Downtown Fort Myers

Florida is the land of sunshine and good vibes, but when the sun goes down on Downtown Fort Myers, something ghastly takes over. The waterside community is home to spiritual abnormalities that have caused spine-tingling reactions for decades.WGCU’s Samuel Brucker took part in a Historic Downtown Tour to learn the horrific stories that have turned into urban legend and have given a taste of the macabre to Southwest Florida.

Florida is the land of sunshine and good vibes, but when the sun goes down on Downtown Fort Myers, something ghastly takes over.

About one month after Richard Ruel died in a fatal e-scooter accident, his family is still mourning as the City of Fort Myers and Spin, a micromobility company headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., began rolling out the first phase of an agreement to bring a new form of transportation to the streets of downtown Fort Myers. While some support the initiative, others are concerned about what the program lacks and what it could bring to the already bustling streets and sidewalks of the downtown area.

Downtown Fort Myers is going green! The city unveiled its latest project where it took a vacant lot and transformed it into a “pocket park”.

Two years ago, artist Leoma Lovegrove lost her world-renowned gallery in Matlacha when Hurricane Ian covered the island with more than 14 feet of storm surge. Rather than simply retire, she decided to relocate to downtown Fort Myers. With the soft opening of her new location on Dean street a mere matter of weeks away, Lovegrove is once again dealing with surge, this time compliments of Hurricane Helene - with her signature buoyant spirit.

Fort Myers celebrated Constitution Day by welcoming 28 new U.S. citizens. In sweltering heat, immigrants realized their long-held dreams of American citizenship in a touching ceremony.

The first augmented reality mural in Southwest Florida was unveiled at Art Walk on January 5th. The Fort Myers Mural Society hopes the mural will appeal to a younger demographic and Southwest Florida's expanding pool of cultural and heritage tourists.

The Florida Native Butterfly Society, a non-profit which has operated in the Buttefly House, a downtown Fort Myers attraction, some might say landmark, since it opened in 2009, closed its doors on Friday. The owners of the property have decided to do something different with the site.

Both directions of U.S. 41 south of downtown Fort Myers will be closed beginning the night of June 2 and continuing through June 3 for utility work on replacing the existing water main.

Fort Myers mayor Kevin Anderson provided an overall economic update for local commercial real estate professionals. For him, the prognosis looks positive.