The Dock on the Bay is one of Longboat Key’s longest-standing condominium facilities, celebrating 46 years of operating alongside Sarasota Bay.
Jeoff Chipman’s father, Robert Chipman, bought the property and redeveloped it, and the 73-year-old said it has been a unique experience growing up in the tight-knit, 19-unit community, watching as multiple generations of residents started calling it home.
The 2024 hurricanes, as in many other Longboat Key neighborhoods, significantly damaged at The Dock on the Bay. But residents are now celebrating reaching the final stretch of what Chipman has called a long road to recovery…