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Sunday, January 7, 2024
Family and activist group stage protest, after two months of silence
Proposed zoning changes offer developers higher density for attainable housing.
The recently opened Leonard Reid House was the place to celebrate Day Seven.
Thursday, January 4, 2024
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.
Tom Walker
Monday, January 1, 2024
This Wednesday, January 3 at 9am, we’ll talk to Michael Zweig, author of Class, Race and Gender: Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism. Then we’ll interview Asya Stewart, co-founder of the new Sarasota Children’s Museum.
Sunday, December 31, 2023
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.
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
This Wednesday, December 27 at 9am, we’ll talk about the conflict in Gaza. First we’ll talk to Ron Kenan who leads pro-Israel demonstrations the Sarasota farmers’ market each week. Then we’ll talk to Dan Callaghan, of Florida Peace Action. For more visit ifamericansknew.org, ongaza.org or jewishvoiceforpeace.org.
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