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VOLUME 19, NO. 37

The Waterside Place to be

YOUR TOWN

SMR creates position to spark future community hub’s leasing. SEE PAGE 3

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GRADE ‘A’

Gullett hires G-man Todd Richardson (above) became B.D. Gullett Elementary School’s new principal July 31, taking over for Shirin Gibson, who transferred to director of research and assessment at the district’s Professional Support Center.

After serving as H. S. Moody Elementary School’s principal for the past seven years, Richardson said he was excited about becoming a Gator (the school’s mascot).

“I have been a Gators fan for my whole life,” Richardson said. “But I never went to the University of Florida.

So now I get to be a Gator, and I don’t even have to pay tuition.”

SHOPPERS Parents have students’ back-to-school requirements in the bag.

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reenbrook’s Samuel Clementi was proud as he shoved his right foot forward to show off the Skechers Energy Lights that his mom had just purchased at The Mall at University Town Center.

Katie Clementi had taken her two school-aged children, 7-year-old Samuel and 4-yearold Ava, to the mall Aug. 6 to do some back-to-school shopping while taking advantage of Florida’s sales tax holiday Aug. 4-6.

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Cape Coral seventh-graders Brianna Bright and Hannah Roos came to The Mall at University Town Center to do their back-to-school shopping.

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Fundraiser hopes to steer Meals on Wheels Plus in right direction.

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Meals on Wheels Plus Vice President of Development Diana Dill packs an emergency food box to be delivered to a family in need.

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Join the club Heritage Harbour’s Johnathan and Brody Rose (above) won’t know until Sept. 30 how this chapter is going to end.

That’s when they discover if they have won a Kindle Paperwhite from the Braden River Library. They became eligible for the grand prize when they signed up for a library card during the Library Card Campaign.

Children ages 12-18 are eligible for the contest through Sept. 30. The Kindle is the first-place award while second place will be a book prize package.

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Heritage Harbour votes to build reserves Supervisors raise fees to cover future road and irrigation repairs.

PAM EUBANKS SENIOR EDITOR

Heritage Harbour South Community Development District supervisors approved a $461,682 budget for the fiscal year 20172018 with the hope residents would understand a small rise in fees now will be better than a big increase in the not-too-distant future.

Residents in the Stoneybrook and Lighthouse Cove communities were told Aug. 1 they will pay an annual increase of $34 to $37 in their assessment to cover an overall budget increase of $50,000.

Most of the increase will go toward roadway and irrigation repairs.

“It’s a really minuscule increase considering these black-andwhite numbers we are looking at,” Supervisor Michelle Patterson said. “If we didn’t make it this very small amount right now, we’d be looking at a (bigger) assessment in a couple of years.

We think we can do this incrementally.”

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by Florida Reserve Study and Appraisal Inc. for the district earlier this year confirmed the district is not putting aside sufficient reserves to fund road repair

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and maintenance.

Supervisor Tad Parker pointed out that the CDD in the last two months has spent about $62,000 to resurface most of Lighthouse Cove and one cul-de-sac in Stoneybrook. The money goes quickly, he said.

“The reserve study implies that we were at the very minimum of what we need for future reserves,” Parker said.

Failure of an irrigation line this year cost the district about $15,000 more than a similar repair three years ago, and the CDD did not have money allocated for such an expense.

“This is the first time we’re proactively putting money in,” Parker said.

In next year’s budget, the district likely will add reserves for wetland maintenance. The board voted to spend $1,100 to replant a wetland area, after having a contractor remove invasive species.

“All of our ponds and wetlands are going to need some ongoing maintenance as well,” Patterson said. “With all the invasive species, if you don’t get ahead of it, it absolutely will take over your community.”

Much of the district’s reserves were depleted from 2011 through mid-2013 due to litigation, when Lighthouse Cove at Heritage Harbour and Stoneybrook Investors, owner of the Stoneybrook Golf Club, challenged the way the CDD assessed properties.

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Michelle Patterson, the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District supervisor, said building reserves for road repairs will prevent larger assessments in future years.

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Waterside’s meal ticket Approximately 20 restaurants expected to flock to new Lakewood Ranch entertainment hub.

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ABOUT TOM JOHNSON

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ressed in a blue business suit and tan leather shoes, Tom Johnson climbed up a pile of rocks and peered toward a grassy peninsula and the one-mile long lake around it.

It’s land that one day will become Waterside Place, a downtown hub in Schroeder-Manatee Ranch’s future 1,544-home Waterside at Lakewood Ranch development in Sarasota County.

To the 25-year-old Johnson, it’s a land of opportunity he gets to create.

“The people need to be able to hang out,” said Johnson, the new marketing and leasing manager for Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty, a subsidiary of SMR. While working in downtown Sarasota for Harshman & Co. the last two-and-a-half years, Johnson developed friendships during his daily trips to Whole Foods, by frequenting a downtown yoga studio and engaging with anyone around him.

At Waterside Place, Johnson hopes to re-create that vibrant feel, albeit for a distinctly unique food-centric retail and restaurant district.

Waterside Place is slated to have about 200 apartments — with more on the adjacent property — but the roughly 100,000-square-foot commercial area itself will have a series of buildings with retailers on the bottom and offices on a second level, much like at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch. Potential businesses include a mix of restaurants or coffee shops, boutiques with unique items or services and neighborhood services, such as a dry cleaner or insurance agent.

About half the commercial businesses are expected to be food-related, and joining those 15 will be another four freestanding restaurants with patios extending over Waterside’s largest lake.

