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City leaders reversed course days after announcing that a popular Bradenton Riverwalk park would close for over a month. The city of Bradenton initially said that almost all of Rossi Park, 444 Third Ave. W., would close from May 18 to June 25 for the installation of shade structures. But Bradenton Mayor Gene Brown told

Office of County Attorney awaiting response to request for opinion from Office of the Florida Attorney General. The summary of an independent legal opinion that the Office of the Sarasota County Attorney requested on behalf of the County Commission, in regard to facets of the state’s Live Local Act, says the law “has b

A Manatee County man has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing three female family members, the State Attorney's Office announced. Sterick Jerome Nixon was convicted by a jury of lewd or lascivious molestation by a person 18 years or older upon a child less than 12 years of age on March 17, the State At

Standing on the wall of a reservoir the size of about four golf courses, it’s easy to see the impact of Southwest Florida’s extreme water shortage. Operated by the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority, the reservoir is built to hold 6 billion gallons of water. It is now half empty, and the distance betw

One Park Sarasota, an 18-story luxury condominium development nestled within Downtown Sarasota’s vibrant bayside community of The Quay, recently topped off. The construction milestone was achieved with 75% of condominium units already sold. The property will offer a selection of fully finished three-bedroom private res

Despite the breadth of its mission — building affordable rental workforce housing throughout Florida — One Stop Housing actually started as a family business. Harvey Vengroff, Mark’s father, was a heavyweight in the Sarasota affordable housing scene and when he died in 2018 some of his last few words to his son were to

When a few people on the board of the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp. approached Amanda Parrish about the possibility of being interim CEO, her initial response was a hard no. “Absolutely not,” she thought at the time, late last year. “I didn’t know the first thing about economic development.”

Over 100 new apartments are under construction near the Bradenton Riverwalk and the city’s growing downtown arts hub. The Park Vista Apartments will be a five-story, 154-unit complex at 704 Third Ave. W., according to building records. The site is between the recently opened Herrig Center for the Arts and the Manatee P

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A group of longtime Sarasota small businesses says they are being forced to relocate as developers move forward with plans to replace a cluster of historic cottages with a new apartment complex. But instead of going their separate ways, several owners say they are working together...