WE INTEND TO RESTORE THE HOTEL to its former glory days, and make it a real asset to the community once again. Plans and proposals are being reviewed by the city council that would include widening and improving Edgewater Drive to eliminate traffic congestion, and rebuilding the original pier. Plenty of underground parking will be provided so that no impact will be made on the surrounding community. It will be a wonderful asset to Dunedin and will help to usher in a new era of glamor to the area.
The Fenway will be a beautiful place for:
Weddings - An area of the hotel will be designed for wedding parties and receptions.
Fenway Hotel Theatre - We will provide a stage in a meeting space that will be ideal for theatre groups to perform live theatre. A movie screen will allow meetings and presentations for whatever our visitors and business clients need.
Four-star rating - We will achieve a quality hotel experience, complete with valet service suitable to the gateway entrance into Dunedin.
Promotion of Dunedin Merchants - Dunedin is full of quaint, charming shops and marvelous restaurants. The Fenway Hotel will provide trolley cars that will take guests to downtown and back for shopping and dining.
The Pier - The pier can be rebuilt to its former beauty. Water taxis will be provided to take guests to one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, Caladesi Island. Rental of Sunfish sailboats and kayaks will also be provided.
Outdoor Dining - A courtyard fountain situated on terrazzo tile will make for a beautiful, intimate dining experience, similar to the Biltmore in Coral Gables.
The Fenway Hotel Spa & Fitness Center - For guests who wish to tone up and become more beautiful — there will even be a pool to relax by. You will be able to have a facial, massage, manicure for the perfect get-away experience.
Attorney at Law, George Rahdert, of St. Petersburg, Florida, has been a passionate and prolific historic preservationist for the past 25 years. He says that it started as a hobby and has grown into his most important concern and joy.
He purchased the Fenway Hotel in January 2006 and has great plans for its restoration and refurbishment to bring back an era of charm and elegance to Dunedin. To date he has restored over 20 buildings in Pinellas County, with four buildings nominated for the National Historic Registry.
Mr Rahdert’s law practice covers the fields of communications, constitutional, commercial, civil rights and real estate law. He is the general counsel for the St. Petersburg Times and the Florida Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He successfully represented an African-American community newspaper’s First Amendment rights before the United States Supreme Court in Florida Star v. BJF.
Mr. Rahdert appeared as lead counsel for the respondent before the United States Supreme Court in Nassau County School Board v. Airline. This case extended disability rights to those suffering from communicable diseases, including people with AIDS.
George is very active in the community. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Palladium Theatre, The Museum of Fine Arts, Lutheran Apartments and Towers, and Bayfront Medical Center. He was the Vice Chairman of the Board of Baycare Health Systems which includes Morton Plant-Mease Hospitals. He has volunteered for the Florida Orchestra, and the James B Sanderlin Center. He also served for seven years on the Board of Visitors of the Duke University School of Public Policy.
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