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CRA sets aside $20,000 for environmental study of Baker’s gas station site

Newtown CRA Advisory Board (City of Sarasota) · January 23, 2026
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Summary

The Newtown CRA Advisory Board approved setting aside up to $20,000 to commission an environmental assessment for the Baker’s gas station brownfield site to determine what remediation or actions would be required to support redevelopment.

The Newtown CRA Advisory Board voted March 11 to set aside up to $20,000 to fund an environmental study for the Baker’s gas station site, a property identified as a brownfield that previously received a "no further action required" finding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Staff told the board that a Phase I environmental assessment would likely cost up to $5,000 and…

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