to scuttled the idea.
The city planned to block as many as 16 streets in the Moore’s Addition and Nicholstone subdivisions to reduce transient traffic and crime. |
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The Daily News @
Friday, January 04, 2008 6:07 PM |
Galveston Crime Stoppers asks for help
Galveston Seawall bank branch robbed
GALVESTON — Police were looking for a man who robbed an island bank Thursday with a few threatening words.
A man walked up to a teller at IBC Bank, 500 Seawall Blvd., about 2:30 p.m. and told her she was being robbed.
“He told the teller he had a gun and said, ‘You say anything, and I’ll shoot everyone in here,’” detective Fred Paige said. “He said he wanted big bills and for her not to do anything stupid.”
The robber never showed a weapon.
The man ran out of the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. He ran around to the back of the building, a strip center that also includes a pizzeria, among other businesses.
“It’s possible that he had a vehicle stashed back there,” Paige said.
Witnesses described the robber as a white man in his early 30s, weighing 165 to 185 pounds. He wore a straw hat, silver-wire glasses, a fake beard and what could have been a wig.
Although some aspects of the robbery were similar to the Dec. 28 robbery of a Houston bank by a man wearing a fake beard, police said the two crimes were not related.
“We might be looking at a copycat, but it’s definitely not the same person,” Paige said, noting differences in the sizes and heights of the island robber and the man dubbed “Bad Santa” in Houston.
About five minutes before the robbery, a group of people near the bank reportedly saw the robber and, not realizing his intent, at least one person laughed at how phony the beard looked.
How To Help
Call detectives at 409-765-3760 or 409-765-3766 or Galveston Crime Stoppers at 409-763-8477. |
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By
FYI @
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:24 PM |
Another Day in Galveston
Couple finds dead child on Galveston Island's East End
A couple strolling Tuesday morning on the far East End of the Seawall in an area known as Cherry Hill found a dead child.
From GalvestonDailyNews
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mlmoreau @
Friday, June 13, 2008 8:13 PM |
"peace of mind" on the peninsula. You got to be kidding. My recently painted, upgraded golf cart was stolen late last year. The sherriff's dept took all the information, including the serial #. I have yet heard a peep from them. I'm sure the "stolen" report went into the ole file 13. Better lock everything up, for the so called "peace of mind" But they can sure do a good job enforcing the "beach sticker", and "ATV ban on the beach!!!
Where's Barney Fiff when you really need him!!!!
Mike Moreau
Resident |
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