Manasota Key homeowners denied seawall to save homes from erosion

MANASOTA KEY, Fla. (WWSB) – Two homeowners say they are running out of time to save their beachfront homes from erosion after Sarasota County commissioners denied their request to build a seawall.

Michael Scharfenberger and another homeowner asked for permission to build the seawall, hoping it could slow erosion and stabilize the land beneath their homes.

“We’ll stay here until, I guess, the house falls into the water,” Scharfenberger said…

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