Lee Board of County Commissioners

A group that has been trying to prevent a cookie-cutter style community in the heart of fast-disappearing agricultural land is hosting a festival to show why its worth fighting for.

Neal Properties would like to build close to 1,100 homes on farmland in the north Alva, Olga area

They dotted the rural landscape with signs expressing favoritism of cows over condos. They’ve unsuccessfully attempted to unseat a developer-friendly county commissioner with someone more like-minded -- and they’ve attended public hearings en masse imploring decision makers to hit the pause button on drastic eastward expansion of clusters of homes in rural Lee County.Wednesday residents of Olga and North Alva — many opposed to more development in that area — will get to speak their mind again when the Lee County Board of County Commissioners meets to decide on a zoning application.The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the commission chambers in downtown Fort Myers.

Lee Commissioners vote on improving county’s transportation network, including projects on Six Mile Cypress Parkway, Three Oaks Parkway and Cape Coral Bridge.

Five acres is a decent amount of land for a home if you want to keep the neighbors at a decent distance. It turns out that five acres is a rather healthy amount of land to conserve, too, especially when connected to the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

A project for a roundabout at Gunnery and Buckingham roads in Lehigh Acres is moving forward.The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve an agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation to receive funding to construct the roundaboutThe county will receive about $4.6 million in federal funding to construct this roundabout.

On Tuesday, Lee Commissioners continue commitment to Emergency Medical Services with purchase of Alico Road facility and vote to purchase 10 acres on Pine Island for Conservation 20/20.

At issue are changes Lee County's government made to the Land Development Code freeing South Seas from density and height limits.

The Lee Board of County Commissioners Tuesday took action on a number of contracts and projects including a filter marsh at Six Mile Cypress Slough, a mixed-use trail linking Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Beach, tree planting at Lakes Park and beach nourishment efforts on Hurricane Ian damage.

Lee County's Board of County Commissioners approved an agreement Tuesday for the restoration and nourishment of more than 5 miles of Estero Island beach. The county's portion of the interlocal agreement with the Town of Fort Myers Beach is based on a percentage not to exceed $9.2 million, funded through tourist development tax.