Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tired of hearing about what's going to happen on the city owned property along Palm Ave? Seems the city commissioners are too. They scrapped the many proposals from private development firms and decided to build a parking garage on part of the property and sell the balance. Here's an article that was printed in the Herald today:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090218/ARTICLE/902180375/2055/NEWS?Title=Sarasota-chooses-garage-over-conference-center-for-Palm
Seems that the lack of funds and no clear vision of what to build there has prevented Sarasotans from enjoying what could have been something very special in that location. Too bad. I for one hope that the fight hasn't ended with this vote and that business leaders continue to pursue the conference center idea or, at the very minimum, include a retail component at the street level.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090218/ARTICLE/902180375/2055/NEWS?Title=Sarasota-chooses-garage-over-conference-center-for-Palm
Seems that the lack of funds and no clear vision of what to build there has prevented Sarasotans from enjoying what could have been something very special in that location. Too bad. I for one hope that the fight hasn't ended with this vote and that business leaders continue to pursue the conference center idea or, at the very minimum, include a retail component at the street level.
Labels: Parking Garage
