Longboat Wants Homes to Go Up; Its Own Code Keeps Getting in the Way
—Longboat Key wants more of its homes lifted out of harm’s way. On June 22, the Town Commission confronted an awkward truth: the Town’s...
Inside Shore’s Latest Development to Remake St. Armands Circle
The developer who once tried to put a hotel behind these buildings now owns the buildings. The city that twice rejected him is buying...
Unanimous: Longboat Key Adopts the Canal Assessment — and a $620 Bill Lands on Every Waterfront Owner
After a quarter-century of deferral, the commission passes the canal navigation maintenance program 6–0 — pulling a Catholic church off the roll, fixing two...
Mud, Money and a Final Vote: LBK Decides the Fate of Its 88 Canals
The appeal of Longboat Key has always come down to a single, simple promise.
For the snowbird trading a Buffalo winter for a dock...
Tax Cut, or Tax Shift? The Property-Tax Amendment That Could Remake Longboat Key
On November 3, Floridians will vote on the largest rewrite of the property-tax system in a generation. Few towns in the state have more...
Sarasota City argues over Downtown Master Plan and tables process after lone bidder voted down
“I don’t give a damn if we have to start from scratch or whatever the deal is, this is our downtown… it is vehemently...