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Proposed zoning changes offer developers higher density for attainable housing.

The recently opened Leonard Reid House was the place to celebrate Day Seven.

Fogartyville will be hosting an event to celebrate democracy on the day it was shaken: January 6.

This could be the first project in posh downtown Sarasota to take advantage of a new regulation that allows for higher density.

The Sarasota City Commission seems ready to make this a defining issue for ‘home rule’.

Two years into the fight and with a loss under their belt, hotel developers are at it again.

In a workshop on Monday, Jan. 8, the City of Sarasota commission will discuss comprehensive plan changes that would allow higher density along thoroughfares to encourage construction of workforce housing.

With 1.45 million signatures, and 12 of 14 districts secured, the petitioners are now girding for the next battle: The referendum

Plaintiffs decide to appeal, ‘go all the way’.

But the 1,600-plus acres of preserve are about to be surrounded by urban sprawl.


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