Community Council has question for residents
Laurie Sterowski
The Lehigh Community Council has a question for you.
Do you know where you live?
You may laugh, but the question posed by the council is a serious one and at their next meeting on Sept. 15 council members plan to pursue that question, says council spokeswoman Laurie Sterowski.
“Sounds like a crazy question, but is it?” she inquired.
Next questions:
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN Zone area map of Lehigh Acres.
Is Lehigh Acres a city, town, unincorporated section of Lee County, community, neighborhood or something else?
What does an unincorporated section of Lee mean?
She said you know your street, your county, your state, but do you know your precinct, or more importantly do you even know what “area” you live in?
Sterowski said Lehigh Acres is broken into 12 areas or zones and that happenings within each zone are reviewed by many government entities and interested groups for a variety of reasons. Each area has a different concern, different growth patterns, and ultimately a different focus for funding of on-going improvements.
Now through the use of fliers in the community, the Community Council wants to bring light to “each area,” highlighting their strengths and identifying their own unique needs within each area.
And council members say there is no better way to do that, than by hearing directly from the residents.
Sterowski said the council is looking for interested people living in each of the 12 zones to be the eyes and ears and representation from their given area. You could be the person to bring a problem to light from your area, or better yet, be part of the solution to that issue, Sterowski said.
If all of this sounds intriguing, the Community Council of Lehigh Acres hopes you will come to its next meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Lee County Sheriff’s substation on Homestead Road. Enter the meeting room from the back door.
“We’ll be identifying our area partners, to work with the council and ultimately Lee County for the betterment of each resident’s neighborhood/area and zone.
The meeting will be interesting, Sterowski says, because the council will also show a short documentary of Lehigh’s history. It will show how Lehigh began and what happened during the boom years, and what happened when the boom ended, and where it is today, and “where we want it to go.”
The object of the program is to unite the residents of Lehigh and show Lee County what more than 80,000 people – and growing – expect from their local officials, and what residents when united can do together.
“That’s what it’s all about, and we are urging as many people as possible to come from all over Lehigh, and bring a friend.
The council meetings are always open to the public. It meets monthly on the third Monday at 6:30 p.m. Council members are voted in by the community.
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- PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN Zone area map of Lehigh Acres.
Community Council has question for residents
Laurie Sterowski
The Lehigh Community Council has a question for you.
Do you know where you live?
You may laugh, but the question posed by the council is a serious one and at their next meeting on Sept. 15 council members plan to pursue that question, says council spokeswoman Laurie Sterowski.
“Sounds like a crazy question, but is it?” she inquired.
Next questions:
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN Zone area map of Lehigh Acres.
Is Lehigh Acres a city, town, unincorporated section of Lee County, community, neighborhood or something else?
What does an unincorporated section of Lee mean?
She said you know your street, your county, your state, but do you know your precinct, or more importantly do you even know what “area” you live in?
Sterowski said Lehigh Acres is broken into 12 areas or zones and that happenings within each zone are reviewed by many government entities and interested groups for a variety of reasons. Each area has a different concern, different growth patterns, and ultimately a different focus for funding of on-going improvements.
Now through the use of fliers in the community, the Community Council wants to bring light to “each area,” highlighting their strengths and identifying their own unique needs within each area.
And council members say there is no better way to do that, than by hearing directly from the residents.
Sterowski said the council is looking for interested people living in each of the 12 zones to be the eyes and ears and representation from their given area. You could be the person to bring a problem to light from your area, or better yet, be part of the solution to that issue, Sterowski said.
If all of this sounds intriguing, the Community Council of Lehigh Acres hopes you will come to its next meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Lee County Sheriff’s substation on Homestead Road. Enter the meeting room from the back door.
“We’ll be identifying our area partners, to work with the council and ultimately Lee County for the betterment of each resident’s neighborhood/area and zone.
The meeting will be interesting, Sterowski says, because the council will also show a short documentary of Lehigh’s history. It will show how Lehigh began and what happened during the boom years, and what happened when the boom ended, and where it is today, and “where we want it to go.”
The object of the program is to unite the residents of Lehigh and show Lee County what more than 80,000 people – and growing – expect from their local officials, and what residents when united can do together.
“That’s what it’s all about, and we are urging as many people as possible to come from all over Lehigh, and bring a friend.
The council meetings are always open to the public. It meets monthly on the third Monday at 6:30 p.m. Council members are voted in by the community.
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- PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN Zone area map of Lehigh Acres.
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