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Sarasota Observer: Dolphin Aviation gives back to Sarasota students

Sarasota Observer: Dolphin Aviation gives back to Sarasota students

Ron Ciaravella never thought he would be in a place where he could award scholarships, but on Aug. 1 he handed out six $1,000 scholarships to rising college freshmen from the Sarasota area. Owner of Dolphin Aviation, an aviation services company, Ciaravella began the...

SRQ Daily Op-Ed – Planning Board Politicking Must End

SRQ Daily Op-Ed – Planning Board Politicking Must End

The City of Sarasota has an identity problem. It’s not the entire city; the problem lies in its appointed city planning board. This advisory board has decided it wants to become a second city commission. Ignoring the advice of staff and the advice of the City...

Sarasota Observer: Dolphin Aviation gives back to Sarasota students

Sarasota Observer: City Commission declines to change development review

“A subjective political process for approval changes the redevelopment landscape of the community and makes investing in Sarasota risky and uncertain,” Argus Foundation Executive Director Christine Robinson said. “If you don’t like what’s going on, change the code,...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Robinson: Sarasota County leaders merit praise for financial stability

Sarasota Herald-Tribune: A revision of the vision for downtown Sarasota?

But in a letter to commissioners, Christine Robinson, executive director of the business group Argus, argued against politicizing the planning process. “Requiring community workshops are one thing,” she wrote, “but a subjective political process for approval changes...

SRQ Daily Op-Ed – Planning Board Politicking Must End

SRQ Daily Op-Ed – Administrative Review Vital to Ensure Certainty

On Monday, the City Commission will be considering a staff proposal for altering, or, eliminating administrative review for projects. Administrative review was an important part of The Downtown Master Plan 2020, which received input from hundreds and hundreds of...