Ben Sorensen

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Fort Lauderdale City Commission · City Commission Joint Workshop with BAB and Conference Meeting on 2026-06-16 1:00 PM - Jun 16, 2026 · 16 Jun 2026 meeting

That's okay.

And want to turn it over to our community service department.

So the city of Fort Lauderdale had an opportunity to be a part of a nationwide initiative where we had over 65 fellows that were selected out of 1,500 applications across the United States and over 600 projects across the nation, which is significant to show that the city of Fort Lauderdale was selected.

And I was placed here specifically in the Cistern Corridor, northwest quadrant of the city of Fort Lauderdale.

My role was really initially to look at how the gaps can be closed between what the city is doing and what the community is actually seeing, have access to and connected to.

But we also recognize that there was some needs for a stronger system within the corridor and

UNIFICATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

AND SO THE ASSIGNMENT WAS TO LISTEN FIRST, TO BUILD COMMUNITY VOICE, A STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN THE ECOSYSTEM OVERALL AND TO EVALUATE WHAT WORKS AND THEN TO BRING THAT BACK HERE TO PRESENT TO COMMISSION.

And so what we built started in, as we said, it's been a two-and-a-half-year journey.

It started out in around February, March of 2024 with our listening tour going to key stakeholders across the corridor.

And what began to develop during that time was this need for community identification, which is where the I Am SysTrunk planning session started, where we met with the –

We got over 10,000 data points from the community and touch points, over 3,000 touch points, and heard from over 900 community responses.

We had six different events, the summit, the talks.

TWO SURVEYS, ONE DONE INTERNALLY WITH MYSELF IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AS WELL AS AN EXTERNAL SURVEY THAT HAD BEEN DONE FOR 2024-2025 THROUGH A CONSULTING AGENCY WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.

AND THEN WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT AS WELL AS CULTURAL IDENTITY, WHICH I THINK YOU'LL KNOW THAT WE STARTED ADDRESSING WITH THE I AM CIS TRUNK CAMPAIGN ITSELF.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for your work and your support.

I really appreciate it.

We never had the opportunity to meet, but I'm Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, District 3, and this is the heartbeat of what we're desiring to see in the district as well.

And Shavola, you know, I'm just so excited for what

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