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Siesta Key residents ask Sarasota County for $30 million beautification seed fund

3541261 · May 21, 2025
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Summary

A Siesta Key residents’ coalition asked the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners to include $30 million in the 2026 budget as seed money for a multi-year beautification and resilience program and to direct staff to work with the alliance.

Natalie Gutwein, team lead and spokesperson for the Siesta Key Beautification Alliance, asked the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners on May 21 to include at least $30,000,000 in the 2026 budget and to instruct staff to work with the alliance to carry out a Siesta Key beautification project.

Gutwein told commissioners she represents a coalition of residents, business owners, the Siesta Key Association and the Siesta Key Chamber and said the alliance has secured $30,000 in private funding and has hired an engineering firm to draft a professional proposal for county review. “We are your barrier island ……

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