The Preserve

Hope Center Loop, in south Fort Myers near Lee County's Gateway and Daniels Parkway corridor, is the address for The Preserve, a 38-bed assisted living community sitting just above the threshold where a facility typically shifts from a small operation to one with layered staffing and a dedicated activities coordinator. Fort Myers has grown into one of Southwest Florida's primary retirement hubs, pulling residents from within Lee County and from northern states looking for year-round warm weather. Thirty-eight residents is enough population for the community to likely run more than one common area, though it stays well short of a large campus's scale. A useful tour question is how the facility's size affects response time to call buttons or requests for assistance during busier parts of the day.