{"id":166279,"date":"2026-02-23T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/166279\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:34:08","slug":"city-youth-council-now-accepting-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/166279\/","title":{"rendered":"City Youth Council Now Accepting Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/youth-council-logo.jpg\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"youth council logo\"\/>The City of Cape Coral Youth Council is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 school year. Applications will be accepted from Monday, February 23, until Monday, March 23, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This is an excellent opportunity for students to actively engage in local government, collaborate with peers, and address key issues affecting the youth of Cape Coral.<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Council is looking to fill two vacancies for high school seniors and seven vacancies for high school juniors. Selected incoming high school seniors will serve a one-year term on the Youth Council, from May 2026 to April 2027. Selected incoming high school juniors will serve a two-year term on the Youth Council, from May 2026 to April 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The senior vacancies available are for one Island Coast High School student and one at\u2011Large student (homeschool, private, charter, or virtual school).<\/p>\n<p>How to Apply:<\/p>\n<p>Download and complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/Documents\/Government\/City Council\/Youth Council\/2026 Youth Council - Application.pdf?t=202602231151100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Youth Council application<\/a>, attach all supporting documentation, save it as a PDF attachment, and email it to Connie Griglin at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/mailto:cgriglin@capecoral.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cgriglin@capecoral.gov<\/a>, or deliver it in person to:<\/p>\n<p>City Clerk&#8217;s Office<br \/>1015 Cultural Park Blvd<br \/>Cape Coral, FL 33990<\/p>\n<p>Joining the Youth Council provides students with a platform to voice their ideas and contribute to the community\u2019s future. For additional information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/Documents\/Departments\/Office of Communications\/pressreleases\/Youth Council Vacancy Flyer.pdf?t=202602231150220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">view this informational flyer<\/a>. If you still have questions, please contact 239-574-0436.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 23, 2026 The City of Cape Coral Youth Council is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 school&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-166279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}