Fort Myers is willing to kick in $1.55 million to get rid of an auto salvage yard in the Dunbar neighborhood.
The Community Redevelopment Agency has voted to pledge that money, if a private company buys out the property — the land underneath.
Affordable Auto Salvage has sold vehicle parts for 67 years. The business covers at least half a city block in the heart of the Dunbar community.
Fort Myers city officials call the business a junkyard. Longtime Dunbar resident Elijah McCoy agrees.
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