‘You take your pain and make it a purpose’
Everglades City Mayor Howie Grimm, owner of Grimm’s Stone Crab, carries a full container of fresh Florida stone crab claws at his store on 919 Dupont St., Everglades City, on Nov. 21. Photo by Kelly J. Farrell
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By Kelly J. Farrell  
7 February 2025

‘You take your pain and make it a purpose’

Everglades City’s resilience, good fortune reflected in stone crabs

People who survive six-foot floods and animals who live without limbs — that’s the kind of perseverance found in Everglades City. That tenacity pays off.

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