“It’s a food destination,” said Kirk Boylston, president of Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty, a subsidiary of SMR. “If you look at the good venues in Sarasota,

Tom Johnson, 25, grew up in Sarasota, graduating from Cardinal Mooney High School in 2010.

After his father, T.J. Johnson, died in 2002 when Tom was 11, he watched his mother, Judy Johnson, expand the family’s swimwear retail businesses from five to 10 locations.

He studied finance, with an emphasis in real estate, at the University of San Diego, taking the summers in Sarasota to intern with commercial brokerage, Ian Black Real Estate. He spent the last two years working in commercial sales and leasing with Harshman & Co.

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Tom Johnson says his experience abroad and working in downtown Sarasota has taught him the value of creating community spaces where people can meet each other and build friendships. He hopes Waterside Place will be that way.

there’s good food and good beer.

Whether you are 20 years old or 70 years old, that’s the type of venue you want to go to.”

Boylston said the options for restaurants at Waterside Place are endless, ranging from specialty doughnut shops to a nanobrewery to ethnic foods.

“There’s all kinds of specialty foods,” Boylston said. “We want a real diversity of food offerings.

We like to give exclusivity to each venue type. We’re expecting this center to be more of a regional destination.”

SMR hired Johnson in June to channel his energy and leasing experience to sell the commercial vision for Waterside Place, even though construction of Waterside Place, itself, likely won’t start until mid-2018.

Boylston said Johnson is the perfect pick.

“He was born and raised in Sarasota and he’s connected to the retail community,” Boylston said. “He’s personable.”

Boylston said Johnson is in tune with industry trends and he knows who the “best of the best” are. “That’s who we are targeting,” Boylston said.

SRM also expects Waterside Place to attract a younger demigraphic, so that fits Johnson as well.

Johnson already is having success. He said SMR has secured one letter of intent and has two other businesses reviewing the letter-of-intent documents.

His strategy when talking with prospective tenants is to tell Waterside’s story — one of a

“It’s a food destination.

If you look at the good venues in Sarasota, there’s good food and good beer. Whether you are 20 years old or 70 years old, that’s the type of venue you want...”

— Kirk Boylston, president of Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty

walkable community along the waterfront with a future farmers market and an 8-acre community park that will be home to community events.

Patrons will be able to walk from their apartments to shops.

Residents of nearby communities can bicycle or, potentially, take a water taxi to the site.

The Players Centre for Performing Arts is planning a $30 million theater complex at Waterside Place as well.

“Everyone’s been extremely excited about it,” Johnson said of Waterside Place. “People want to know, who’s signed on?”

Johnson expects more businesses to join the prospective tenant lineup this fall when season begins.

“We don’t just want to fill it, we want the ‘best in class,’” Boylston said. “It’s a bigger undertaking than just filling it up.”

ABOUT WATERSIDE PLACE Where: South of University Parkway, west of Lorraine Road

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Details: Mix of open-air and enclosed retail stores and restaurants in a downtown setting. Units are build-to-suit spaces and range from about 1,500 to 5,000 square feet.

For more information about leasing: 757-1636

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Main Street Property Manager Amanda Zipperer said the parking lot is getting a new seal coating from Aug. 9 to Sept. 4 and the contractor performing work is authorized to tow vehicles that are in the way. The parking lot will be completed in phases, so patrons should pay attention to signs and barriers where the contractor is working that day.

“The public needs to know that they should not leave their vehicles overnight,” Zipperer said.

“If they are parking in a work zone, their vehicle will be towed.”

Patrons also should not walk on the new surface until barriers are down because it could ruin their shoes or clothes.

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Those buying new homes in Manatee County will be paying higher school-related impact fees sooner than expected.

According to a 2015 study by Tishler-Bise and subsequent approvals by the school board and county, the fees were set to increase automatically to the maximum recommended amount in April 2018. However, county commissioners approved Aug. 3 to raise the fees to the maximum recommended amount on Nov. 13.

Those buyers will, however, be paying less than previously expected. An updated study by Tishler-Bise has set the new 100% maximum rate to a lower amount.

The new schedule sets fees of $6,127 for a single-family home (compared to the current amount of $4,856.25); $6,471 (compared to $5,136) for a town home or duplex; $3,502 (compared to $2,643.75) for multifamily; and $1,971 (compared with $1,108.50) for a manufactured home.

Shark incident comments not allowed at meetings At the advice of its attorney, the Manatee County Commission will not allow public comments at public meetings about an animal cruelty issue that has garnered national attention.

To open the Aug. 3 land-use meeting, County Attorney Mickey Palmer recited a prepared statement about an incident in which a group of men were videotaped dragging a shark at high speed off the coastline. A video of the incident has gone viral since seen on social medial July 25. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is investigating what, if any, laws have been broken.

Palmer stated the commission has “no jurisdiction” on the matter and therefore should not hear comments on the topic at public meetings.

County Public Information Officer Nicholas Azzara confirmed that call volume to the commission office has been “high” since the incident occurred, but did not provide more specific details.

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“I think we need the connection,” Benac said. “It’s not politically correct, perhaps. We need roads in this community. I want it to be preserved, too, but I also want connectivity.”

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Both have been in agreement Manatee County should eliminate from county planning maps a proposed road that would bisect the property. The roadway would be an extension of Clubhouse Drive west to Linger Lodge Road and it would cross the Braden River.

Now, Manatee County agrees the proposed road should be dropped as well.

