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Lee County Recovery Task Force to hold town hall at DiamondHead May 4

Staff Report

The Lee County Recovery Task Force will host a town hall meeting at the DiamondHead Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach May 4 to give the public an opportunity to learn more about the work of the task force and allow for input on “what is needed to repair and rebuild more resilient to future hazards we may face,” the task force announced

The meeting will run from 6 to 8 p m at the DiamondHead Beach Resort’s ballroom at 2000 Estero Blvd

The upcoming town hall is part of a series of 16 town hall meetings announced by the county’s task force to run from April 19 through May 11

One of the goals of ResilientLee, the public-facing aspect of the Lee County Recovery Task Force, is comm u n i t y e n g a g e m e n t i n t h e r e c o v e r y p r o c e s s f r o m

Hurricane Ian

In addition to the Fort Myers Beach meeting, there will be 14 in-person town hall meetings, one virtual town hall offered in English, one virtual town hall offered in Spanish, and five additional in-person town halls with Spanish-language options

The schedule, location details and more information can be found at www resilientlee com

The Lee County Recovery Task Force is led by Lee County Commissioner Kevin Ruane, and was created as an advisory committee to the Lee Board of County Commissioners in response to Hurricane Ian The task force consists of 13 leaders from across the county, including mayors of municipal jurisdictions within Lee County, as well as representatives from the school district, fire, law enforcement and other public agencies