The Lake Sarasota Community Blog

The Lake Sarasota Group (LSCG) set dates for two fall events at its quarterly meeting Thursday: The next Community Garage Sale is set for November 11. Nov. 18th is reserved for the Fall Festival Block Party. More about that to come. Also, a reminder that this Saturday, June 10th, is our annual Lake Sarasota Cleanup - main dumpster will be situated next to the Firehouse on Toro. A secondary dumpster will be next to the dog park on Hand Rd. The LSCG set two meeting dates: Sept. 14 will be the next quarterly meeting, and Nov. 9th is a special meeting for fall events. The Group also got an update on the strong popular resistance to a developer's proposal to put a large industrial waste processing facility on public lands at the Celery Fields. CONA Sarasota will look at next steps and look at the larger question of county stewardship of public lands on Monday, June 12, at 7 pm. Details here .

Residents of Lake Sarasota meet this Thursday at Alliance Church at 7 pm. All are welcome to this community meeting. On the agenda: — Plans for a fall garage sale and community picnic — An update on the  status of the Celery Fields — A potential project to take care of neighbors in need The meeting is at Sarasota Alliance Church, opposite Chaucer, in the conference rooms behind the church.