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Top 10 Places to Retire – Sarasota, FL is at the Top of the List
Friday, March 9th, 2012 at 11:12am. 191 Views, 0 Comments.
This past week “Top Retirements.com” rated Sarasota, Florida at the top of their list for Best Places to Retire. Please see their article and links to their website below.
Your Editor Picks: How We Rank the 10 Best Places to Retire – And Why
"February 28, 2012 — Last week we announced the list of the 100 Most Popular Retirement Towns, our annual list of the places that our visitors and members seem the most intrigued with. This week we decided to take that idea a little further by analyzing that list against 12 important retirement criteria. The result is a top 10 that looks very different, with 4 towns from the top 20 moving up to the top 10. Here are your editor’s selections for the “10 Best Places to Retire” – (the # in ( ) was its ranking on the…
Sarasota Market Recovery with Barbara Corcoran on the TODAY SHOW, "Top 10 Biggest Markets on Sale"
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 2:21pm. 352 Views, 0 Comments.
This is a video clip about The Sarasota Real Estate Market Recovery by Barbara Corcoran on NBC’s TODAY SHOW with Al Roker. “Top 10 Biggest Markets on Sale”
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Trader Joe's is coming to Sarasota, Florida
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 9:22am. 920 Views, 0 Comments.
Trader Joe’s is coming to Sarasota, FL 
The Sarasota Herald reported this morning that the popular grocery store chain Trader Joe’s is opening their second Florida store in Sarasota. Trader Joe’s confirmed this week that they will be opening a store at the former Rooms To Go furniture store location at 4101 South Tamiami Trail which is just south of Bee Ridge Road and across the street from the Best Buy and Barnes and Noble shopping plaza. Rooms To Go built and moved to a larger store further south on Tamiami Trail this past year.
Sarasota is the second Trader Joe’s location in Florida, their first is in Naples, Florida. Trader Joe’s has become one of the most profitable retailers in the country based on square footage selling space according to retailer…
Palmer Ranch is on the grow with new Homes, Jobs, and Businesses
Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 2:54pm. 340 Views, 1 Comments.
This past week the Sarasota Observer published the article below about the new growth that is happening in the Palmer Ranch area of Sarasota. There is a definite uptick in activity with the new Kohl’s and Lowe’s stores now open and soon to have a new Costco that is now under construction. As you will read there is also talk of new homes being built in Palmer Ranch.
Visit Palmer Ranch Real Estate to view all of the homes that are for sale. Choose a Palmer Ranch neighborhood from the list.
Palmer Ranch adding Homes, Jobs, Businesses.
Date: February 2, 2012
by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor
Call it a new boom on the South Trail.
Palmer Ranch Holdings LLC Vice President Justin Powell confirmed for the Sarasota Observer this week that Palmer Ranch is under…
Lego Man Arrives on Siesta Key Beach
Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 11:15am. 706 Views, 0 Comments.
Lego Man arrived on Siesta Key Beach on Tuesday. Jeff Hindman was walking on Siesta Key Beach this past Tuesday at about 7am and came upon this giant brightly colored Lego Man. 
As reported by our local news paper the Sarasota Herald Tribune, Lego Man is about 8 feet tall and weighs about 100 lbs. and made of fiberglass. Lego Man has the words No Real Than You Are on his front shirt and “Ego Leonard” and the number 8 on the back of his shirt. Ego Leonard is the reported name of an artist in the Netherlands. An email was sent to the artist and the response was,
“I am glad I crossed over. Nice weather here and friendly people. I think I am gonna stay here for a while. A local sheriff escorted me to my new home.”
Photo by Jeff Hindman, who found Lego…
Five Guys Burgers and Fries now in Sarasota
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 4:22pm. 374 Views, 0 Comments.
Five Guys Burgers and Fries in Sarasota
New to Sarasota - Five Guys Burgers and Fries has opened a new location in Sarasota. Located at the Stickney Pointe shopping plaza, 6593 South Tamiami Trail, which is at the corner of Route 41 and Stickney Pointe. This is near the entrance to the south bridge going onto Siesta Key.
“Five Guys Burgers and Fries” is easy to find…..
It is right next door to Weight Watchers!!! LOL!
Sarasota Arts Education to partner with the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts
Monday, June 20th, 2011 at 5:10pm. 144 Views, 0 Comments.
Sarasota Arts Education to partner with the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts
The Sarasota Arts Education will be partnering with the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts to expand art education in elementary and middle school. Sarasota has become the 6th city to be chosen for the “Any Given Child” free initiative program that pairs local arts organizations and educators with staff members form the john F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Sarasota has long been recognized as the “Arts Capital of Florida” and has beaten 7 other Florida Cities and hundreds of cities through-out the country for this position.
Carrie Seidman, of the Sarasota Herald Tribune published an article on Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 that explains all the details.
Carrie quoted…
Siesta Key Beach ranked #1 in the Nation by Dr. Beach
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 at 3:35pm. 276 Views, 0 Comments.
Siesta Key Beach ranked #1 in the Nation by Dr. Beach.
Siesta Key Beach has been given the Number One spot by Dr. Stephen Leatherman a.k.a. "Dr. Beach" The residents of Sarasota knew this all the time. Now the whole world also knows! The following article appear in the Sarasota Herald Tribune, written by Tom Becnel.
"By TOM BECNEL
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 5:22 p.m.
SARASOTA - The powdery white shoreline of Siesta Key just got the ultimate seal of approval from “Dr. Beach.”
DR. BEACH'S TOP 10 U.S. BEACHES
1. Siesta Beach in Sarasota;
2. San Diego's Coronado Beach;
3. No. 3 was Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii.
4, Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y.;
5, Cape Hatteras in North Carolina;
6, St. George Island State Park, Florida Panhandle;
7,…
Siesta Key Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition
Friday, October 29th, 2010 at 10:34am. 2743 Views, 0 Comments.
Siesta Key Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition – The Siesta Key Crystal Classic
The Siesta Key Crystal classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition November 18th to the 21st. Siesta Key Beach in partnership with Mote Marine, The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, Sand Lubbers, and Sarasota County is proud to announce the 1st annual Crystal Classic Master Sand Sans Sculpting contest with over $25,000 in prize money. The proceeds from this event will go to benefit the Mote Marine’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research program.
Siesta Key Beach has been consistently ranked as either the #1 or #2 best beach in the United Sates by “Dr. Beach” aka Dr. Stephen Leatherman. Siesta Key Beach located on the barrier Island…
Sarasota back in the National Spotlight
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 at 7:31pm. 180 Views, 0 Comments.
Sarasota back in the National Spotlight "#2. Sarasota, Fla.: Although exotic mortgage products and investor excitement sent home prices in Sarasota soaring during the housing boom, the subsequent crash hit the market as hard as anywhere in the state. Median home prices in the Sarasota area plummeted from $311,000 in 2007 to $185,000 in the second quarter of this year. But this steep drop only makes this sun-drenched community on Florida's west coast more attractive for home buyers, says Jack McCabe of McCabe Research & Consulting. McCabe says Sarasota's smaller size provides its…
“U.S. News and World Report” has just published a report “Where to Buy a Home for less than $800 a month” and Sarasota made the list at #2. Here is an excerpt from the Article.