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Downtown Sarasota Downtown Sarasota is the heart of our beautiful City. It beats with activity, commerce, art and music, and its rhythms are echoed in the tides of our scenic Bayfront. Downtown continues to grow and improve as the City implements the tools and themes of the Downtown Master Plan Downtown Master Plan, which encourages the creation of a vibrant, self-sustaining, walk-to-town, Bayfront-connected urban core. Check here often to take the pulse of the Downtown. Find out about anticipated developments, current construction or road closures(UPDATED) and other Downtown news.

BAYFRONT CONNECTIVITY CHARRETTE In October 2007, the City Commission directed staff to prepare a request for proposals to reconnect the Downtown to the Bayfront using the most effective and efficient means possible with an emphasis on pedestrian comfort. Achievement of this goal will require changing the current relatively high-speed, pedestrian-unfriendly character of US 41. The Sarasota City Commission needs you to participate in the development of context-sensitive solutions for US 41 as it travels through the City's Downtown Area. The project includes significant public involvement and consultation with stakeholders, the general public, FDOT and other local governments. The process for this public involvement will be a design charrette. A charrette is a collaborative design and planning workshop that occurs over four to seven consecutive days. The Bayfront Connectivity Charrette will focus on the US 41 corridor beginning at 14th Street on the north (near Whitaker Gateway Park) and ending at Osprey Avenue on the south. (Corridor Map)
For more information or comments, BayfrontConnect@SarasotaGov.Com. Subscribe Bayfront Connectivity E-Mail Newsletter Bayfront Connectivity Charrette Final Session Video (view online) Bayfront Connectivity Charrette Opening Session Video (view online) Bayfront Connectivity Kick-off Meeting Video (view online)		Frequently Asked Questions about the Bayfront Connectivity Charrette Charrette Schedule BayFront Connect Charrette WebCard Audience Response Results 11-14-08 Bayfront Connectivity Final Session Presentation (download PowerPoint) Bayfront Connectivity Kick-off Presentation (download PowerPoint)
Downtown Business Organizations Burns Square Association Downtown Merchants Alliance Palm Avenue Merchants Association The Downtown Partnership Towles Court Business Alliance		Downtown Neighbor Organizations Burns Square Property Owners Association Downtown Sarasota Condo Association Five Points Neighborhood Association Gillespie Park neighborhood Association Laurel Park Neighborhood Association Library Mews Neighborhood Association Park East Neighborhood Association Rosemary District Neighborhood Association

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