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...
Mira Mar Residences Breaks Ground on South Palm Avenue
Construction is officially underway on one of downtown Sarasota’s most historically significant blocks.
—Mira Mar Residences, an ultra-luxury condominium project on South Palm Avenue, held...
Mira Mar’s Revival Anchors Sarasota’s Downtown Renaissance
There are buildings, and then there are landmarks. Sarasota’s Mira Mar has long been the latter — a structure so woven into the city’s...