The Sharky’s Family’s Bayfront Restaurant Clears Its First City Review, With a Brine Line in the Way
City reviewers took their first hard look this week at the 4,999-square-foot glass-and-coral-stone pavilion planned for the 10th Street end of Sarasota's waterfront park,...
Sarasota’s First Private Car Club Clears Most of City Review, With Strings Attached
Scott Stevenson's $6.3 million bet on a former drone factory at the edge of Gillespie Park won partial sign-off from the city's Development Review...
Owed $28 Million and Losing Patience, Longboat Key Takes Its FEMA Fight to the State
With federal reimbursements for the 2024 storms still stalled in a state-and-federal review pipeline, Longboat is asking the region’s next state senator to intervene,...
Longboat Key Takes Its $1.4 Million Amendment 3 Case Straight to the Homeowners
Commissioners are drafting HOA mailers on Town letterhead, lobbying Tallahassee and pointing at $30 million in hurricane bills. Sarasota, where the mayor is already...
City Says No to South Lido’s Problem Park, Citing Jet Skis, Trucks and a Battered Budget
Four months after commissioners talked up a takeover of South Lido’s most troubled public space, city staff priced it out and said no. The...
Longboat Pass Is Being Dredged Again, and This Time the Sand Goes North
Manatee County's Hurricane Idalia repair project is pulling 63,450 cubic yards from the channel to rebuild Coquina Beach
—The dredge is back in Longboat Pass,...
How a Fence at Florida’s Oldest Attraction Became a Fight Over Liability, Property Values and 87 Years of Old Florida
Jerry Kamensky says a new eight-foot fence at the 1939 attraction violates its special exception, has knocked 7 to 10 percent off nearby home...
Pothole Ping-Pong on Bahia Vista
One resident, one hole in the road, one 311 ticket bounced between two governments and closed without a work order. Then his commissioner forgot...
Shore’s Plan Hinges on St. Armands Garage and a Meeting on Wednesday
The city says purchasing spaces in the St. Armands garage would violate the parking bond. The developer's new plans count 11 of those spaces...
Inside the Eight-Bedroom ‘Home’ Shore Wants to Build Above St. Armands
In July, the city told the Shore team to prove the third floor is one home, fix the height math, and add a loading...