by Christine Robinson | May 18, 2019 | News
Impact fees, regulations, delays in construction, regulatory barriers and taxes all contribute to affordable housing problems. Dr. Bob McClure, president and CEO of The James Madison Institute, offered an overview of an important study about how government actions...
by Christine Robinson | May 17, 2019 | News
A study from the Tallahassee-based James Madison Institute reviewed local impact fees and land-use regulations on workforce housing in Florida. McClure was in Sarasota on Thursday to address a group of about 115 business people and local politicians at a Meet the...
by Christine Robinson | May 3, 2019 | News
Closing out the luncheon, the crowd recognized the finalists and inductees into the 2019 Women in Business Leadership Circle, as selected by a judges panel of professional women. Winners this year include: …Christine Robinson, executive director of The Argus...
by Christine Robinson | Apr 23, 2019 | Argus Impact
The trip is on the more expensive side and some of the students cannot participate without the financial support from local caring individuals and area businesses. The goal was to raise $100,000. Caldwell Trust Co. wanted to help. Kelly Caldwell and his wife, Melissa,...
by Christine Robinson | Apr 20, 2019 | News
Affordable housing. Workforce housing. Attainable housing. No matter what you call it, everyone agrees we need some and most will say it is at a crisis level. The problem is, not many understand factors that are causing housing to be so expensive, and then there are...
by Christine Robinson | Apr 12, 2019 | News
The senator takes a provocative position in a speech to the Argus Foundation. SARASOTA — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott reiterated his view Friday during a speech in Sarasota that the U.S. military should help deliver aid to Venezuela, a provocative position that risks...
by Christine Robinson | Apr 12, 2019 | News
When considering capital projects, governments love parks and libraries. You can see them, people enjoy them, they are tangible amenities that increase the quality of life. People come to their ribbon cuttings, with those openings often heralded and found on the front...
by Christine Robinson | Apr 10, 2019 | News
The County Commission will consider giving Career Edge Funders Collaborative $300,000 over the next three years to train more than 300 local people for jobs in the manufacturing, transportation, health care and insurance industries. SARASOTA COUNTY — Several actions...
by Christine Robinson | Apr 3, 2019 | News
Former Florida governor making first appearance in the region since being elected to the US Senate U.S. Sen. Rick Scott will be in Sarasota on April 12 to speak to the Argus Foundation, his first public appearance in the region since winning a Senate seat. Scott...
