The Lake Sarasota Community Blog

As of now, these are the items on the Thursday, Sept. 13th Lake Sarasota Community Group agenda for its general meeting (all residents are welcome) at Sarasota Alliance Church, 7 pm:  Mr. Donald Hadsell, Director of the Office of Housing and Community Development for the City and County of Sarasota will talk about zero-interest rehab loans from the county. No monthly payments and the loans don't have to be paid off until you sell your house. Ryan Cooke is coming to talk to use about the new LA Fitness that's opening at Bee Ridge and Cattlemen and to give us a great price break on membership. Discussion of the Bee Ridge Road Plans that was presented to the community on Sept. 6. ***NEW*** Do we want SCAT to consider expanding its bus service within Lake Sarasota ? Sarasota Planners say it is possible that SCAT could route public buses to go more deeply in to Lake Sarasota, which could shorten walks to bus stops. How do you feel about that?  A possible up...

A good turnout at the quarterly meeting of the Lake Sarasota Community this evening. Here are the highlights: Median Beautification A question arose as to when dead trees in the medians would be replaced. Our Beautification Chair will be contacting the county, which had indicated this would be going forward once the rainy season was underway. Community Safety Ted reports that there were an unusual number of incidents in April-May, but things have quieted since then, perhaps because a perpetrator was arrested. Ted also described a "block-watch" approach to neighborhood security - more on this if and when it develops. Meanwhile, Citizens Patrol is still active, and folks are advised to lock cars in driveways, and use alarms. Bee Ridge Improvement on Track The Bee Ridge Widening has been funded by the County , and construction should begin in Oct. 2013. An important meeting with the Community will take place later this summer - possibly in August - offering resident...