Robert Terrell has watched his beloved Dunbar neighborhood transform from a thriving community into what he now describes as heartbreaking. He wants to see work done to McCollum Hall, which we should learn more about the future project on Monday.
The 66-year-old Fort Myers longtime resident remembers when the historically Black community was self-sufficient, bustling with businesses, restaurants, and cultural venues that meant residents never had to cross the railroad tracks for anything they needed.
“It was a very friendly, family-oriented neighborhood,” Terrell said of his childhood neighborhood in the 1960s and 70s. “We had everything. We had drive-in theaters, we had restaurants, we had clubs, we had doctors, we had the whole works. We didn’t have to go over there for anything.”…