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This Afternoon
88°F
Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms35% precip
Tonight
77°F
Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms51% precip
Sunday
87°F
Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms59% precip
Sunday Night
77°F
Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms42% precip
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Creatives & Arts
Intelligence Ventures to launch accelerator program
The initiative, which will begin its first cohort in September, is a 10-week program.
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South Sarasota by the numbers
Households & income
- Median age
- 56.7
- Households
- 2,159
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median household income
- $92,933
- Median house value
- $780,200