VENICE — Just two weeks after the Sarasota County Commissioners praised the Hermitage Artists Retreat nonprofit for maintaining its campus amid a possible property sale, one county official is tossing up a red flag.
Fueled by an ongoing hurricane recovery dispute started by the Hermitage, the county’s parks and recreation director says the nonprofit has repeatedly violated its agreement and legal permitting.
Officials also said the Hermitage Artists Retreat Inc. leadership has known, since last year, how long recovery might take…