By 1885, when Fort Myers was incorporated, it was the second largest city only to Tampa on Florida ’ s west coast south of Cedar Key, even larger than Clearwater and Sarasota, also growing cities at the time.

Primarily serves Sarasota County for news, but also serves Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties.

The town plan was created by town planner and landscape architect George F. Young, who also created the plan for nearby Davis Islands ( Tampa ) and McClelland Park ( Sarasota ), among others.

In 1926 renowned New York architect Dwight James Baum ( architect of John Ringling's Ca'd ' Zan, the Hotel El Verona in Sarasota, and the West Side YMCA in New York City ) also designed residences in Temple Terrace.

There was also a post office named Longboat established on March 27, 1914, in the Sarasota County portion of the key, but it was discontinued on January 14, 1922, and its functions were assumed by the Sarasota post office.

Dunedin is one of the few open waterfront communities from Sarasota to Cedar Key where buildings do not completely obscure the view of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf of Mexico beyond ; a stretch of Edgewater Drive ( also known as Alternate US 19 ) south of downtown offers views of St. Joseph Sound, Clearwater Beach, and Caladesi Island.

Most of the luxurious historic residences from the 1920s boom period along the northern shore of Sarasota Bay also have survived.

The agreement with the Orioles also places a Cal Ripken Youth Baseball Academy in Sarasota.

Sarasota County Area Transit has a bus service called SCAT which offers service throughout the county and also offers limited connections with Manatee County Area Transit.

Until July 2010, Northwestern College also owned WSMR in Sarasota, Florida ; due to financial troubles, this station would close down and be sold to the University of South Florida, who reformatted the station with a classical music format.

On February 20, Smith was indicted for first-degree murder and charges of kidnapping and capital sexual battery were also filed by Sarasota County prosecutors.

Established her place among the game elite with a win in Sarasota, Myskina also had mediocre results during the summer season were followed by a quarterfinal appearance at the US Open, back-to-back titles in Leipzig ( defeating No. 1 Kim Clijsters and No. 2 Justine Henin ) and Moscow, which was her first Tier I title.

County officials have talked for months about the possibility of securing another team for City of Palms with the Baltimore Orioles ( who had also been in talks with Sarasota about Ed Smith Stadium, however, declined ) leading the list of potential new tenants.

The college moved from Venice, FL to Baraboo, WI in the 1990s after Sarasota County would not extend the railroad 12 miles from Sarasota to the winter headquarters of the circus, also the site of Clown College.

Many other companies have also performed it, including San Francisco Opera in 1982, Sarasota Opera in 1995, London's Royal Opera House in 1996, the New National Theatre Tokyo in 1998, Teatro Colón in 2000, Baltimore Opera in 2006, and the Teatro Regio di Parma in 2008 as part of their on-going " Festival Verdi ".

While working as an illustrator for over 30 years, he also taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Georgia, and the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla.

Its primary target area is Manatee and Sarasota Counties though they also cover to a lesser extent Charlotte, DeSoto and Hardee counties.

On cable, the station is the sole ABC affiliate on Comcast's Southern Sarasota County systems and it competes with Fort Myers-based WZVN-TV ( also known on-air as " ABC 7 ") in Desoto and Charlotte Counties and Orlando's WFTV in Hardee County.

The stadium is also host to an annual charity game between the Pirates and the State College of Florida, Manatee – Sarasota.

Bassist Jim Stallings also contributed to several albums during this period of shifting personnel which included, among others, guitarist Tom Nay of Sarasota, Florida ( who played with the group for about a year ) and John York, who later replaced Chris Hillman in The Byrds.

Jay Hamilton has also worked in several radio markets, including Wilmington, Sarasota, Cleveland, He and Deitz teamed up at Q94 in Richmond, Virginia in 1990.

His minor league career in the White Sox organization ( 1991 -) also included stops with the Single-A Sarasota White Sox, Double-A Birmingham Barons, Triple-A Nashville Sounds and the Triple-A Calgary Cannons.

The region is anchored by the cities of Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, Pensacola, Tampa, and increasingly, Sarasota, all the centers of their respective metropolitan areas and containing large ports.

His printmaking was a major part of his output, and a whole museum is devoted to it, the Turner Museum in Sarasota, Florida, founded in 1974 by Douglass Montrose-Graem to house his collection of Turner prints.

Hernando, together with Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties to the south comprise the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, and along with various combinations of Manatee and Sarasota counties further south, Citrus County to the north, and Polk County to the southeast is often referred to as the Tampa Bay Area.

Hillsborough, together with Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties comprise the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, and along with various combinations of Manatee and Sarasota counties to the south, Citrus County to the north, and Polk County to the east is often referred to as the Tampa Bay Area.

Manatee County is a part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota Metropolitan Statistical Area and along with Sarasota County to the south and several counties to the north is often considered part of the Tampa Bay Area.

Pasco, together with Hernando, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties comprise the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, and along with various combinations of Manatee and Sarasota counties further south, Citrus County to the north, and Polk County to the east is often referred to as the Tampa Bay Area.

Pinellas, together with Hillsborough, Hernando, and Pasco counties form the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, and along with various combinations of Manatee and Sarasota counties to the south, Citrus County to the north, and Polk County to the east is often referred to as the Tampa Bay Area.

Sarasota County is a county located in the U. S. state of Florida.

Its county seat is Sarasota and its largest city is North Port.

Sarasota County is a part of the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization ( MPO ) and the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota Metropolitan Statistical Area and along with Manatee County and other counties to the north, often is considered part of the Tampa Bay Area.

Although the name was associated with the area from the beginning of European contacts the origin of the name, Sarasota, is unknown.

Sarasota County is part of the Tampa / St.

SCAT is operated by Sarasota County.

He established his homestead in the Forked Creek area in 1886 and became an early leader in what now is southern Sarasota County ( having been Manatee County from 1855 until 1921 ).

The following is a transcript from a Sarasota County historical marker that was erected in a park dedicated to Anderson on Manasota Key.

The Southwest Florida Council is a geographic area divided into four districts that include Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hendry, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota Counties.

It is located south of Tampa and north of Sarasota on I-75.

( She played an extensive role in making Sarasota, Florida the " City of the Arts " that it is today.

Anna Maria is part of the Bradenton – Sarasota – Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.

It is part of the Bradenton – Sarasota – Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.

It is part of the Bradenton – Sarasota – Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.

It is part of the Bradenton – Sarasota – Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.