Sustainable Economic Development in Sarasota and Our Sister Cities
Selby Gardens
Very impressive!
"Sarasota stands out on Florida’s culture circuit, with the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the contemporary Sarasota Art Museum, and the remarkable Marie Selby Botanical Gardens on Sarasota Bay.
A recent expansion of the latter has all eyes on this thriving oasis of banyan trees and mangroves, now set to become the world’s first net-positive-energy botanical complex thanks to the installation of a 57,000-square-foot solar array. (It exceeds the facility’s energy demands by more than 10%). The visitor experience is equally impressive. A new welcome center beckons arrivals into an open-air structure draped with spectacular air plants that introduce the gardens’ many wonders, including a world-renowned collection of epiphytic orchids, bromeliads, gesneriads, and ferns.
The expanded facilities include concept restaurant The Green Orchid, which uses no onsite combustion and sources produce from rooftop gardens cared for by a group of military veterans. The botanical gardens’ stormwater management system diverts and cleans millions of gallons of water each year before returning it to Sarasota Bay and future projects include a restoration of the landmark 1920s Payne Mansion, located onsite. For now, there’s more than enough to admire across this 45-acre green lung housing some of the world’s most noteworthy plantlife."
https://time.com/6992344/marie-selby-botanical-gardens/
The Kingdom of Fife / Sarasota Golf Championship Challenge Cup
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The Kingdom of Fife / Sarasota
Golf Championship Challenge Cup
Provost Jim Leishman MBE From the Kingdom of Fife (Dunfermlin) Visits Sarasota April 10, 2024
'Embracing Our Differences' exhibition returns to Sarasota's Bayfront Park
'Embracing Our Differences' exhibition returns to Sarasota's Bayfront Park
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Giving Challenge April 9 to April 10, Noon to Noon
Click on the link to Donate.
The link will work on April 9 at noon until April 10 at noon.
https://www.givingchallenge.org/organizations/sister-cities-association-of-sarasota-inc
We Need Your Support
The gifts must be made by credit card during the 24 hour period beginning at Noon on April 9, 2024. Use the link below, which will be live at Noon on April 9 until Noon on April 10, 2024.
https://www.givingchallenge.org/organizations/sister-cities-association-of-sarasota-inc
Please Donate Noon to Noon April 9-10, 2024
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Sarasota Sister Cities is part of the Giving Challenge conducted by the Community Foundation of Sarasota. Gifts of up to $100 per person will be matched by the Patterson Foundation, doubling your donation.
We encourage each individual to donate. Couples can donate individually with a different credit card. The gifts must be made by credit card during the 24 hour period beginning at Noon on April 9, 2024. Use the link below, which will be live at Noon on April 9 until Noon on April 10, 2024.
https://www.givingchallenge.org/organizations/sister-cities-association-of-sarasota-inc
Please help us continue our mission to create people-to-people relationships fostering citizen diplomacy locally and world-wide! Thank you for your gift!
The Bay Park Approved Master Plan
Sarasota Sister Cities members participated in the public development and refinement of the Master Plan. Read about The Bay Park plan at:
https://www.thebaysarasota.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CPA-CC-Slide-Deck-Mar-20_lores.pdf
https://www.thebaysarasota.org/
Sarasota Public Art
Sarasota has a fine public art program. You can read about it at: https://www.sarasotafl.gov/our-city/public-art. And you can see sculptures throughout the city.
The Sarasota Public Art Audio Guide can be viewed by downloading the app below. The end user can navigate to other cities within the app also but obviously we want to feature Sarasota's public art.
The app is called Otocast. Once you are in the app, you scroll down to Sarasota.
You can download for Apple devices or Androids here:
The public art in Sarasota is something to showcase for sure!
Regards,
Wendy Lerner
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