Lee County commissioners agreed this morning to support a grant request to fund a crimefighting program for southwest Lehigh Acres.

The Weed and Seed grant from the Department of Justice could provide up to $1 million over five years to weed out crime and replace it with programs to prevent it. The grant would be used in an area roughly bounded by Lee Boulevard, Homestead Road and State Road 82.

 “Sheriff (mike) Scott deserves a lot of credit for bringing this program to us,” said County Commissioner Frank Mann. His district includes Lehigh. “Already our crime statistics have gone down.”

Lehigh residents decided they’re going to do it on their own and scores of them have worked on preparing the application over the past year, Mann said.

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This article is a few days old, but I find this extremely important for our community. The work that the Lee County Sheriff's Office and many residents from Lehigh Acres has been time consuming and challenging.

I commend each and everyone of them for their efforts. I have seen the application process and the detail of it took hundreds of hours to complete.

To all who have worked for the Weed and Seed I salute you!!! Thanks for all the hard work you have done thus far.