Weston became a city thirty years ago this month. The people who were here for it remember the early days well, and one of them has spent September telling the whole story out loud.
To mark the anniversary, the city launched “Weston at 30: A History Podcast,” a four part series narrated by John R. Flint, Weston’s first City Manager. The first episode went up on September 3, the anniversary of incorporation, and a new one has landed every Thursday since.
A story from inside the room
Flint was part of Weston before there was a City of Weston. He lived here, served on the Indian Trace Community Development District, and watched the community move from developer control to resident governance. He became the city’s first City Manager shortly after incorporation and stayed in the job until 2019.
Flint simply tells the story himself, in his own order. He walks through the early community, the 1996 incorporation, the work of standing up a brand new city, and the decisions that set its course. Later episodes cover how Weston built its police and fire rescue services, its parks, its roads and its land use plans, plus the habits of communication and civic engagement that gave the city its character.
Some of the best parts are the small ones. Meetings held before there was a City Hall. Early community celebrations. A first City Hall furnished with borrowed desks and chairs.
How to listen
Each episode stands on its own, so you can start anywhere. The series lives on The Weston Way podcast feed, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and PodBean. You can also listen online at WestonFL.org/Podcast.
Thirty years in, the story of Weston is still being written.
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