North Port St. Joe coalition to Zoom Saturday afternoon
Special to the Star
Pastor Chester Davis, president of the North Port St. Joe Project Area Coalition, has scheduled a Zoom Meeting for this Saturday, Feb. 20 at 12:30 p.m. EDT.
The purpose of the meeting is to provide updates on the projects, programs, and initiatives that are ongoing or being planned for the community of North Port St. Joe. Please join us for the very informative meeting that is planned.
Join Zoom meeting at
813 6933 5469, and the Passcode is
810546.
If you wish to dial in, you may call 1-(301) 715 8592 (Washington DC) or 1 (312) 626 6799 (Chicago) and enter the ID and passcode.
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