Calling all millennials.
Fort Myers officials are willing to rewrite the law books to make shopping, dining and living around downtown more attractive to you.
More than 60 people attended a public meeting Monday night to learn about the push to increase density — or number of units allowed — in downtown, and a neighborhood just south of downtown known as midtown.
Higher density around downtown means more buildings for urban housing, retail and coffee shops.
You know, all the things millennials like.
“This is long overdue,” said Jack Luft, a local planner. “We’re losing our young people. They want to live in downtown, they want to work in downtown and we have nothing for them.”
The city’s goal seems simple: diversify the economy, create a walkable environment and establish a hub of activity. Then, theoretically, millennials will come, City Manager Saeed Kazemi said.
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