8 hours ago Share State transportation officials begin hearing from residents on an approach to take in replacing or fixing up the Longboat Pass bridge.
It will take years for the Florida Department of Transportation to replace the Longboat Pass Bridge, if ever. But those long-term possibilities, outlined recently at a public forum, haven’t stopped north-end Longboat Key residents from offering their perspectives on what they’d like to see.
Drayton Saunders owns the landmark property at 7300 Gulf of Mexico Drive, overlooking the drawbridge from the east.
“My primary concern is about [the] right-of-way, the impact to our property and any chance it downgrades the value and kind of condition of us being a homeowner next to that bridge,” he said. No further financing or planning is in place.
3 weeks ago Share Where the Sarasota Orchestra lands will be a pivotal influence on the city of Sarasota’s cultural future.
Oh, what a dilemma: Finding a home for the Sarasota Orchestra and for Sarasota’s many other fine community music groups. A home that could be, should be, a premier music performing center.
When you put serious thought into this issue, it’s not just some simple site search. In the grander scheme, this issue should be regarded as one of the most important generational decisions facing the city of Sarasota at this particular moment.
It is not exaggerating to say where the orchestra lands will have a pivotal influence on the future of the city as the epicenter of the region’s philanthropy and the arts and its bragging rights as the cultural capital of Florida.
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The nearly 700 agents and 200 support staff of
Michael Saunders & Company gathered virtually on Feb. 4 for the annual company meeting, where they celebrated its 45th anniversary, a record-breaking annual sales volume and its largest
MSC Foundation grant distribution.
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