Honore Avenue Palmer Ranch
September 9, 2009 by Perry Corneau · Leave a Comment
The county began construction of Honore Avenue years ago as a third North/South road in addition to Tamiami Trail and I75. The road was intend to run from Manatee County south to State Road 681. To date most of the road has been completed with the exception of the portion between Bee Ridge and [...]
ShareFive Points Roundabout
May 21, 2009 by Perry Corneau · Leave a Comment
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This Summer the City of Sarasota will begin the work of installing a roundabout at Five Points on Main Street in Downtown Sarasota. Additional roundabouts will also be created at the corners of Orange Avenue and Alderman Street and at Ringling Boulevard and Palm Avenue. The total cost of the three Roundabouts are expected to be [...]
Declaring Homestead in Sarasota
December 21, 2006 by Perry Corneau · Leave a Comment
New buyers wishing to declare homestead in Sarasota will need to make the home their permanent residence on or before January 1st, 2007 to qualify for the $25,000 Homestead Exemption. Buyers who do not use the home as their primary residence at the beginning of the year will not qualify for the exemption even if [...]
ShareSarasota, FL Tourism & Rentals
December 18, 2006 by Perry Corneau · Leave a Comment
The Sarasota County Commissioners and the Sarasota City government have reached agreement to raise the current 3% tax on short term vacation rentals in Sarasota to 4%. The increase is expected to bring in an additional $1.2 million per year which will be used to increase tourism marketing and to pay down the $54 million [...]
ShareSarasota Area Hospitals Rank in Top 100
December 7, 2006 by Perry Corneau · Leave a Comment
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Blake Medical Center in Bradenton and Venice Hospital were recently listed among the top 100 hospitals for Cardiac Care in the nation. Solucient, a private company that assesses the quality of care provided by hospitals has ranked Sarasota Memorial in the top 100 each of the past 5 years. This year Venice Hospital and Blake [...]
ShareDick Cheney in Sarasota
October 6, 2006 by Perry Corneau · Leave a Comment
Vice President Dick Cheney is in town today to speak at a luncheon fundraiser in support of Vern Buchanan a local business man running for Congress. The fundraiser is to be held at the Hyatt in downtown Sarasota. Our town is been accustomed to hosting such figures. President Bush was in town visiting one of [...]
ShareCity Budget approved for 2007
September 22, 2006 by Perry Corneau · Leave a Comment
The proposed Sarasota City budget for 2007 has been approved. The new budget which will total $21,822,568 represents an increase over last year of 28.95%. Because of the rapid increase in taxable values, the millage rate charges to each property will actually be adjusted downward by 0.3% to 2.9996 mils. The taxable value of properties [...]
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