Sarasota County Tax Collector Barbara Ford-Coates will celebrate the opening of a new mid-county tax collector office with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. this Wednesday, May 2. The office, located at 6100 Sawyer Loop Road, Sarasota, is 10,770 square feet and processes tax payments, issues drivers' licenses, vehicle titles and registrations and more. The 6-acre property also includes a road course for drivers' license testing. The facility cost almost $6.7 million to build.