Myakka Head residents are struggling to find resources to clean and repair homes after Hurricane Ian

With the amount of damage left in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, clean-up is going to take months and rebuilding could take years. While federal and state resources quickly flooded into the hardest hit counties of Southwest Florida, some residents in a neighborhood tucked between Hardee and Manatee counties said they feel overlooked. It’s a quiet rural area of Myakka City, just south of the Mosaic phosphate mines, known as the Myakka Head. “There's still a lot of people that need help; older people they have trees in their yards down that they can't do and they can't pay to have them removed because they can't afford it,” explained Myakka homeowner Pamela Boyd.