By Jane Bartnett Despite the dire pandemic warnings, as of late November, the outlook for the Siesta Key rental market during the all-important “season” remains strong, property managers on the Key tell the Siesta Sand. “Our properties are reserved a Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com On a unanimous Nov. 17 vote, the Sarasota County Commission directed county staff to find the $250,000 staff estimates it will cost to construct 22 parking spaces in right of way on Ocean Boulevard in Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney Sarasota News Leader For years, Sarasota County commissioners directed staff to pursue initiatives that could reduce the county’s mass transit expenses. In late August 2017, the board received an unsolicited letter from a firm that was Read More
By Jane Bartnett The waters that flow through Siesta Key’s Grand Canal may have a new lease on life thanks to a pilot “mini reef” project that the Siesta Key Association (SKA) has undertaken with a Florida based oceanographic non-profit Read More
Phil Chiocchio called the mini reefs “nature’s kidneys.” Crustaceans attach to them and then fish are drawn to them. The water quality generally improves outward of each mini reef in an area ranging from 5 to 7 feet. In January, Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com After making a motion to amend the Sarasota County Coastal Setback Code, Commissioner Charles Hines pointed out on Oct. 21, “This has not been easy.” Commissioners long have maintained a stance against shoreline hardening, he Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com A new controversy has erupted near Beach Access 2 on Siesta Key, near the intersection of Avenida Messina and North Beach Road, the SNL has learned. Siesta resident Mike Cosentino contended that Siesta resident and Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com After the placement of new sand on Lido Key Beach has been completed, the construction of two groins on the southern end of the island will get underway, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com Although seven members of the public criticized them over the proposal, the six Sarasota County Charter Review Board members present for the board’s last meeting of the year — on Oct. 14 — unanimously approved Read More
By Jane Bartnett Sarasota County held a virtual public hearing to announce the creation of a new building in the Nora Patterson Bay Island Park, at 946 Siesta Drive, Siesta Key, that would hold two “family style” public restrooms. The Read More
