Sarasota Quietly Bills St. Armands $270,692 for the Garage at the Center of Its Parking War
Every September, the most contested structure in Sarasota gets its bill approved in the least contested way city government knows: a consent agenda. This...
City Hopes $50,000 Deal Will Clean Toxic Dump Site and Transform Newtown
Sarasota commissioners advance the sale and rezoning of the Marian Anderson brownfield, a former unlicensed landfill in the heart of the city's historic Black...
Longboat Approves a Private Dredge as the Mote Land Saga Nears Its End
Commissioners voted 7-0 on Sept. 14 to let the developer of the north end's tallest building carve an eight-slip boat basin out of the...
Sarasota Commission Reverses Preservation Board and Clears 1891 Wisteria Street for Demolition
The 101-year-old bungalow that split Sarasota's preservation board from its own planning staff is coming down. On September 8, the City Commission voted 3-1...
Howard Tipton: Longboat Key Says Goodbye to the Manager Who Carried It Through the Storms
On his last day on the job, all seven commissioners — one by remote — set aside Monday's agenda to thank Howard Tipton, the...