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Experience the art of two 20th-century icons for the first time ever in a botanical garden setting, at Downtown Sarasota's Maria Selby Botanical Gardens. ....
2 months ago Share This week, a special magistrate will hear a long-gestating challenge to the tax-exempt status of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens downtown campus. Seven local nonprofit organizations received notice from the Sarasota County Property Appraiser in May that they would not receive a renewal of a previously approved property tax exemption. Although other nonprofits have since come to an agreement with the property appraiser’s office, one high-profile exception remains: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Property Appraiser Bill Furst and Selby Gardens have both expressed frustration with the process of reviewing the tax-exempt status of Selby’s bayfront campus. Each side has accused the other of sharing inaccurate information and failing to properly interpret state law. ....