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Please join ECWCD at free speaker series entitled, A Look Through the Ages, to celebrate our 55th Anniversary. The free speaker series will run Wednesdays, from May 8 \u2013 May 29 at 601 East County Lane, Lehigh Acres, 33936 from 1 \u2013 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Take a journey through the history of southwest Florida, environmental changes, and the development of Lehigh Acres – from the early years, the boom, current resources and a look forward.<\/p>\n
Seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve your seat, please contact Carla Ulakovic at\u00a0239-368-0044 x17<\/a>\u00a0 or via email at\u00a0<\/a>carlau@ecwcd.com<\/a>.\u00a0Staff will confirm your reservation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wednesday, May 8, 2013 1 \u2013 3p.m.\u00a0\u00a0–\u00a0 Southwest Florida, Early Life (1800\u2019s \u2013 1930\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n Take a look at early life along the Caloosahatchee River, the roots Fort Myers, and environmental concerns of the developing area. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1 \u2013 3 p.m. \u2013 A Corporation Town is Born (1940\u2019s \u2013 1970\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n Take a look at the impact of Buckingham Airfield on southwest Florida and will visit the roots of the Lehigh Acres Community.\u00a0 Local experts and enthusiasts will share their knowledge of the town\u2019s early development. Speakers Include: Matt Johnson, author of the Buckingham Army Airfield; ECWCD Commissioner David Deetscreek; Ruth Anglickis, Vice President of Landex.<\/p>\n Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1 \u2013 3 p.m.\u00a0 \u2013 A Growing Community (1980\u2019s \u2013 2000\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n Take a look at the growth and development of Lehigh Acres. Speakers Include: Lee County Commissioner Frank Mann, ECWCD Commissioner J. Nathan Stout; Bob Howard, former ECWCD manager\/engineer; Wayne Daltry former director of the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council.<\/p>\n Wednesday, May 29, 2013 1 \u2013 3 p.m., Lehigh, A Look Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n Local government and agency representatives will share insights and their efforts to improving the local community. Speakers include: Representative Matthew Caldwell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Please join ECWCD at free speaker series entitled, A Look Through the Ages, to celebrate our 55th Anniversary. The free speaker series will run Wednesdays, from May 8 \u2013 May… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSpeakers Include: Amy Bennett Williams \u2013 Author , Along the Caloosahatchee\u00a0River\u00a0and\u00a0 Kevin Erwin, Ecologist.<\/p>\n