Claim: In 2026, protesters “stormed” a planning and zoning meeting in Indian River County, Florida, to block the construction of a planned Muslim city. In August 2026, a claim (archived) circulated online that protesters "stormed" a planning and zoning meeting in Indian River County, Florida, to block the construction of a Muslim city. Floridians STORMED the Indian River County Zoning Meeting 2 BLOCK the construction of a Muslim "EPIC City" in Vero Beach FL! Epic Estates and EPIC City were not owned or operated by the same people, the letter said. Ryan Sweeney, the county's assistant planning and services director, quickly clarified that Epic Estates was not on the agenda for the meeting and an "Epic City or Epic Estates" project did not exist.