February 8 - 11 there’s going to be a “planning charrette” for the area along Rte. 41 between downtown Sarasota and Bowlee’s Creek (near Whitfield Road) in Manatee County. Most of it is being held during the workday, which makes it hard for many of us to attend, but the opening session on Wednesday, February 8, is at 6 p.m., and the closing session is Saturday, so some of us ought to be able to get to some sessions, anyway. I have no idea what these people hope to do about the area’s two main problems: Insane condomization and real estate prices beyond the reach of anyone who does Honest Work for a living. But it will be interesting to find out. I hope to be there at least for the opening session. You might want to be there, too, because people in government seem to take these charette things seriously — at least until the plans they produce get in the way of developers’ profits.

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