News & City Life

Professional Development

Local Public Relations Practitioner Earns Professional Certification

Kim Livengood is one of just 80 PR practitioners in the state to have earned the certification.

06/20/2019 By Staff

Grants

Community Foundation of Sarasota County Awards More Than $84,000 in Grants

The gifts support programs focused on vision, women, Alzheimer’s and dementia, and southern Sarasota County.

06/19/2019 By Staff

The Bay

Bay Park Conservancy Receives Unrestricted $2 Million Gift from Anonymous Donors

The unrestricted gift will be used over the next three years to build out and operate Phase One of Bay Park.

06/19/2019 By Staff

Nonprofits

Forty Carrots Names New Members, Officers to Board of Trustees

Ofﬁcers include Chris Jarmul, Ben Jones, and Susan Travers.

06/19/2019 By Staff

Construction

Sarasota Yacht Club Completes $1.2 Million Addition to Clubhouse

Mark Sultana of DSDG designed the addition; Michael Dooley of MM Dooley Group, Inc. served as the lead contractor.

06/18/2019 By Staff

Grants

Community Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to All Star Children’s Foundation

The $50,000 grant, issued from the James Franklin Warnell and Dorothy J. Warnell Fund, will be directed to hiring clinical professionals trained in trauma care.

06/18/2019 By Staff

Grand Opening

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Will Host Grand Opening Celebration, Ribbon Cutting

The event celebrates the completion of LWRMC's $28.5 million expansion project.

06/18/2019 By Staff

Travel

Frontier Airlines Announces New Nonstop Service Between Sarasota and Cincinnati

Flights will start October 10.

06/18/2019 By Staff

Pedal Pusher

Pedal Pubs Could Be Coming to Sarasota

Brittany Orlando, owner of Sip-N-Cycle Cruises, as well as Jason and Claire Kobza of Birmingham Pedal Tours, attended a Sarasota City Commission meeting on Monday, June 17, to discuss bringing their tours to downtown Sarasota.

06/18/2019 By Giulia Heyward

Technology

Deckchair Live Web Cameras Installed at Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club

The new web cams allow consumers to access live views of the properties and daily time-lapse video from anywhere in the world.

06/17/2019 By Staff

Government

DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Sanctuary Cities in Florida

The bill is expected to face legal challenges as it goes into effect next month.

06/17/2019 By Staff

Education

State College of Florida to Host 'Sales Simplified' Workshop

Participants will learn a variety of sales and networking strategies.

06/17/2019 By Staff

Awards

Ringling College Honored with 2019 Educational Fundraising Award

The school was chosen based upon a blind analysis of fundraising data from the past three years, and is the only art and design college to win this year.

06/17/2019 By Staff