outpost - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-29T15:55:14Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/outpostBoynton Beach: City hoping to land Guy Harvey-brand hotelhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boynton-beach-city-hoping-to-land-guy-harvey-brand-hotel2016-02-04T15:00:00.000Z2016-02-04T15:00:00.000ZChris Felkerhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/ChrisFelker<div><p><strong>By Jane Smith</strong><br /> <br /> Guy Harvey hoopla has overtaken Boynton Beach.<br /> “Who doesn’t like Guy Harvey?” Tom McClure responded when asked about a possible hotel going up in Boynton Beach. He is president of Boynton Intracoastal Group, which represents 2,400 residents living along the Intracoastal.<br /> Guy Harvey Outpost, the hotel brand affiliated with the fisherman/wildlife artist/conservationist, has Florida resorts in Islamorada and St. Pete Beach. A St. Augustine location will open this spring and an RV resort and marina on Lake Okeechobee will open in winter 2018, according to the company’s website.<br /> The Guy Harvey excitement started last fall when the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board learned that its executive director had cold-called the company. Vivian Brooks told the board, “I reached out to Guy Harvey resorts and they are interested in downtown Boynton.” <br /> Brooks sent the resort representative possible sites, including a parcel on the east side of Federal Highway that is owned by Davis Camalier and is near the Boynton Harbor Marina. <br /> Mayor Jerry Taylor, who sits as the CRA chair, could hardly contain his enthusiasm. <br /> “That is so exciting,” Taylor said. “If we can get him to bring a hotel here, that would be so tremendous. It would be a good fit with our marina.”<br /> The marina has two waterfront restaurants — Two Georges and the Banana Boat — offers waterfront living at the Marina Village condos and water activities, including fishing charters, scuba diving charters and watercraft and boat rentals. <br /> Another possible site is the city’s Town Center, west of Federal Highway, which houses the Historic Boynton Beach High School, City Hall and its police station.<br /> In mid-January, a representative came to the CRA offices where the mayor met him. <br /> “I happened to be in the CRA office on Friday when a rep from Guy Harvey, the big sports fisherman, sent their representative to look at what we have available for a hotel in Boynton,” Taylor told the commission audience on Jan. 19. “That would be fantastic if we could pull it off.”<br /> Kevin DeNell, a Guy Harvey executive vice president in Fort Lauderdale, said, “It’s just too far out there to comment.”<br /> But that no-comment comment fueled the talk.</p></div>