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With the rustling palms and soft music that now fills the space, it’s hard to imagine that just a couple years ago, there was an abandoned eyesore of a gas station where Whitney’s now stands proudly welcoming visitors to the north end of Longboat Key.
“(My business partner and I) said we wanted to make it half as good as the original renderings,” owner James Brearley said. “Now we look at the renderings and say, ‘We think it’s better.’”
James Brearley pulled out old renderings of the building.
Residents of the north end, organized in the LBK North group, decided to recognize the beautification with the Good Neighbor Award. Laurel Phillips, one of the leaders of LBK North, presented the award to Brearley on April 22.
2 days ago Share Paul Hylbert and Margaret Nuzzo are set to hold three-year terms while Michael Warnstedt is set to hold a one-year term.
The Longboat Key Town Commission on Monday afternoon appointed three members to the town’s Planning and Zoning Board while reseating two others for new terms.
The commission voted for Paul Hylbert and Margaret Nuzzo to serve three-year terms on the P&Z Board. Michael Warnstedt will serve a one-year term.
There was some division within the commission on whether Nuzzo and Warnstedt should get the three-year term.
Several others submitted applications for consideration to the P&Z Board, including former District 5 Town Commissioner Ed Zunz, Christopher Carman, Jeffrey Carman, Leonard Garner, Aaron Kleiner, Steven Miesowicz and Brandie Puls.