La Cruto'n, the cafe in Payne Park, has closed.  The City will be "evaluating options" for another cafe.

Sep 2, Future Repaving US301/Washington Blvd between Mound Street and 10th Street:  Sometime this Summer?

Amber Albritton, FDOT project manager, will have an info table on this project at the Sep 2 Traffic Calming Open House 5-6:30pm at Bayfront Community Center (back of Municipal Auditorium) on Tamiami Trail.  Project includes (among many other things) adding a pedestrian crossing light at South Payne Parkway, a.k.a. Alderman Street, across to Senior Friendship Center, on the north side of the Mound/Washington 41/301 mega-intersection.  See our Washington Blvd Repave page.  More info, see FDOT website at https://www.swflroads.com/project/451017-1  

Sep 9  Midtown Plaza redevelopment project on Planning Board meeting agenda (tentative), 1pm @ City Hall.  See also Midtown Plaza page.  

Sept 15, 5-6:30pm Traffic Calming Plan Open House: See What’s Proposed for YOUR street & area.

at Ken Clark Auditorium at Robarts Arena/Fairgrounds, on Fruitville.    TCP Open House Flyer

At this next step in the Traffic Calming Plan, wherein changes in speed limits & various other traffic calming methods for many City streets are being considered, they're ready for more neighborhood feedback.  Open house format (not a presentation), so drop by at any time during workshop to see tentative plans and talk to the planners. This is District 3, but if you can't make that, go to one of the other sessions:  Sept 2 at Bayfront Community Center (back of Muni Auditorium on Trail) or Sept 16 at Robert Taylor (both 5-6:30pm).  Can't attend? You can still review project information and provide comments:  SarasotaFL.gov/TrafficCalmingPlan or email Corinne.Arriaga@sarasotafl.gov.

Next AVNA Meeting Sep 28    ​6pm at YMCA, Euclid & Bahia Vista.  

Nov 3 Election Day.  Oct 5 deadline to register or change party; Oct 22 deadline to request vote-by-mail.  See sarasotavotes.gov

Sep Update: Hatton Street (Gilbane) Construction fenced-areas finally wrapping up.  Gilbane has dismantled their "construction corrals" on Hatton, east and west of Shade Av.  They will retain a smaller "corral" at the west end of the old shell parking area until they finish the Tennis Courts project. (BTW, that is County land containing the Euclid  stormwater Canal.)

March 2026 - 2028  New Water Meters project

All residences will be getting new, updated water meters.  City-wide project began March 2026, expected to take 2 years.  Residents will be notified by mail for dates they will be doing your block.  (a few people here & there have already had new meters installed if they had meter issues.)  No, you don't need to be home, but they do need to access the water meter out in your front yard.  Water will be off for merely minutes!  Details at the vendor's website National Metering Services (NMS).

SHORT TERM RENTALS  From the City's home page GIS/Maps button, neighbors can now easily look up all registered short-term rentals throughout the City.  The City's Vacation Rental Property Search Website shows Contact & phone number, in case your next-door home's AIRBNB/VRBO/etc. guests are behaving very badly, plus which Inspector to call if homeowner isn't helpful.  Note that there is a 7-day/night minimum for ST rentals in the City.  As of early April, the map shows about 40 short-term rentals in our modest neighborhood alone, and a glance at the citywide map astounds me -- plus, apparently many are still not registered; most short-term guests are good folks, but they're not "real neighbors."  Homes exempt from registration and therefore not shown include rentals of 30+ days, condos, owner-occupied homes, and more.      Is it any wonder that we have a rental crisis?; many of these short-term rentals used to be actual rentals, now off the regular rentals market...  See map.

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