Fort Myers is seeking to expand its network of pocket parks and green spaces on vacant lots throughout the community, providing the community with more opportunities to enjoy the outdoors without needing to travel to larger parks.
Watch Fort Myers Community Correspondent Miyoshi Price explain the ‘pocket park’ concept:
Fort Myers looks to add more pocket parks on vacant lots
Karen Van Voesschoten, who lives about a mile from Common Ground Park next to the Franklin Shops, appreciates these small urban retreats.
“This is a little spot that you can sit and relax,” Van Voesschoten said. “The beauty of it, number one, and that it’s an area that you can just sit down and rest for a couple of minutes. As soon as you get out onto the street, you’re walking and shopping and eating and dining and things like that, it’s a nice place to sit.”…