Construction firm turns historic building into community foundation

Nearly 100-year-old railroad depot transformed into welcoming space for collaboration efforts.

  • By Jay Schlichter
  • | 6:10 a.m. September 6, 2019
Owen-Ames-Kimball President David J. Dale stands between the railroad tracks that pass right through the recently renovated railroad depot that is now home to the Southwest Florida Community Foundation in Fort Myers.
Owen-Ames-Kimball President David J. Dale stands between the railroad tracks that pass right through the recently renovated railroad depot that is now home to the Southwest Florida Community Foundation in Fort Myers.
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Decades ago, passengers waiting to board a train at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot in Fort Myers were segregated along racial lines.

 

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