City Council appoints Dr. Liston D. Bochette III to serve as Ward 4 Councilman

FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 23, 2018) – The Fort Myers City Council has named Dr. Liston (Lin) Bochette III to fill the remaining term of Ward 4 council member Michael Flanders, who recently became president and CEO of the Edison & Ford Winter E...

Ray V. Pottorf Elementary Students celebrate Arbor Day with tree planting

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Hazmat situation contained at Hodges University

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Fort Myers named one of 2018’s Best Small Cities to Start a Business

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Ward 1 Community Meeting takes place on April 24

Fort Myers, FL (Apr. 17, 2018) – Fort Myers City Councilwoman Teresa Watkins Brown will host a Ward 1 Community Meeting on Tuesday, April 24, at 6:00 p.m. at the IMAG History and Science Center (2000 Cranford Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33916). All are...

Dora Street at Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard temporarily closed

FORT MYERS, FL (April 16, 2018) – Dora Street at the intersection of Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard is temporarily closed to evaluate safety concerns of residents. Northbound traffic on Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard will not be able to turn left to enter Dor...

17 community members graduate from pre-construction readiness training program

Local fire department hosts cyclist raising $25,000 for Project Hero

FORT MYERS, FL (Apr. 12, 2018) – The Fort Myers Fire Department is hosting special guest Jerry Lachance on Friday, April 13 as he travels through town on his bicycle raising money for charity. Jerry, a 23 year member of the Sandown, NH Fire Depa...

Ward 3 Celebrates Earth Day with Neighborhood Cleanup

Ward 6 Community Meeting takes place on April 18

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Community volunteers needed to construct new playground

FORT MYERS, FL (April 4, 2018) – Volunteers from the City of Fort Myers, Target and the community will join KaBOOM! on Friday, April 27 to transform an empty site at the S.T.A.R.S. Complex into a kid-designed, state-of-the-art playgroun...

Ward 2 Community Meeting takes place on April 5

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Local first responders applaud new coverage for mental health benefits

Fort Myers, FL (Apr. 2, 2018) - Local first responders joined Fort Myers Fire Chief John Caufield, Florida Chief Financial Officer/State Fire Marshall Jimmy Patronis and Southwest Florida elected officials this morning at Fort Myers Fire Department Fire S...

Citizen input needed for Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan

Fort Myers, FL (Mar. 29, 2018) - Input is needed from citizens on housing and community development programs. The City of Fort Myers receives grant funding annually from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to administer the Community ...

City seeks community input at Midtown Visioning Plan Public Meeting

FORT MYERS, Fla. (Mar. 28, 2018) – The City of Fort Myers seeks community input at the next Midtown Visioning Plan public meeting on Thursday, April 5, 2018 in the Parish Hall of St. Francis Zavier Catholic Church, 2050 Heitman Street, Fort Myers, FL. Doo...

Gwen Carlisle sworn in as new City Clerk

FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 26, 2018) – Gwen Carlisle was sworn in on March 22 as the new Fort Myers City Clerk. The City Clerk’s office maintains all city records and ensures the integrity of elections and documents. Ms. Carlisle will lea...

First Ward 6 Community Meeting of the New Year takes place on January 17

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Ward 1 Community Meeting on January 23, 2018

Fort Myers City Councilwoman Teresa Watkins Brown will host a Ward 1 Community Meeting on Tuesday, January 23, at 6:00 p.m. at the IMAG History and Science Center (2000 Cranford Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33916). All are welcome to attend.

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A Letter from Councilman Ward 2 - Johnny W. Streets Jr.

Greetings,I want to take this opportunity to welcome each and every one of you to the New Year 2018.Briefly, 2017 was a year of the good, bad, and the ugly. As your Ward 2 City Representative, it is my prayer for all to have a prosperous New Year. That pr...

City of Fort Myers hosts public workshop for Downtown/Gardner’s Park/Midtown redevelopment strategy

Fort Myers Fire Department, Lee County EMS and Bystanders Save Life of 14-year-old Boy

On the morning of Saturday, December 23, 2017, FMFD firefighters, staffing Engine 11 and Rescue 11, and Lee County EMS Medic 2 responded to a reported cardiac arrest on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers. Upon their arrival, they found a 14-year-old boy in ...

Downtown Hotel & Convention Center Project Poised to Move Forward

The City of Fort Myers is partnering with Mainsail Lodging and Development to bring a visionary project to life in downtown Fort Myers.  The project has grown in size and scope since the original presentations and now it is poised to move forward...