Fort Myers Beach reopens to the public

Fort Myers Beach Reopens

(TRACK) AS OF TODAY, FORT MYERSBEACH IS BACK OPEN - TOEVERYONE!PEOPLE YOUNG AND OLD SOAKING UPTHAT SWFL SUNONE PERSON TOLD ME SHE BELIEVESBEACHES SHOULD HAVE REOPENEDWEEKS AGO"I’m a proponent for heardimmunity, if we don’t get outand we don’t get exposed thereis no way that we are going tobe able to fight this" KatieDeleuce//(TRACK) OTHERS SAY THEY’REGETTINF PUSH BACK...FOR THEIRDECISION TO GO ON WITH LIFE ASNORMAL"I feel like there is a lot ofhostility with people that feellike everybody should be stayinghome, and that’s fine stay hometo each its own, but when I caget back out there I’m going toget back out there" Felicia Baas//(TRACK) DOUGLAS SHARF SAYS FRESHAIR IS GOOD FOR SOUL ANDCOULDN’T BE HAPPIER TO BE BACKON THE BEACH"the way things are going allaround the country its likepeople kind of anything they canget to uplift their spirts isgood for them" Douglas Scharf(TRACK) FRIDAY MORNING, THE FORTMYERS BEACH TOWN COUNCIL VOTEDUNANIMOUSLY TO REOPEN BEACHESAFTER WEEKS OF APPREHENSIONNEIGHBORINGCOUNTIES/CITIES/TOWNS SLIGHTLYAHEAD OF THE GAME OPENING ASEARLY AS LAST MONDAY"i feel more comfortable nowbecause the other beaches haveopened up as well so its notjust fort myers beach an we’regetting bombarded by everyone,its spread out" Ray Murphy//FMBMayor(TRACK) MAYOR RAY MURPHYENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO STILLABIDE BY CDC GUIDELINES"Play by the rules, come outhave fun but just keep youdistance for now" RayMurphy//FMB Mayor(TRACK) K.C.

GROSSE WORRIES THEPUBLIC MAY START TO GET TOOCOMFORTABLEFORGETTING WE AREALL STILL IN A PANDEMIC" this isn’t over, that’s ourbig fear is we do this muchpeople see everybody out an theythink oh its over its not overthere is just certain places wecan be and we still need to haveprecautions" K.C.

Grosse(TRACK) THE TOWN COUNCIL VOTEDTO REOPEN RESTAURANTS AND RETAILSTORES AT 25% CAPACITY -MATCHING THE GOVERNOR’SGUIDELINES FOE PHASE