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The room filled with tears and hugs several times as many community members stood up to honor former Sarasota County Commissioner Christine Robinson. “I tried really hard not to cry when Bill (Gunnin, North Port Area Chamber of Commerce director) called me, and I...
The issue of homelessness continues to permeate our community. It is a big part of our affordable housing discussion and continues to be a challenging problem. We struggle with how to deal with it on the local level, including the number of dollars needed to address...
Competition amongst counties and regions for economic development is fierce, almost as fierce as it was during the recession. Now is the time to diversify and make sure we are well-positioned for the next inevitable recession, which will hopefully come later than...
Christine Robinson, executive director of the The Argus Foundation, was honored Thursday by the North Port Area Chamber of Commerce with the 2018 Business Advocate Hall of Fame Award. The award is given to a community member who displays outstanding business...
The NAACP’s local organization has endorsed an initiative aimed at letting voters in the city of Sarasota decide whether to change their election schedule. The endorsement provides a boost to the effort and should help alleviate some concerns about the proposal’s...
Chapters keep being added to the voluminous story behind the affordable housing topic. Like elsewhere across the country, Sarasota and Manatee counties and the region’s municipalities continue to struggle with the hot-button issue. The latest chapter is being written...
A push to change the timing of Sarasota’s city elections got a lift Monday with an endorsement from the NAACP. But while leaders of that group see a shift to November elections as a way to boost minority turnout, critics of the measure remain skeptical that city...
