Youth Council 2025-26 recap shared with Council
On May 26, Community Engagement Manager Stephanie Vernot presented to City Council on the accomplishments of the 2025 – 26 Youth Council.
During this period, 36 members volunteered a combined 710.84 hours, engaging residents and the broader community through a wide range of activities. She highlighted their participation in nine events, noting the total hours also reflected time spent at the Youth Council Leadership Summit, two Florida League of Cities conferences and in monthly meetings held from October through April.
The Youth Council operated through two subcommittees: Naturally PSL Green Spaces and Places and Youth Recreation. One Youth Recreation project involved helping to plan and volunteer at the Big Summer Blowout. At the event, Stephanie joined Youth Council representatives to connect with local youth, share the Council’ s achievements from the past year and encourage future leaders to get involved.
Also at the Big Summer Blowout, Youth Council members and Love Your Block Fellow Victoria DellaGuardia, partnered with volunteers to build and paint birdhouses funded through a Love Your Block mini‐grant, powered by the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University. These birdhouses will soon enhance the Naturally PSL green space at Whispering Pines.
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