Plantation
A census designated place in Sarasota County, Florida.
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September 11‘The Airwaves Belong to the People’ comes to Sarasota
Curbed by the pandemic, the documentary about rock station WBCN is now hitting the movie theater circuit.
Creatives & Arts
WSLR+Fogartyville
September 11The Progressive Page Turner: The Day the World Stops Shopping
“Live simply so that others may simply live.” Mahatma Ghandi Can it be this simple? Could we stop the destruction of the environment by curtailing our consumption? In his book The Day the World Stops Shopping J. B. MacKinnon examines how our insatiable appetite for consumer goods…
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WSLR+Fogartyville
September 11Sarasota County Commissioners approve 5,000-home project
Granting developer-requested zoning changes, they vote unanimously for - and gush over - Palmer Ranch East.
Real Estate & Development
WSLR+Fogartyville
September 11Candidates weigh in on Sarasota County’s Gulf Gate golf course acquisition
Both contenders for Joe Neunder’s seat endorse a purchase of the arsenic-laden, flood-prone land.
Government & Civic
WSLR+Fogartyville
September 11City keeps Newtown brownfield redevelopment project alive
Sarasota City Commissioners move towards rezoning the Marian Anderson site, with a proffer.
Real Estate & Development
WSLR+Fogartyville
September 11Comicon draws superheroes, villains, aliens of all shapes and colors
WSLR’s Rhatia Murphy, on a personal quest, walks us through a day at the Tampa Bay Comic Convention.
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Plantation by the numbers
- Median age
- 71.2
- Households
- 2,606
- Persons per household
- 1.7
- Median household income
- $78,404
- Median house value
- $417,700