by Christine Robinson | Sep 15, 2018 | News
Sarasota County just received a presentation of the 2018 Citizen’s Survey. Survey participants were asked what they thought could be the single biggest contributor to the county’s economic growth. The top answer was “Workforce Training or Re-Training”. Luckily, we...
by Christine Robinson | Sep 8, 2018 | News
The effort to reschedule Sarasota’s city elections officially moved from its petition drive stage into a full-fledged campaign for change, this week launching anew as Change the Date Sarasota. And while a campaign announcement touts the bipartisan organization and the...
by Christine Robinson | Sep 3, 2018 | Argus Impact
More than 25 team members and leaders at PGT Innovations’ North Venice location worked together to assemble and deliver SchoolTools backpacks to make a difference in the lives of local children in need through World Vision, a global Christian relief, development...
by Christine Robinson | Sep 3, 2018 | News
Red tide. It has dealt a tough blow to our community’s tourism and other businesses. It does not matter where you are in the county, you have felt the effects. It is a reminder of our most recent recession and how, when businesses suffer, so do our residents’ overall...
by Christine Robinson | Aug 31, 2018 | News
Argus – Red Tide The Florid red tide alga, Karenia brevis, that has been destroying sea life all along the Gulf Coast for nearly 10 months now, was the subject of a sold-out Meet the Minds event, sponsored by Argus Foundation and held at the Sarasota Yacht Club....
by Christine Robinson | Aug 30, 2018 | News
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium President and CEO Michael Crosby has noticed that when red tide appears, state funding for research increases. When red tide fades, so does the funding. Regardless, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are working on solutions to...
by Christine Robinson | Aug 30, 2018 | News
It was a sold out crowd at the Argus Foundation Luncheon held at the Sarasota Yacht Club on August 30, 2018. A panel discussion, with scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory and the owner of a full scale agricultural operation, focused on the causes and solutions to...
by Christine Robinson | Aug 30, 2018 | News
Pollution from Lake Okeechobee does not start red tides but may enhance them along the Gulf Coast, according to Mote Marine Laboratory scientists. “What we are seeing now is not unprecedented, but it is bad,” said Vincent Lovko, a phytoplankton ecologist at Mote. He...
by Christine Robinson | Jul 24, 2018 | News
Administrative Review has become a hot topic in today’s news. The history of how and why it came to the City of Sarasota has been rewritten in an attempt to fit a narrative of convenience for those who want to see Sarasota frozen in time. In 2001, I was working in...
by Christine Robinson | Jul 9, 2018 | News
The Argus Foundation has written about affordable housing since we began to contribute to the Business Weekly columns. Frequently, we write to bring attention to the issue, or to chastise government for contributing to the problem. Not so today. This year, the...
