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Community group outlines plan to preserve Colson Hotel and create Colson Collective
Summary
A coalition including Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation and local volunteers described plans to preserve the Colson Hotel building as a community arts and cultural hub called the Colson Collective, after the city helped secure the property for acquisition.
Supporters of a plan to preserve the historic Colson Hotel briefed the Sarasota City Commission on July 21 about their next steps for the site and an organizing entity called the Colson Collective.
Anand Pollegart of Dream Large and chair of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation board said a multi‑organization effort, including the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation and community volunteers, secured acquisition of the structure and has formed an interim owner, Save Sarasota Historic Properties. Pollegart said the property is intended to be conveyed to a…
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