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Fort Myers staff asks council to prioritize top five census tracts for OZ2 redesignation

Fort Myers City · February 23, 2026
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Economic development staff asked the council to endorse a prioritized list of Opportunity Zones for the state OZ2 process and recommended tracts 18, 21, 19, 16 and 24 for city support; staff noted the governor will select roughly 25% of nominated tracts statewide and Lee County likely will have nine chosen for submission.

Economic development staff on Wednesday briefed the council on the upcoming Opportunity Zone redesignation process and asked for city priorities to forward to Lee County.

Caitlin Danks, economic development staff, explained that the new OZ2 designation process reflects updated census criteria and that new designations will be effective Jan.…

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