The Bay

Phase One of The Bay Park to Open This Year

The site plan was approved 4-1 by the Sarasota city commission on March 8.

03/11/2021 By Staff

Real Estate

2021 Parade of Homes Winners Announced

This year's tour featured 151 entries across nine Sarasota-Manatee communities.

03/11/2021 By Kim Doleatto

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Warby Parker to Open at Mall at University Town Center

The new shop will open on Saturday, March 20, with a giveaway with all sunglasses purchases, while supplies last.

03/11/2021 By Megan McDonald

Workshops

Forty Carrots Presents 19th Annual Virtual Community Speaker Event

Bryson will present insights from the book The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired.

03/10/2021 By Staff

Politics

The American Rescue Plan Act Includes Help for the Restaurant Industry

The law creates a $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund to help restaurants and other food businesses struggling because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

03/10/2021 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Tender is the night

New Chicken Tender 'Ghost Kitchen' Comes to Sarasota

Tender Shack is a new delivery-only offering from the company behind Outback Steakhouse.

03/10/2021 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Moving day

An Almost-100-Year-Old Oak Tree Gets Relocated to Downtown Wellen Park

It’s the first of 26 mature trees that are being relocated through a program funded by Wellen Park developers.

03/10/2021 By Kim Doleatto

Fast Track

Sarasota School District Announces New Principal for Woodland Middle School

Mark Grossenbacher will remain in his existing principalship at Englewood Elementary until the end of the 2020-21 school year.

03/09/2021 By Staff

Rowing

New College, SANCA Form Intercollegiate Rowing Club

Students from multiple schools who are interested in rowing are invited to participate.

03/09/2021 By Staff

Awards

Candy Brooks Named 2021 'Big Sister of the Year' for Florida

Brooks, of Englewood, has mentored her "little sister" Aaliyah since 2017.

03/09/2021 By Staff

First Person

Six Local Women Share Their Tips for Aging Well

Hint: it’s all about inner beauty.

03/09/2021 By Heather Dunhill

Health News

Florida Angiography Institute of Sarasota Unveils Renovated Cath Lab

The Philips Azurion Cath Lab offers physicians and patients state-of-the-art technology.

03/08/2021 By Staff

Fast Track

J. Paul Nicholas Joins FST's Artistic Team

Nicholas is an award-winning director, actor and fight choreographer.

03/08/2021 By Staff

Awards

Nautilus Homes Founder Wins National Award

Ryan Perrone was selected as the winner of 2020 National Association of Home Builders Young Professionals Award.

03/08/2021 By Staff

All for One

Talking to Anne-Marie Russell, Executive Director of the New Architecture Sarasota

Russell, the former executive director of Sarasota Art Museum, will lead the new group, a merger between Sarasota Architectural Foundation and Center for Architecture Sarasota.

03/08/2021 By Kay Kipling

Fast Track

Ping Faulhaber Elected to Gulf Coast Community Foundation Board

Faulhaber is an engineer, executive director of Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber Fab Lab, and longtime Sarasota County philanthropist.

03/05/2021 By Staff

Fast Track

Jewish Federation Hires New Camp Director

Robby Etzkin was previously executive director of The Roth Family JCC of Greater Orlando.

03/05/2021 By Staff

Go with the flow

'Get Bent' at a Sarasota Couple’s New Yoga Studio

Janine and Joshua Martin opened Get Bent Yoga Studio on Monday. They share some tips on how to meditate at home.

03/05/2021 Photography by Kim Doleatto

Fast Track

Manatee Technical College Names Business/Industry Services Coordinator

In her new role, Koester will connect the local business community to more than 50 MTC workforce training programs.

03/04/2021 By Staff

Expansions

Certified Collectibles Group Expands Sarasota Footprint to 82,000 Square Feet

The company recently purchased a 21,000-square-foot facility in Lakewood Ranch.

03/04/2021 By Staff