The Lake Sarasota Community Blog

Welcome to Sarasota County's community e-newsletter. If you have questions, ideas for articles, or feedback relating to this newsletter, contact us at  communications@scgov.net .  IRMA STORM RECOVERY UPDATES Sarasota County's landfill  will be open this  Saturday, Oct. 7 from  8 a.m. to 2 p.m.  for all customers and from  2-5 p.m. for residential vegetative storm debris only. The landfill will be closed  Sunday . Tipping fees for residential vegetative storm debris are waived through  Saturday . Waste Management trucks for garbage and recycling are back to normal schedule, but the yard waste routes continue to be delayed by up to two days. Waste Management trucks continue to collect properly prepared yard waste meeting the normal pickup standard of 4' or less in length, 40 pounds or less in weight and bagged, containerized, bundled, or tied, from residences in the unincorporated areas of the county. If you also h...

Dear Lake, Welcome to Sarasota County's community e-newsletter. If you have questions, ideas for articles, or feedback on the system, contact us at communications@scgov.net .  National Volunteer Week is  April 12-18 The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) of Sarasota County, which is part of a national network of local volunteers, exemplifies how a committed team of volunteers can make a difference in the health, safety and resiliency of  our communities. Time for 'Money Smart Week @ Your Library' Financial professionals and non-profit agencies will host a variety of presentations during "Money Smart Week @ Your Library,"  April 18-25  at Sarasota County libraries.  SCAT Route 13 Venice is changing April 18 SCAT will not be traveling through the Publix parking lot at  535 S. Tamiami Trail, in Venice. Clerk's 'Operation Green Light' For one day only, from  9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Saturday, April 18, the Sarasota Clerk...

Dear Lake, Welcome to Sarasota County's community e-newsletter. If you have questions, ideas for articles, or feedback on the system, contact us at  communications@scgov.net .  Registration deadline nears for county's fourth annual Pickleball Slam tournament If you are one of the millions caught up in the pickleball craze, there is still time to enter Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources' Fourth Annual Pickleball Slam. Sarasota County celebrates opening of new Emergency Operations Center This two-story, 40,000-square-foot facility contains the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), the Public Safety Communications Center (PSC) and the Sarasota County Contact Center  (941-861-5000 ). A ribbon-cutting ceremony  Tuesday  honored the completion of the Sarasota County Emergency Operations Center. Food Showcase and tour coming to the Sarasota County Fair A tour will be available at  2:30 p.m. on Saturda...

North Cattlemen improvements to be celebrated at  May 24  ribbon-cutting   A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for  10 a.m. on Friday, May 24  to mark the completion of a two-year, major construction project to extend and improve North Cattlemen Road from Richardson to DeSoto roads. The event will take place at the western bridge to the regatta island in Nathan Benderson Park lake.           Most county offices to close for Memorial Day holiday,  May 27            Most Sarasota County government offices, libraries, recreation centers and transit services will be closed  Monday, May 27 , to observe the national Memorial Day holiday. However, Payne Park Tennis Center will be open from  7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.  and the Arlington Park Recreation Center will be open from  noon-5 p.m.   Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) will not operate on Memorial Day. ...