Fast Track

Boys & Girls Clubs to Honor Larry Thompson, Heather Kasten

Plus, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center receives multiple national awards, and more.

07/21/2025 By Staff

Local Legacy

Local Firms Win Big at the 2025 AIA Florida Awards

From a Venice pavilion to a Longboat Gulf-front estate, Sarasota-area architects return with award-winning work across the map.

06/19/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Fast Track

Sarasota Lifeguard Named Lifeguard of the Year, Receives National Medal of Valor

Plus, the City of Sarasota appoints Dave Bullock as interim city manager, and more.

06/02/2025 By Staff

History's Here

Check Out the Winners of This Year’s Sarasota County Heritage Awards

The winners are champions of local historic preservation and adaptive reuse, historical research, archaeological conservancy and more.

05/13/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Beachy Keen

Siesta Beach Named to 'World's 50 Best Beaches' List

After a catastrophic 2024 hurricane season, the beloved beach received international recognition for its white quartz sand, natural beauty, gentle slope, calm water and more.

05/12/2025 By Megan McDonald

Fast Track

Ilene Denton Named to Selby Foundation Board of Directors

Plus, the St. Regis Longboat Key is named “Project of the Year” by Associated Builders & Contractors and more.

05/12/2025 By Staff

Fast Track

Local Boys & Girls Clubs Named a 'Champion for Youth'

Plus, new hires at Tidewell Foundation, Manatee Community Foundation and more.

04/21/2025 By Staff

Fast Track

Selby Gardens Receives Travel + Leisure Global Vision Award

Plus, SMH wins Gallup's Exceptional Workplace Award and the Laurel Civic Association hires a new chief development officer.

03/24/2025 By Staff

Botanic Bosses

OLIN Wins Architecture Sarasota’s Philip Hanson Hiss Award

The landscape architecture firm is celebrated for its transformative designs, including the reimagined Selby Gardens.

03/11/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Fast Track

SMH Ranked Among World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek

Plus: Sarasota Supervisor of Elections Ron Turner receives a national award, FST officially names its new arts plaza, and more.

03/10/2025 By Staff

Grant Report

Barancik Foundation Awards $8 Million in Grants

Plus, Season of Sharing raises $7.2 million, Planned Parenthood raises nearly $900,000 at its annual dinner, and more.

03/10/2025 By Staff

Woot Woot

Sarasota Builders Won Big at This Year’s National Association of Home Builders Awards

Nautilus Custom Homes, Perrone Construction and Trinity Custom Homes stood out from the competition, taking home a total of ten awards.

03/04/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Fast Track

Selby Gardens Earns Certified Autism Center Designation

Plus, Brett Kemker has been named USF Sarasota-Manatee's interim regional chancellor, and more.

02/03/2025 By Staff

Fast Track

Climate Adaptation Center Announces 2025 Climate Champions

Plus, Empath Health names its first chief philanthropy officer, and more.

01/13/2025 By Staff

Fast Track

Venice High School's Kelly Rozelle Named 2025 Sarasota County Teacher of the Year

Plus, Mike Rahn has been elected chairman of the Manatee County Port Authority, and more.

12/23/2024 By Staff

Fast Track

Jennifer Mitchell Named President and CEO of Circus Arts Conservatory

Plus, Conservation of the Gulf Coast rebrands as Big Waters Land Trust, Selby Gardens is recognized by the WSJ, and more.

12/08/2024 By Staff

Forever Daredevil

Circus Legend Elvin Bale Reflects on His Groundbreaking Career

Bale, who lives in Myakka, will be inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame's class of 2025. Due to post-hurricane damage to the Circus Ring of Fame plaques, the event will take place in 2026.

12/06/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Awards

Naomi Iizuka Named Fifth Recipient of Hermitage Major Theater Award

An award-winning playwright based in California, Iizuka will receive a cash prize of $35,000, a residency at the Hermitage Artist Retreat and a developmental workshop in a major arts capital.

11/04/2024 By Staff

Fast Track

City of Sarasota Commissioners Name Interim City Manager, New City Attorney

Plus, the Conservation Foundation reaches a land-protection milestone and Oyster River Ecology's Damon Moore receives a prestigious award from NOAA and the American Fisheries Society.

10/21/2024 By Staff

Fast Track

SRQ's Frederick Piccolo Wins Florida Airports Council's Aviation Leadership Award

Plus, Soleta Golf Club appoints a head golf professional and the Conservation Foundation adds new board members.

08/26/2024 By Staff