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UPDATE: The rep for TerraCap, the Dailey Design Group , has postponed the Neighborhood Workshop on rezoning the Bee Ridge Park of Commerce .  They expect to announce a new date soon - the earliest date would be Wed. Feb. 20th. The date for the "Neighborhood Workshop" for the Bee Ridge Park of Commerce Rezoning has just been announced. It will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13th, at the Disabled American Veterans Hall, 7177 Bee Ridge Rd., which is a small building east of Aberdeen, on the north side of Bee Ridge opposite Middlesex. This meeting is the one point in the development process where the neighborhood has the chance to listen to and speak to the developer, TerraCap , a Canadian investment firm . The developer will present his plan, which was outlined for the County in December. It involves a rezoning that would allow larger and more intense development of the Bee Ridge Park of Commerce, a 54-acre site at Mauna Loa Blvd. and Bee Ridge Rd. that up to now h...

CodeRED™ Notification System Register here with CodeRED™ Residents and Business Owners Sarasota County Utilities utilizes the CodeRED Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. CodeRED delivers the important message through a high-speed telephone calling system to all phone numbers on the CodeRED database. Sarasota County staff will access CodeRED via a secure portal on the web. A call area will be marked identifying street addresses on a map. Telephone numbers will be matched up electronically to these addresses through the use of the Geographical Information Systems (GIS). A pre-recorded message will be sent out via the telephone with information about the incident and possibly instructions for action to be taken. This system can call your cell phone number if you register your cell phone number in the CodeRED database. Uses This system allows us to send critical communications to all or targeted areas within th...