News & City Life

Fast Track

Art Center Sarasota Names Two New Board Members

They are Susan McLeod and Michael Shelton.

05/11/2020 By Staff

Grants

Foundations Have Awarded More Than $2.7 Million in Grants for COVID-19 Relief

The grants will help fund services including virtual mental-health counseling, childcare for first responders, and food and financial assistance.

05/08/2020 By Staff

Mergers

Forza Wealth Management, K-Mack Financial Announce Merger

The combined firm will keep the Forza Wealth Management name.

05/07/2020 By Staff

Jobs

Women’s Resource Center Offers a Free 'Who is Hiring?' Webinar on May 20

The webinar will offer information about hiring organizations, open positions and average wages.

05/07/2020 By Staff

Flashback

Flashback: Tropicana Orange Juice, The Pride of Bradenton

The world's largest producer of branded juice was founded in Bradenton in 1947.

05/07/2020 By Pam Daniel

Fast Track

Van Wezel Foundation CEO Appointed to the Gulf Coast CEO Forum

The forum provides members with opportunities to build relationships, generate ideas and formulate solutions to issues facing the community.

05/07/2020 By Staff

Coping with COVID-19

All Faiths Food Bank CEO Sandra Frank on Feeding our Neighbors in This Time of Need

‘People have to eat, and if they don’t have the resources, where are they going to get food?’

05/07/2020 By Ilene Denton

Philanthropy

Florida Guardian ad Litem Program Recognizes Barancik Foundation as 'Nonprofit of the Year'

The foundation was recognized for its work helping foster children in the 12th Judicial Circuit.

05/06/2020 By Staff

Red Tide

Roskamp Institute Receives National Grant for Florida Red Tide Study

The new funding will allow the Florida red tide team at the institute to continue to examine the neurological effects of Florida red tide.

05/06/2020 By Staff

Coronavirus

How COVID-19 Is Impacting People on the Edge

The pandemic is exacerbated by a broken Florida unemployment benefits system that has left hundreds of thousands of jobless residents still waiting for their first assistance checks.

05/06/2020 By David Hackett

Fast Track

Sarasota Plastic Surgery Center Names New Director of Marketing

In her new role, Sally Gruters will be responsible for leading, developing and executing Sarasota Plastic Surgery Center's marketing and creative campaigns.

05/06/2020 By Staff

Coronavirus

Donor to Invest $400,000 in COVID-19 Response and Recovery

The Knight donor-advised fund of the Manatee Community Foundation will support COVID-19 relief in Bradenton.

05/05/2020 By Staff

Good News

2020 Giving Challenge Raises a Record $18.4 Million

The funds support nearly 700 local nonprofits.

05/05/2020 By Staff

Government

Federal Judge Rejects Sarasota County Commission Redistricting Lawsuit

Race was not a predominant motive in the county's November redistricting maps, Judge William Jung ruled.

05/04/2020 By Staff

Hurricanes

It's National Hurricane Preparedness Week

Experts are predicting an above-average season.

05/04/2020 By Staff

Fast Track

Ian Black Real Estate Hires Steven Larkin as Sales Associate

Larkin has more than 40 years of experience in commercial real estate, focusing largely on the retail vertical.

05/04/2020 By Staff

Education

New College Students Receive Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Awards

In January 2021, Jacob Wentz will travel to Belgium and Grace Hamilton to Taiwan to further their studies.

05/04/2020 By Staff

Coronavirus

How COVID-19 Has Complicated the Process for Adoptions and Foster Families

The pandemic has caused a decline in the number of potential new homes for kids who need them.

05/04/2020 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Coping with COVID-19

When Will Tourism Return to Sarasota County, and in What Form?

Virginia Haley on how Visit Sarasota is planning for the near future.

05/01/2020 By Ilene Denton

Best Of Sarasota 2020

Editors' Picks: The Best New Restaurants, Shops, Arts Experiences and More in Sarasota

When the coronavirus pandemic is over, our editors have chosen the places you've got to visit. We're counting on them pulling through.

04/30/2020