Kinfay Moroti

A group of local young men are learning what's beyond hope. They are part of Pickup the Ball, a non-profit organization in Lee County that helps them find their way.

Groundbreaking at Fort Myers Beach's new Margaritaville Resort may have been subdued by questionably cloudy skies and the threat of a tropical storm that never arrived, but optimism for a sunny tourism renaissance at Times Square had spirits high.

A day-long conversation was held on Saturday, June 20 at the Collaboratory in Downtown Fort Myers.