By Jane Bartnett As the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce wraps up the first year of their successful Business Ambassadors Program, Nancy-Jo Manney, the Chamber’s Membership Director is looking ahead. Our goal, she said, “is to get all Chamber members Read More
Flag Ceremony
In honor of Captain Ralph Styles (a Decorated WWII Submarine Captain in the Pacific Theater), who began this Tribute Ceremony about 30 years ago— Each sunset our community comes together with new friends from around the world, now at Siesta Read More
Siesta Key Fitness Center Buys Commercial Property in Village
By Brion Palmer, Siesta Sand Sarasota County property records show that Siesta Key Fitness Center LLC purchased the commercial property 5243 Avenida Navarra, in the Siesta Key Village on January 22, 2020 for $1,000,000 from Robasota Real Estate LTD. Siesta Read More
South Midnight Pass parking lot plans still under review
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Sarasota County staff’s plans for a public parking lot on the former site of a Sheriff’s Office training building — located at 6647 S. Midnight Pass Road — remain under review, according to the county’s Planning Read More
Coastal Setback Variance approved
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com On 4-1 vote, County Commission approves Coastal Setback Variance for Crystal Sands project that would be 141 feet seaward of county’s Gulf Beach Setback Line In addressing the latest request for a Coastal Setback Variance on Read More
Siesta Key Island Chatter
Written by Siesta Sand Staff Local Artist Creates Siesta Key Souvenir Coloring Book Local resident Pam Trapani recently completed a Siesta Key Coloring Book. Pam and her husband Drew, snowbirds for fourteen years, built a home and became permanent residents Read More
SCAT releases Siesta Key Breeze ridership data
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com With Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) having released three full years of ridership data for the Siesta Key Breeze, county commissioners once more have been figuratively singing the trolley’s praises. During a Feb. 5 discussion about Read More
FPL burying power lines in one neighborhood on Siesta Key
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has a program underway on the island that involves the burying of power lines, SKA President Catherine Luckner reported to members during their Feb. 6 meeting. She indicated that the Read More
Attorney offers lots of news for condominium associations
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com On Jan. 14, Sarasota attorney Dan Lobeck updated Siesta Key Condominium Council (SKCC) members on actions the 2019 Florida Legislature took that pertain to condominium associations. At the outset of the SKCC meeting, Lobeck — who Read More
Beach Access 1
North Shell Road homeowners remove barricade and apply for county permit to relocate old rocks to a position landward of 20-Year Pass Hazard Line By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com In late January, the owners of the property located at 3935 N. Read More