* FALLEN Venice loses to Winter Haven, 3-0, in Class 6A state semifinals. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 R 75¢ HERALDTRIBUNE.COM SPORTS SUN SUDS Bradenton and Venice fests celebrate & the Sunshine State’s craft brews. TICKET Progress for plan south of Ranch SARASOTA: Project poised to advance, with help of growth-plan amendments By JESSIE VAN BERKEL
[email protected] SARASOTA COUNTY — The design and permitting of a long- awaited community south of Lake- wood Ranch will soon begin, along with the addition of roads that could help alleviate traffic woes near I-75 and University Hundreds attend a recent Main Street Live event in downtown Bradenton. Mayor Wayne Poston attributed his city’s population increase Parkway. to strong building activity at large developments annexed years ago and steady in-fill development. H-T ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 2013 The Villages of Lakewood Ranch South will add 5,144 homes —nearly40percentaffordable housing — and 390,000 square feet of commercial, office and re- tail space to Sarasota County. The county approved the Here they come ... again project several years ago, but the developer, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc., has since sought Census data shows populations are amendments to its transportation agreement with Sarasota County rising anew in every city in the region and the county’s growth require- as the job seekers and retirees return ments. On Wednesday, the Sarasota County Commission granted the By ZAC ANDERSON Growth rates in North Port builders several changes.
[email protected] and Bradenton increased “This is the most significant very city in Sarasota further in 2013, while Saraso- milestone in this long, winding and Manatee counties ta’s growth dipped slightly to road of an effort,” said Todd grew in population last just below 1 percent and Ven- Pokrywa, a Schroeder-Manatee year according to new ice held steady with a 1.1 per- Ranch vice president.