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Benderson Park updates architects, cost target for indoor sports complex; county has $20M committed

Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners · July 9, 2025
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County and Nathan Benderson Park Conservancy officials presented schematic designs for a combined boathouse and indoor sports complex, selected WJ Architects, and said construction budgets are expected to be in the $60–70 million range with $20 million of county TDT 6p already allocated.

Nathan Benderson Park Conservancy and Sarasota County staff on July 9 provided an update on park operations and the long-planned indoor sports complex and boathouse, showing revised site plans and explaining next steps on design, fundraising and project timing.

Conservancy and county presentations: Nicole Resler, director of Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources, and Bruce Patnode, chief operating officer of the Conservancy, recapped the park’s busy event calendar and detailed the Conservancy’s selection of WJ Architects for full design services. They described a design…

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