On Aug. 1, commissioners voted 4-3 to send their request to drop the proposed road to the state for review. If the state agrees, the commissioners will have to confirm their decision with a formal vote, likely in two to three months.

“I don’t see how it’s going to provide an overriding public benefit to put it in,” said Commissioner Robin DiSabatino, who voted to remove the road along with commissioners Carol

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the Gulf Coast are finalizing an agreement that gives the foundation an option to purchase the property by a fixed date. The date and price have not been released.

John Neal, president of Neal Land Ventures, and a partner in Myarra Property Joint Venture, said after the county formally approves dropping the road from future plans, a developer will be selected and development plans will proceed to build 32 luxury homes on the site in a clustered development style to preserve

wetlands and open space.

He said Myarra Property Joint Neal Land Ventures is willing to sell the property for conservation purposes, but it will not wait indefinitely.

“We’re home builders,” Neal said.

The Conservation Foundation, in partnership with a group of citizens working to preserve the property, will pursue avenues by which it can raise enough money to buy the property. It is accepting donations from citizens.

“The Conservation Foundation’s mission is to save land forever, by either owning it ourselves, by putting a conservation easement on a property, or to work with municipalities to conserve the property,” said Christine Johnson, president of the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast. “This is all of that.”

The goal would be to combine the Myara site with an 11-acre parcel owned by the late Carl Bergstresser, immediately on the other side of the river. His estate is in the process of donating his property to the foundation.

If the foundation successfully acquires the land, it would place on it a conservation easement, which keeps it from being developed, and donate it to the county. The property would then be transformed into a nature preserve with minimal amenities, but possibly a kayak launch into the river and walking trails.

“Non-invasive things,” Johnson said. “But we can’t do any of that unless we conserve it. It’s rare to have 45 acres on the Braden River. That would be spectacular.”

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TIMELINE This timeline reflects plans for development of a 32-acre parcel along the Braden River, at the western end of Clubhouse Drive.

FEBRUARY 2016 Residents learn of proposed development and begin to organize opposition.

OCTOBER 2016 The Manatee County Planning Commission recommends denial of the project to build luxury homes. Commissioners support the project design, but said elimination of a planned roadway that would divide the parcel should be done through a comprehensive plan amendment.

NOVEMBER 2016 Neal Communities said it will scrap plans to develop the parcel.

DECEMBER 2016 Myarra Property Joint Venture purchases property.

JUNE 2017 The property owner applies to remove the road from the county’s comprehensive plan. The Planning Commission recommends denial.

MAY 2017 Citizens group Friends of Keep Woods is formed and announces partnership with the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast with an interest in making the parcel a preserve.

AUGUST 2017 Manatee County Commission supports removing roadway from county maps and moves the request to the state for approval.

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it had a hiring freeze. But, the organization received a one-time grant from the Mosaic Co. to fund Dill’s position.

Phillips said she could not release Dill’s salary due to terms of the grant.

In her first year, Dill will concentrate on raising funds for the $750,000 portion of Meals on Wheels Plus’ $12 million operating budget that isn’t covered by fees, government funding or other sources of funding.

Dill said she has a plan already in action, and that includes thanking existing donors and volunteers, courting new ones, speaking to civic groups and finding donations. The agency needs everything from drivers for its 53 routes of delivering meals to homebound seniors to food drives to help the food bank’s shelves stay stocked.

“We’ll develop all types of resources,” Dill said. “Volunteers, financial, in-kind donation — anything to help us operate all the businesses as efficiently and effectively as possible.”

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Meals on Wheels PLUS CEO Maribeth Phillips and new Vice President of Development Diana Dill are eager to raise funds and create awareness.

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When Lakewood Ranch’s Diana Dill was 12 years old and living in Detroit, Mich., her family of seven grew by two.

Her parents, Orville and Lois Trenkamp, took in two cousins after their mother died.

“I grew up in an environment where you just took care of family and friends,” Dill said. “I feel like Manatee County is a big family.”

Dill, who spent 11 years as the executive director for Take Stock in Children, will work to foster that feeling of community to benefit Meals on Wheels Plus, the nonprofit that runs The Food Bank of Manatee, Meals on Wheels and other community programs.

Dill started in June as the organization’s new vice president of development.

DID YOU KNOW? In 2016, The Food Bank of Manatee distributed 4.56 million pounds of food.

“It’s such a critical position,” said Maribeth Phillips, the CEO of Meals on Wheels Plus. “We are so blessed to have Diana and her connections and for her to bring attention to our needs.”

Meals on Wheels Plus has been

without a dedicated fundraising position for about a year. However, Phillips said Dill’s role is really the first of its kind for the organization. It had a combined marketing/fundraising position, but never one that focused mostly on raising community awareness, finding volunteers and funding opportunities.

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The cafeteria will also have new furniture, projection devices and an updated sound system for assemblies.

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“Our school is 33 years old,” Bennett said. “It doesn’t compare to a school like [Robert] Willis Elementary that is entirely new.

This was a real must for us to get revitalized so that kids have an equal learning opportunity.”

A few projects remain, such as renovating the front office, while 20 additional classrooms won’t be completely renovated until February 2018.

The existing classroom renovations include new lighting, modern furniture, additional cabinets and storage closets for teachers. New equipment such as Promethean Boards, speakers and projectors have been, or will be, added as well.

Bennett said the teachers are excited about the storage areas because they had to share such areas in the past. Although it is an minor change, Bennett said it helps to re-energize the staff.

