The Lake Sarasota Community Blog

The next general meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 10. The agenda includes:  Mauna Loa Entrance changes Update on park initiatives Treasury Report Traffic concerns Citizens Patrol Yard of the Month Whatever else needs to be discussed Also, ReHabitat is still working on the home on Samoa and can use volunteers. Sign up here.

As part of the Call to Service for Martin Luther King Day, ReHabitat of Sarasota called for 45 volunteers to help work on the Ward house on Samoa, and as many as 75 showed up early Monday morning. By a little after noon, they'd done 40 hours worth of work in four hours, said Cas Azera, construction manager for Habitat for Humanity, Sarasota Inc. Azera said the project should take another month or so. ReHabitat is at the house at 6669 Samoa every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We'll have more information as it becomes available. Thanks to ReHabitat and to all who came out. For those who'd like to get involved, more about ReHabitat here . Here are signup links for this  Thursday and Saturday - volunteers are needed!

The Lake Sarasota Community Group held its final meeting of the year, at which it held elections among other business: Three new Yards of the Month were selected. Citizens Patrol needs you. Contact Ted , let him know when you can do a few laps around the neighborhood. The landscaping of the front entrances looks good, but needs watering. Volunteers are welcome. Contact Tisha if you can volunteer to help out. Habitat for Humanity is working on a ReHabitat mission in Lake Sarasota, on Samoa. Contact Laura if you'd like to be involved in this home makeover, which is improving our community and helping longtime neighbors in Lake Sarasota. During the meeting the idea for a Lake Sarasota Trades Referral Service was revived. If you have a business or know of one operated by Lake Sarasota residents that you can recommend, let Bill know, or drop a line to the blog . The best way to get your business represented is to bring your business cards to our general meetings, the second Tuesday ...