Commissioners Launch Fall 2024 Junior Commission Program

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (May 10, 2023) - The Charlotte County Commission has launched the Fall 2024 Junior Commission youth civic education program. Junior Commission participants will learn the functions of their local government by meeting with commissioners, touring county facilities, attending a commission meeting, pre-agenda meeting, workshop and code enforcement special magistrate hearing and holding a Junior Commission mock commission meeting.

The Junior Commission program is open to high school juniors and seniors enrolled full-time in a Charlotte County high school or accredited home school program. Applications and the program schedule are available online at www.CharlotteCountyFL.gov/juniorcommission or in person in the commission office lobby on the fifth floor of the Charlotte County Administration Center. Each county commissioner will select applicants to make up the Junior Commission.

Applications may be hand delivered to Executive Assistant Diane Whidden in the commission office, emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Diane Whidden, 18500 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte, FL 33948. The application deadline is Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Selected students will be announced on Aug. 14, 2024. The program will run from Sept. 12 to Nov. 19, 2024.

For information, call the commission office at 941-743-1300 or email [email protected].

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