Modern school furniture includes a teacher’s whiteboard desk to encourage more interactive learning with the students, non-traditional desks and stools instead of standard chairs.

“The stools cater to our students’ sensory needs,” Bennett said. “Kids will be able to keep their bodies moving during class.”

Also yet to be completed is a new media center, which should be finished in October.

Bashaw Elementary is moving more toward digital books and the new media center will cater to that need. It also will be space for the students to experiment.

“We want for the kids to be able to take things apart, like old VCRs, DVD players, computers, and then put them back together,” Bennett said. “This is just a space so the kids can see what is behind the plastic.”

Bashaw Elementary opened in 1985 and hadn’t undergone any kind of renovation other than air conditioning and carpet.

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Clementi’s 1-year-old, Nora, isn’t quite old enough to need that trip.

Eventually, though, Clementi will have a school list for all three.

“It can be a pretty hefty list,” she said as she sifted through clothing at Gymboree.

While Skechers Energy Lights, which run about $65 and feature a sole that lights up, aren’t on any school’s list, Clementi admitted it was something her son, who attends Robert Willis Elementary, wanted badly, as do many of his classmates.

Back-to-school shopping is not only about notebooks and pens. It also means fashion.

Schools in the Manatee County School District are sensitive to the parents’ plight.

Mike Rio, the executive director of elementary schools for the district, said each elementary school presents its own list of needs while keeping in mind that it could become a financial burden on some parents.

“One size doesn’t fit all,” Rio said of the different schools’ needs. “And it does get costly. We really need the parents’ support.”

Rio was principal at Mills Elementary in the 2015-16 school year. “We asked our fifth-graders, after getting input from parents, to buy a tablet (computer),” he said. “We told the parents we knew it would put a hardship on some of them.

“There were 17 kids who couldn’t afford it, and they were all taken care of.”

Rio said the district empowers its teachers to find ways to take care of students who don’t arrive for the new semester with the essentials. “There are also so many great organizations that support this effort,” Rio said.

“Some of the schools have healthy PTOs which contribute thousands of dollars. Some don’t.”

It all can mean additional stress for parents as their children head for the first day of school.

Manatee County School District schools open Aug. 10.

Debbie Tudor, whose daughter Hope Tudor will be entering the sixth grade at Braden River Middle School, remembers when she used to prepare for her own first day of school.

“When I went to school, we just had to bring a pencil,” said Tudor, who is 56. “Hope’s school supply list had everything from copy paper and headphones to a flash drive and spiral-bound folders.”

Nicholas Leduc, a fourth-grade teacher at Braden River Elementary, said he tries to make it easy.

After 21 years as a teacher, his list is shorter than ever.

“I have finally realized what the kids actually need, and I have become more sensitive to the cost of things,” he said.

Tudor said the “real expense” lies in the clothing.

“We have to go buy a bunch of school clothes that abide by the dress code,” she said. “It’s not like we can just whip something out of the closet.”

East County’s LaRae Davenport, whose daughter, Harper, is headed for kindergarten at Bradenton Christian, said the parents can make the shopping process a lot more complicated than it needs to be.

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the right car, the right house,” she said. “And our kids don’t really know what something costs. So at the end of the day, the practicality of being a parent has to win out.”

Lakewood Ranch High School senior Taylor Trevithick said his shopping list wasn’t that long because in high school there isn’t much need for glue, scissors and “decorative” things.

“We need a ton of lined paper that is college ruled,” Trevithick said. “That is the one thing I am always having to replenish.”

Aside from the basic lists, parents sometimes have to deal with trends.

Last year’s middle school trends included fidget spinners and slime, Hope Tudor said.

“Slime was everywhere,” she said. “So teachers eventually banned it.”

This year, Trans by JanSport backpacks, Dri-fit gym shorts and Converse sneakers are among

middle school student trends.

“A lot of girls like Converse, crop tops and chokers these days,” Hope Tudor said. “Boys are always wearing those Dri-fit gym shorts that go down to their knees.”

Trevithick said JanSport backpacks are common, even in high schools.

Mechanical pencils, of all things, are trending as well.

“That’s a big one,” Trevithick said. “They are more convenient, look cool, and the sharpeners at my school aren’t the greatest.”

With the students wellequipped or not, the schools forge ahead.

“Our society in general thinks we need all these things for the kids,” said Braden High Principal Sharon Scarbrough. “But at the end of the day, all we want is for them to come ready to learn.”

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ost of my business ideas over the years ended up in the trash can.

James Lilly’s idea started there.

Lilly, who now lives in Sarasota, was visiting Cocoa Beach when he watched with interest as a specialty truck came by to wash trash receptacles.

The idea of a similar business didn’t go anywhere for him, though, because he was living in Lancaster, Pa., at the time and the cold winter weather made the cost of such a business prohibitive.

Now living in Florida, Lilly started to dream again.

“Everyone has to be like us,” he said. “So I know their trash cans stink. I saw a need.”

Early in 2017, Lilly started to put together investors.

Debra Karasick of Nokomis said she had hired Lilly to do work as a contractor and had been impressed. So Debra and her husband, Greg, joined James and Tammy Lilly in the ownership group. Then Anthony and Lori Falcone of Nokomis came on board as well.

Respectable Receptacle was born.

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James Lilly washes a trash bin in Lakewood Ranch with his new specialty Respectable Receptacle truck.

James Lilly did some research and contacted companies that supplied trucks to similar businesses on Florida’s east coast.

The group purchased a truck and now has leased office space at 8130 Lakewood Main St. in Lakewood Ranch.

