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+ Beth Callans Management closes first week in August
+ Casa del Mar cotton plant sets resort’s sixth record Casa del Mar won its sixth title for the World’s Tallest Cotton Plant at a July 15 measuring ceremony for Guinness World Records. This year, the plant measured in at exactly 32 feet.
+ Fire destroys Westchester unit
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A July 28 fire destroyed a first-floor unit at Westchester condominium and caused smoke damage to the five units located directly above it. The fire caused damages of approximately $600,000.
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Walgreens walked away from negotiations to anchor Whitney Beach Plaza after plaza owners were unable to agree on the terms of a lease. Brian Kenney, principal of the Boston-based Juliani Kenney Investment Capital LLC, which owns the shopping center, said at the time that he hopes to bring a convenience store to the site. Kenney later confirmed that he is working to bring a 90- to 120-unit hotel to the north end of the island.
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Beth Callans Management closed its doors during the first week in August after it was unable to make payroll at the end of July. Many of the 80 properties — approximately half of which are on Longboat Key — that the company managed then began canceling their contracts. Med Plaza Ltd., the company’s landlord, filed a lawsuit in Sarasota County court claiming the management company owed $93,558.72 in unpaid rent.
+ Crowd brawls at Overlook Park An Aug. 7 brawl at Overlook Park led to four arrests and three breach of peace charges, two simple assault charges, one simple battery charge and one resisting/ obstructing a law enforcement officer charge. The fight allegedly began when a teen on a Jet Ski confronted boaters about littering and the boaters responded by throwing rocks and shells at him.
+ Prudential Palms offices close Prudential Palms Realty closed its offices on Longboat Key, Siesta Key, St. Armands Circle, downtown Sarasota and South Sarasota County. The company’s new model includes two Sarasota offices while leaving its Lakewood Ranch presence as is.
+ Florida League of Cities report: Pension costs among highest
August + Pharmacy walks away from plaza negotiations
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U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday reversed the actions and rulings on August 2009 Colony Beach & Tennis Resort bankruptcy rulings made by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May. Longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber had appealed the rulings, which eventually led to the eradication of his hotel partnership with the Colony Beach & Tennis Association. In his rulings, Merryday sided with Klauber in his claim that the association was required to make assessments to keep up with the common elements of the property.
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Sarasota 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Lee Haworth issued a ruling Aug. 3 validating the town’s $16 million beachbond referendum. Although voters approved the project in March, the results were considered invalid because of an
A Florida League of Cities report showed that the town of Longboat Key is one of just six cities in the state of Florida in which required pension contributions exceed 50% of police payroll costs. The town is also one of 19 Florida cities in which required firefighter pension costs exceed 35% of payroll costs, according to the report.
September + St. Denis resigns after 14 years as town manager The Longboat Key Town Commission accepted the resignation of Town Manager Bruce St. Denis in a Sept. 19 special meeting that took place three days after St. Denis submitted his offer. Earlier in the summer, Mayor Jim Brown approached Town Attorney David Persson about his sense of growing disagreement between the commission and the town manager. Persson began polling each commissioner
+ Publix submits plan to P&Z Publix Super Markets Inc. submitted a preliminary application to the Longboat Key Planning Zoning & Building Department calling for a tear-down and replacement of its store at 525 Bay Isles Parkway. The plan calls for closing the entire Avenue of the Flowers shopping center, with the exception of CVS, for an eight-month period beginning after Easter 2012.
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