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Advisory board backs top five opportunity-zone rankings, to send recommendation to Lee County
Summary
The board unanimously supported staff's recommended top-five opportunity zones for Fort Myers, led by tract 18 (which includes the News-Press site and City of Palms Park). Staff said the rankings will go to the county development task force and then to the Board of County Commissioners for final approval before the April 1 application deadline.
The Economic Development Advisory Board voted to support staff's recommended ranking of Fort Myers's top five opportunity zones, with Census Tract 18 listed as the top choice because it includes the News-Press site and City of Palms Park and has utilities and incentives that make it…
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