While Respectable Receptacle is doing some business in Sara-

sota since the truck began rolling two months ago, the early focus is Lakewood Ranch, a community where people don’t mind paying someone else to do their dirty work. It’s also a community where trash bins, in general, must be kept inside.

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While Lilly is the brawn behind the business, doing the physical labor of driving the truck and cleaning the bins, Debra Karasick handles marketing and advertising. Each co-owner has a task.

When Lilly drives his truck through Lakewood Ranch, people flag him down.

“We have been well-received,” he said. “When I see their reaction to us, it’s exciting. We are building this thing out of nothing.”

But as with any business opportunity comes challenges.

Bins Be Clean had the same idea and began serving Anna Maria Island in September. The owners say they are looking at Lakewood Ranch.

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I guess that’s what separates the people living in the really big houses in Lakewood Ranch from the ones in the smaller ones.

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The Out-of-Door Academy freshman Saraiah Walkes finished second in the 14-year-old girls 200-meter dash (24.71 seconds) at the AAU Junior Olympic Games on Aug. 1 in Ypsilanti, Mich.

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The Lakewood Ranchbased 14U Tampa Mustangs travel softball team finished fifth at the Premier Girls Fastpitch Nationals on Aug. 5 in Irvine, Calif.

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Braden River High graduate Ryan Walker, a sophomore at Drury University, was named a College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-American on July 19.

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Former Lakewood Ranch pitcher Seth McGarry recorded his first save with the Single A Clearwater Threshers in a 3-1 win Aug. 3 against Palm Beach. McGarry was traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates organization to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 31.

“If you are not giving 100%, you’re not going to get 100% out of the game. That relates to schoolwork and everything I do in life.”

— ODA’s Ethan Bertrand. SEE PAGE 11

New clap of Thunder The Out-of-Door Academy’s culture coordinator instills a positive spirit.

RYAN KOHN SPORTS REPORTER

The most vocal person at The Out-of-Door Academy’s football practice Aug. 4 wasn’t a player.

It was Tim Brewer, who spent the majority of the sun-drenched session blanketing Thunder players with positivity. “‘Who’s a beast? Who’s a beast?’” Brewer said to no one in particular during conditioning drills. “The correct answer is, ‘I am, coach!’”

Brewer, 49, is the school’s director of student activities and the program’s defensive backs coach, but he’s taken on the role of “culture coordinator,” as head coach Ken Sommers calls it.

The goal of the position is, as Brewer states, to create team unity. Any football program will physically prepare kids to play at the high school level, he said.

Where ODA hopes to stand out is in mental conditioning.

“Our school core values are respect, integrity, service, excellence and responsibility,” Brewer said. “As a team, we have a pyramid, and the three bottom supporting blocks of that are unity, discipline and spirit. We combined those eight elements together, and what we’re trying to do is build a culture where everybody understands what unity means.”

Those behaviors include supporting a teammate who makes a mistake instead of getting frustrated with him, and giving positive reinforcement when someone makes a great play.

At the end of each practice, Sommers will call on someone to name a teammate who deserves a shout-out, and explain why. On Aug. 4, junior linebacker Ethan Marino was honored by senior running back Dakota Dickerson for his effort during the practice.

ODA began implementing bits

“If they are going to live this every day and they are going to walk the walk, part of integrity, accountability and responsibility is holding each other accountable.”

— Tim Brewer

of culture coordination last season, when Brewer started pursuing a master’s degree in positive psychology online through the University of Missouri. This season, things have escalated.

The team has 30-minute “spirit sessions” each day, when Brewer and Sommers sit with the players and talk solely about team culture. They have had the team read passages from Ohio State Univer-

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Tim Brewer has been assigned the role of “culture coordinator” for ODA’s football team.

sity coach Urban Meyer’s book, “Above the Line,” which focuses on many of the same ideas ODA is trying to instill.

Brewer said, through these values, he hopes to elude a breakdown when the team starts “storming.”

Storming is when the team faces adversity of some sort, such as a key injury, a painful loss, or a player ruled ineligible for poor grades. During the season, something bad will happen, he said.

It’s unavoidable. With the right mindset, though, unfortunate circumstances can be turned into learning tools and transformed into useful experiences.

ODA’s football team has faced adversity. Its record the past three seasons is a combined 8-21 and the Thunder is coming off a 3-7 season.

So far in 2017, the players appear to have bought into chasing more team unity. Marino said there’s more camaraderie already with this team than there has been in previous years. It’s not a big school, he said, and thus not a big team, so it’s important everyone has the same attitude.

Senior quarterback Gus Mahler said it’s difficult for him to buy into things that aren’t tangible.

He’s making an exception for the sake of his football brethren.

“I believe enough and I love the guys enough to buy in,” Mahler said. “I think they are great principles to try to build a program around. I’m excited to see how it goes. We couldn’t have a better coaching staff or a better ‘director of fun’ in Tim Brewer to lead us.”

After practice, the Thunder retreated to the locker room, and after a bit of film breakdown came together to create a team code of conduct. Players came up with key words and phrases. “Effort” was an overwhelming suggestion.

“Ultimately, it’s up to the players to be disciplined and do it,” Brewer said. “It’s their team. If

Quarterback Gus Mahler hopes the Thunder’s new focus on mental conditioning pays dividends.

they are going to live this every day and they are going to walk the walk, part of integrity, accountability and responsibility is holding each other accountable.”

ODA’s final building block of culture is spirit, or hollering real loud from the sidelines for your team. The higher the energy level, the more joy is had. While it only mildly affects on-field play, it’s just as important as unity and discipline, according to Brewer.

The reason for that is simple: Win or lose, players should always go home happy they played.

“It’s a game,” Brewer said. “We all started playing this because it’s fun. We want to be spirited out here. We’re going to work these guys hard, and we’re going to hold them to expectations, but it’s play. We say ‘play’ football.

It’s got to be fun.”

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What is your best skill on the field?

My speed. I have the fastest 40yard dash time (4.62 seconds) on the team.

If you would like to make a recommendation for the East County Observer’s Athlete of the Week feature, send it to Ryan Kohn at rkohn@yourobserver.com never seen the entire school so excited for the football team.

Do you have any goals for the football season?

As a team, try to make the playoffs. Individually, I would like to have more receiving yards than last year (333), and try to get my punting average around 40-45 yards.

What is the best piece of advice you have received?

If you’re not giving 100%, you’re not going to get 100% out of the game. That relates to schoolwork and everything I do in life.

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How to put the ‘go’ in golf

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Clinton Whitelaw

course. Nine holes at University Park costs $25 currently and 18 holes costs either $55 before 1 p.m. or $40 after. If you’re a total beginner, there are weekly clinics available for $25 a session as well.

Private lessons run approximately $60, and run between 45 minutes and an hour, although different instructors set up their own fee structure and time schedules.

It’s not exactly a cup of coffee, but it’s cheaper than most seats at a Tampa Bay Rays game, and comes with more exercise and less of a drive.

I decided to try a lesson myself, and I went in with low expectations. On Aug. 4, I waltzed into the University Pro

Shop, met with Whitelaw, a member of the PGA of America, and off we went.

I tried to seem ready, but I was fighting off stomach knots, pretty sure I was going to embarrass myself. Whitelaw provided me with a set of TaylorMade clubs.

It was nice set, too, but that didn’t stop my first attempt with a 7-iron going three feet, after a few bounces. My worries didn’t exactly subside.

Whitelaw never blinked, or laughed, and had me keep working on the fundamentals of my swing.

By the time he was done, about 45 minutes, I was able to hit balls about 100 yards with that 7-iron. Wow. This guy had to be a genius.

I walked away thinking this country club experience isn’t so bad.

Everyone I met was nice, and it was nothing like the depiction of country club members in movies like “Caddyshack.”

Whether I ever can hit a ball far, or straight, I learned a course is a gorgeous place to spend half a day.

Even for me.

Ryan Kohn is the sports writer for the East County Observer. Contact him at rkohn@ yourobserver.com.

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ountry clubs can be intimidating if you were not raised in one.

It’s what I’ve heard from others, and what I have experienced myself.

My childhood was spent in a townhouse. My family wasn’t poor (we lived in Montgomery County, Maryland, after all), but we didn’t fit in with the country club crowd, or we didn’t think we did.

So golf, as well, was a foreign concept to my family. I hit the links for the first time at age 8, did poorly and never returned.

Until now. University Park Country Club has started a new player development initiative.

Why not me?

I discovered most of the players currently working with University Park Assistant Golf Professional Clinton Whitelaw are experienced, with only about 25% being what he considers beginners.

Whitelaw believes there are people who would love to learn golf, but are too intimidated by country clubs, or think the sport has too high a barrier to entry.

“Many people think golf is three to four times more expensive than it actually is,” Whitelaw said.

It’s true that a new set of clubs will cost you at least a few hundred dollars, with top-flight sets costing closer to a grand.

The round itself depends on the

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YOUR NEIGHBORS In their own League A

sea of stylish sundress-clad women packed Sophie’s at Saks Fifth Avenue on Aug. 1.

But it was about much more than fashion at this meeting of the minds.

The occasion, the Junior League of Manatee County’s Back to League Night, was a chance for both current and potential new members of JLMC to meet, mingle and get excited about the 2017-2018 league year.

JLMC is a group of philanthropic women in Manatee County who, for more than 30 years, have been committed to making a positive impact in their community. The group’s focus is on improving the lives of women and children in the area through fundraisers and other outreach.

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Event Chairwoman Kara McAllister, standing, welcomes guests to Back to League Night Aug. 1 at Sophie’s at Saks Fifth Avenue.

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DANCE TOURNAMENT Runs from 1 to 5 p.m. at Microsoft in The Mall at University Town Center, 140 University Town Center Drive, Sarasota. Show off your dance moves to compete for prizes at this Just Dance 2017 Dance Party Tournament. RSVP online or by emailing mrs0077cds@ microsoft.com.

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CAREER FAIR Begins at 10 a.m. at Keiser University, 6151 Lake Osprey Drive, Sarasota. Keiser University will host its annual career fair, which this year will be spread over two days. For information or to register as a business, call 907-3900.

TUESDAY, AUG. 15

SENIOR LUNCH CLUB Runs from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch. Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee will provide lunch during this weekly lunch featuring a speaker from the community. This week’s speaker will be Maribeth Phillips, CEO of Meals on Wheels Plus. Reservations are preferred but walk-ins are welcome. For reservations, call 749-0100, Ext. 2100.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16

FINANCIAL WORKSHOP Begins at 3 p.m. at Aviva — A Campus for Senior Life, 1951 N.

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Honore Ave., Sarasota. The Jewish Housing Council Foundation and PNC Wealth Management are presenting a new lecture series on estate and philanthropic planning, with this one themed “Five Threats to Your Nest Egg – How Much is Enough?” All lectures are free and open to the public, but require RSVP to Patricia McMahon at 203-6237 or email pmcmahon@jewishhcf.org.

FRIDAY, AUG. 18

REPUBLICAN LUNCHEON Runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Ranch Grill, 14475 State Road 70 E., Lakewood Ranch.

The Lakewood Ranch Republic Club will welcome guest speaker Melissa Howard, president of the Gulf Coast Federated Republican Women. Cost is $20 for lunch.

Register at lwrrc.com.

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CANDY’S CIRCUS RUN Begins at 7:30 a.m. with opening ceremonies at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. This 5K, 10K and 1-mile walk event raises money for CureSearch for Children’s Cancer. Gates open at 7 a.m.

The runs begin at 8 a.m.

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JULY 31

AN HONEST HIGH 7900 block of Cooper Creek Boulevard, Bradenton Confiscated Property: A deputy located two vehicles in the parking lot of a business after hours. The deputy could smell marijuana coming from both vehicles. The drivers were asked if there was any marijuana left in the vehicles and they both said they had some in the center consoles of their vehicles. The deputy located a small amount of marijuana and a grinder in the center console of one vehicle and a small amount of marijuana in the center console of the other car. Since the individuals were cooperative, the deputy seized the items but did not charge them.

The items were placed into property and evidence for destruction.

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PAINFUL MISTAKEN IDENTITY 8300 block of Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota Simple battery: A man pulled up to a restaurant with his girlfriend for breakfast. When he got out of his car, another man ran up, started screaming, and began throwing punches. When the first man’s girlfriend got out of the car, the man throwing punches looked at her and said, “Oh, sorry, I thought you were with my girlfriend.” The man then got into a Ford Mustang and left. When Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived, they were given the man’s license plate number. The first man sustained only a minor scratch.

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A man was seen on surveillance video taking the phones out of the case and then concealing them in a shopping bag before passing all points of sale without paying for them. The employee said the man has been identified and is currently incarcerated at the Sarasota County Jail on other charges.

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B R A D E N TO N 11007 Big Bass Place Karen Enis 941-224-0297 A4174505 $1,185,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7413 Haddington Cove Mary Pat Pihl 941-932-3065 A4188096 $990,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 23006 73rd Avenue E Barbara Najmy 941-705-1158 A4190117 $695,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14906 Castle Park Terrace Allison Werner 941-961-3212 A4192989 $675,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7630 Silverwood Court Bryan Dwyer 941-809-9106 A4188764 $644,700

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 6427 Moorings Point Circle 201 James Hope 941-704-4623 A4172515 $639,900

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L A K E WO O D R A N C H 7620 Harrington Lane Toma Milbank 941-720-5174 A4181541 $580,000

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B R A D E N TO N 2008 91st Street NW Kathy Valente 941-685-6767 A4188122 $505,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 12314 Greenbrier Way David D'Angelo 941-587-7268 A4162338 $480,000

B R A D E N TO N 1817 91st Street NW Kathy Valente 941-685-6767 A4175662 $479,850

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 10310 Baltusrol Place Marcia Frost 941-812-8493 A4180865 $465,000

L A K E WO O D R A N C H 14924 Bowfin Terrace Bryan Dwyer 941-809-9106 A4188739 $449,999

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home in Country Club East topped all transactions in this week’s real estate. WCI Communities LLC sold the home at 16434 Hillside Circle to Richard and Leslie Toscano, of Lakewood Ranch, for $555,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,992 square feet of living area.

Ranch, for $485,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,747 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $381,700 in 2001.

William and Ruth Morgan, of Essex Junction, Vt., sold their home at 9420 Royal Calcutaa Place to Sandra Rae Castle, trustee, of Bradenton, for $425,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,476 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,000 in 2005.

Arlene Krejcir, trustee, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 7603 Partridge St. Circle to Kimberly and Patrice Femenia, of Bradenton, for $295,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 3,020 square feet of living area.

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Johann and Sandi Nanayakkara sold their home at 5127 Tidewater Preserve Blvd., to Olaf and Victoria Krueger, of Bradenton, for $550,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,249 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $525,000 in 2014.

RIVER CLUB SOUTH

Terrence and Gloria Cartwright, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 9803 Sweetwater Ave., to Carlos Arias and Liliana Palacio, of Bradenton, for $550,000.

Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,238 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $428,000 in 2014.

Charles and Ellen Caralyus, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 7554 Tori Way to Charles Cassar, of Lakewood

Colin and Susan Shaw sold their home at 4706 Tobermory Way to Gregory Sears and Victoria Billups, of Bradenton, for $550,000. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,578 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $563,900 in 2014.

COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE

Richard and Diane Paul, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 7644 Portstewart Drive to Douglas Feingold and Bobina Cummings, of Spring Hill, for $515,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,312 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,000 in 2012.

John Rose, trustee, of Ashtabula, Ohio, sold the home at 7058 Woodmore Terrace to Monika Oberer, of Bradenton, for $263,500. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,552 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $290,000 in 2005.

RIVERDALE

Steven Lockie, of Hong Kong, China, sold his home at 124 41st Circle E., to Lisa and Duane Curry, of Bradenton, for $490,000. Built in 1998, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,825 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $240,400 in 1998.

GREYHAWK LANDING

Travis and Lindsay Scheuer, of Sarasota, sold their home at 348 Blackbird Court to David and Sarah Taylor, of Bradenton, for $485,000. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,167 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $300,000 in 2015.

