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Sarasota County is a county located in Southwest Florida. At the 2020 US census, the population was 434,006. [1] Its county seat is Sarasota [2] and its largest city is North Port. Sarasota County is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, FL metropolitan statistical area. The county includes barriers islands with beaches and beach ...
Thanks to increasing dissatisfaction with leadership of Manatee County, in 1921 several influential Sarasotans pushed for the creation of a new county and on May 12, 1921, Governor Cary Hardee signed a bill creating Sarasota County, with Sarasota serving as the county seat.
Benderson Development Co. bought the building and related land parcels for $25 million in 2021 and leased it back to the county through 2025 for $1 million a year.. County offices will move to the ...
Other counties' property appraisers classify roof replacements as maintenance, but in Sarasota County it's rated an improvement that boosts value. Forced by insurance to replace roofs, Sarasota ...
He introduced legislation to create a postage stamp honoring and assisting disabled veterans, and secured funding for the construction of a national veterans' cemetery in Sarasota County. [46] [47] He also introduced a bill to increase federal assistance for fighting gang crime and secured grant funding for local anti-gang efforts in Manatee ...
Voters are deciding whether to repeal single-member districts and replace it with countywide elections.
Sarasota state Rep. Tommy Gregory’s bill was prompted by action by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, whose team briefly stopped playing the anthem.
Sarasota (/ ˌ s ær ə ˈ s oʊ t ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida, the southern end of the Tampa Bay area, and north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico.