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Board volunteer offers to rebuild film office materials; staff to route volunteer through city authorization
Summary
A board volunteer offered to create a film‑office mini‑site with locations and drone footage to help market Fort Myers to productions. Staff said volunteers can assist but will need city authorization and coordination with PIO/IT.
A board volunteer offered to volunteer time to assemble a film‑office production guide and a small website listing scouting locations, drone footage and permitting information to make Fort Myers more proactive in marketing itself to film and media productions.
Staff said the film office has responded to sporadic production inquiries and that further materials and a mini‑site could improve the city’s responsiveness to location scouts. The volunteer noted prior work on similar pages and offered to draft content; staff said a city authorization process is required (CivicPlus or the city web platform) and that the volunteer would need appropriate credentials and a departmental sponsor to publish.
Board members asked staff to coordinate with IT, the city’s public information office and the city manager to confirm the authorization steps. The volunteer said they would not publish without departmental sign‑off and asked that staff identify a point person to shepherd the work.