John and Mabel Schranz sold their home at 12822 Kite Drive to Regenail Thomas, of Bradenton, for $425,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,517 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $496,900 in 2006.

EDGEWATER VILLAGE

Elizabeth Taber, trustee, of Hamburg, N.Y., sold the home at 8021 Waterview Blvd., to Alessio and Arlene Evangelista, of Seneca Falls, N.Y., for

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Robert and Sherri Lyn McDermott, of Bradenton, sold their home at 9211 66th Ave. Dr. E., to Robert Bartley, of Bradenton, for $470,000. Built in 1986, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,541 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $215,000 in 1999.

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Carol Harkins, of Wimauma, sold the home at 7718 Jay Watch Glen to David Brotherlin and Holly Higgins, of Sarasota, for $470,000. Built in 2002, it has seven bedrooms, five-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 4,041 square feet of living area.

MILL CREEK

Ronald and Sian Kaley sold their home at 14802 17th Ave. E., to Steven and Linda Sayre, of Bradenton, for $455,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,004 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $418,000 in 2015.

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Christopher and Deana Iacobelli, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 6526 Flycatcher Lane to Thomas Magliula, of Lakewood Ranch, for $435,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,578 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $360,100 in 2015.

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Judith Ragona, of Sarasota, sold her home at 7203 Spur Court to Travis and Lindsay Scheuer, of Sarasota, for $410,000. Built in 1996, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,925 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2002.

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Carlos Arias and Liliana Palacio, of Bradenton, sold their home at 815 Rosemary Circle to HP Florida I LLC for $390,000. Built in 2014,

Anastasios and Kim Tricas, of Cape Coral, sold their home at 6403 Willowshire Way to Shari Constantine, of Clay, N.Y., for $389,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,268 square feet of living area. It sold for $342,800 in 2016.

Sean Williams and Tayler McLaughlin sold their home at 6653 Willowshire Way to Steven Diemand, of Seminole, for $248,000. Built in 2016, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,545 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $239,800 in 2016.

PLANTERS MANOR AT GREENFIELD PLANTATION

Frederick and Liane Vannan, of Canton, Ohio, sold their home at 534 Planters Manor Way to Michelle LeCroy, of Bradenton, for $380,900. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and is 2,561 square feet. It sold for $455,000 in 2007.

RIVERDALE REVISED

C. Buck Sinclair and Jeannine Gaudino, of Bradenton, sold their home at 165 Americas Cup Blvd., to Robert Diersing and Katharyn Owen, of Bradenton, for $370,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and is 2,149 square feet. It sold for $329,900 in 2015.

SUMMERFIELD VILLAGE

James and Marcia Newton, of Bradenton, sold their home at 11909 Whistling Way to Richard and Melanie Murguia, of Lakewood Ranch, for $364,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,063 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $239,900 in 2002.

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13515 Brown Thrasher Pike $635,000 | Web ID A4184385 Stacy Haas-Goodwin 941.587.4359

8312 Championship Court $624,900 | Web ID A4174560 Gloria Bracciano & Greg Van Natter 941.730.1999

15611 Leven Links Place $599,000 | Web ID A4185861 Liz Arme 941.266.4003

4862 Ancient Marble Drive $595,000 | Web ID A4179210 Brian Wood 941.928.8408

7627 Portstewart Drive $575,000 | Web ID A4174437 Stacy Haas-Goodwin 941.587.4359

6511 Moorings Point Circle #201 $559,000 | Web ID A4190517 Lisa Morreale 941.400.9038

7393 Villa D’Este Drive $549,000 | Web ID A4177511 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.809.0380

12642 Fontana Loop $546,700 | Web ID A4178838 Gloria Bracciano & Greg Van Natter 941.730.1999

12956 Bliss Loop $545,000 | Web ID A4186981 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

8265 Barton Farms Boulevard $519,000 | Web ID A4192782 Larry Johns & Jill Johns 941.266.8814

7635 Calle Facil $519,000 | Web ID A4191657 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.587.4894

16525 Hillside Circle $510,000 | Web ID A4189195 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

5608 Cloverleaf Run $510,000 | Web ID A4190813 Jim Soda & Donna Soda 941.961.5857

6370 Watercrest Way #202 $509,000 | Web ID A4183599 Greg Van Natter & Gloria Bracciano 941.730.1999

8032 Via Fiore $499,000 | Web ID A4179964 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.587.4894

7686 Calle Facil $479,000 | Web ID A4186221 Joel Schemmel & Sharon Chiodi 941.587.4894

5706 Mead Avenue $475,000 | Web ID A4114984 Ziad Sleit 941.928.5493

2710 North Beach Road #5 $459,000 | Web ID N5908493 Bonnie Price 941.350.3362

8878 Macgregor Lane $459,000 | Web ID A4175953 Ken Ipox 941.993.7279

8540 Amberjack Circle #302 $450,000 | Web ID A4192546 Betty Knight 941.928.3019

6414 Moorings Point Circle #201 $449,900 | Web ID A4159969 Lisa Morreale 941.400.9038

7442 Edenmore Street $449,900 | Web ID A4186065 Greg Van Natter & Gloria Bracciano 941.730.1999

5013 Hanging Moss Lane $439,000 | Web ID A4182501 Sharon Chiodi 941.809.0380

4574 Highland Oaks Circle $369,000 | Web ID A4192711 Fernando Viteri 941.400.7676

5019 Lakescene Place $310,000 | Web ID A4192609 Steph Lamb 941.915.8350

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