The transfer of 3,000 rural acres to North Port would have allowed up to 9,000 new homes.
Original Air Date: January 30, 2026
Host: This week, the Sarasota County Commission slammed the brakes on a 9,000-home development that would have filled up one of the last big, contiguous chunks of rural land in South County. At issue: Water and sewage. Our report that aired on the Wednesday evening newscast contained a substantial error. We apologize for that. Here is the updated version.
On Tuesday afternoon at the Robert L. Anderson Administration Center in Venice, for nearly five hours, the Sarasota County Commission chambers was the site of a high-stakes discussion over the future of South County. It ended in a non-decision…