The Sarasota-Manatee community must demand answers about the Benderson Development Co.’s leading role in a project involving more multimillion-dollar infusions of public money into Nathan Benderson Park.
Every year since at least 2013, the park has contributed millions of dollars to the local economy by being the premier water-sports competition venue – rowing, paddling and swimming – in the Americas.
Much of that spending has been next door at the Benderson Development Co.’s University Town Center (UTC) mall and 300-acre commercial district – all of which represents the only hotels, restaurants and shops nearby…