Sarasota Orders Rules for Condo Hotels as St. Armands Watches
The most consequential sentence spoken at the July 20 Sarasota City Commission meeting was not a promise or a warning. It was an answer...
Sarasota lags storm-battered neighbors on home elevation; Longboat feels it as well
Eleven Gulf Coast governments fixed their codes so flood-weary homeowners can lift their houses. Sarasota still hasn't.
—Amid a marathon Aug. 3 meeting consumed by...
The Reef Is Being Evacuated and Sarasota Should Be Paying Attention
The divers went back in the water this month, and once again they were not planting coral. They were taking it out.
—Along Florida's Coral...
Sarasota City Commission Meeting News Shorts: Alleys given away, apples compared to oranges, and a downtown building that looks ‘war-torn’
The Aug. 3 Sarasota City Commission meeting ran more than nine hours, gavel to gavel. Beyond the parking retreat and the transportation-plan brawl, here...
Sarasota’s Parking Revolt Boils Over as Ahearn-Koch Force a Showdown Vote
Nine speakers, a boycott, a viral video with 435,000 views and a restaurant now paying its customers’ parking bills. The July 20 commission meeting...
Sarasota Launches $8 Million Push to Underground Utilities on St. Armands & Lido Keys
Residents could see roughly $10,000 assessments over 20 years, with the first bills targeted for November 2027.
The utility poles of St. Armands and Lido...
How the Iran War is Shaping Life and Money on Longboat, Lido and Downtown Sarasota
For two years, the barrier islands measured trouble in storm surge. Helene and Milton tore through in the fall of 2024, the rebuild consumed...
One Page, One Signature, One Century-Old Building Converge at Heart of Sarasota’s Adagio Fight
City faces Aug. 5 deadline to rule on the Adagio site plan while a circuit court challenge hangs by a thread.
—The fate of one...
The Bungalows Fight Back as Fruitville’s Doomed Block Plots a Second Life a Mile East
The block everyone assumed was finished is refusing to finish. The Breakfast House has bought its own land, developers are donating cottages, commissioners are...
Sailing Squadron Secures Future on City Island
Some projects arrive at the Sarasota City Commission trailing lawyers, protesters and overflow seating. The Youth Sailing Center arrived trailing nothing but goodwill, and...