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Sarasota County is considering revising its Neighborhood Workshop policy to return to an in-person format. SCAN fully endorses this. We ask all who understand how significant this public communication is to write in favor of this resolution to the County Commission - the Board's email address is   Commissioners@scgov.net The commissioners' individual emails: Ron Cutsinger  rcutsinger@scgov.net Tom Knight  tknight@scgov.net Teresa Mast tmast@scgov.net Dr. Joe Neunder  jneunder@scgov.net Mark Smith  mhsmith@scgov.net                       ======================  December 08, 2025 Board of Sarasota County Commissioners 1001 Sarasota Center Boulevard Sarasota, FL 34240 RE: Neighborhood Workshops Dear Commissioners: For many years I participated in numerous Neighborhood Workshops, which were always in person until Covid triggered a change in policy. These meetings were a rich learning opportunity - not ...

  Winchester Ranch plan for 9,000 homes advances in Sarasota County Timothy Fanning Sarasota Herald-Tribune April 21, 2021 Updated April 22, 2021, 11:45 a.m. ET Keep Watching 5 SARASOTA COUNTY – A blueprint for a massive development along River Road that will, in the coming decades, pave the way for nearly 9,000 new homes in south Sarasota County began to emerge Wednesday.  In a series of votes, Sarasota County commissioners unanimously approved a plan for Winchester Ranch, the proposed development on 3,600 acres of mostly rural land south and west of the city of North Port.  The proposed plan by Winchester Florida Ranch LLLP, which should take about 55 years to build out, is the southern extension of, and will be integrated into, the existing West Villages development, now known as Wellen Park. Commissioners OK’d what’s called a Critical Area Plan, which serves as a master development road map for Winchester Ranch. It’s the first step in what’s expect...