Bee Ridge Rd Construction to begin July 7th
July 4, 2014 at 1:50 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentSarasota (East of I75)
America celebrates the birth of our Nation on July 4th and the communities Out East of Sarasota celebrate the ground breaking of our long awaited Bee Ridge Road Improvement Project. The Plan will improve traffic flow for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists while adding a landscaped median and thoroughfare. See full details from the County below.
Sarasota County has contracted with Westra Construction Corporation of Palmetto to construct the Bee Ridge Road Improvements, from Mauna Loa Boulevard to Iona Road. It will include roadway, county and private utility improvements.
The construction is scheduled to begin on Monday, July 7 and is expected to be complete by the Summer of 2016. Residents will begin seeing work on the west end of the project and continuing to the east. The contractor will be erecting silt fence along the entire project. Then they will begin clearing the right-of-way and installing water, sewer and stormwater infrastructure. The private utility companies will be relocating phone and power lines. No disruption of service is expected.
The roadway segment west of Bent Tree Boulevard, a distance of 1.68 miles, will be reconstructed to a four-lane divided urban roadway with a landscaped median, 10-foot sidewalk on the south side, bicycle lanes, three roundabouts, landscaping and LED street lighting. The Mauna Loa intersection will remain signalized. The segment from east of Bent Tree Boulevard to Iona Road, a distance of 0.93 miles, will be milled and resurfaced with the addition of bike lanes, a 10-foot sidewalk on the south side, LED street lighting and reconstruction of the Iona Road/Bee Ridge Extension intersection as a one lane roundabout. The utility improvements consist of new construction of water mains, sewer force mains, a lift station and relocation of all private utilities.
Kathleen Griffin
http://kathleengriffin.michaelsaunders.com/
Oscar Scherer Trail
September 11, 2009 at 4:38 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: florida state park, nature, oscar scherer, real estate at Bee Ridge, sarasota
Great time to visit Oscar Scherer State Park! It is getting a bit cooler and the days are still long into the evening. Take the Legacy Trail by bike to add a bit of exercise to your visit.
If you are looking for animals, then early and late in the day are the best times to be here. The mosaic of colors, the diversity of plants and animal species, these are what makes nature (and the park) so spectacular, and it’s due to the use of prescribed fire; a necessary tool for land managers. You can see the many changes in the landscape after the burn season.
New Imagine Charter School Clark & McIntosh
September 2, 2009 at 8:21 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: bee ridge real estate, imagine schools
What is Imagine
Schools?
Imagine Schools is an organization, comprised mostly of teachers, that operates 74 public charter schools in 12 states and the District of Columbia. We serve 35,000 students nationwide.
Our mission is to help parents and guardians educate their children by creating learning communities of achievement and hope. Imagine Schools was founded with the goal of restoring vision and purpose to schools and returning parents and guardians to full participation in the education of their children. To educate children ages 0-18 through educational programs that focus on academic achievement and character development as measured by our six measures of excellence.
http://www.imagineschoolatpalmerranch.com/about_imagine_9.html
John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
September 2, 2009 at 2:53 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: art, places to visit, ringling museum, sarasota
One of my favorite places in Sarasota. A short 20 minute drive to world class art and sculpture surrounded by beautiful, lush Italian gardens. Make a day of it as there is a lot to see!
Museum of Art
The Museum of Art, built by John Ringling to house his personal collection of masterpieces, today features paintings and sculptures by the great Old Masters including Rubens, van Dyck, Velázquez, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, El Greco, Gainsborough and more. The European, American and Asian masterworks available here make the Museum of Art an awe-inspiring retreat. It is a palace for treasures emulating the footprint of Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, echoing its grace and grandeur.
In 1925, Ringling engaged architect John H. Phillips to design the museum. Construction began in 1927, but was slowed almost immediately by the collapse of Florida’s land boom and later, Wall Street’s stock market crash. Financial misfortune and Mable’s death in 1929 might have ended the dream, but John Ringling instead gained a new resolve to complete the museum, borrowing money as needed, knowing that it would perpetuate the memory of his beloved Mable.
In October 1931, “The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art” was officially opened to the public.
The Courtyard of the Museum of Art features casts of original antiquities and renaissance sculptures, including the towering David by Michelangelo. The Courtyard features two fountains – Fountain of Tortoises, one of three replicas from the Piazza Mattei in Rome, and the Oceanus Fountain, copied from the 16th century original by Giovanni Bologna in Florence’s Boboli Gardens.
Special exhibitions are featured in The Ulla R. and Arthur F. Searing Wing, which opened in February 2007. The galleries mirror the original Museum of Art’s exterior, but makes available expansive exhibit space for major traveling shows.
The Museum and its collections continue to grow. In 2006, a combined endowment, building and collection gift from noted Asian art collector and philanthropist Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt, substantially bolstered the Ringling Musuem’s Asian art initiative which aims to establish the Museum as an important venue in Florida for the study of Asian Art.
#of Homes Sold Last 4 years Sarasota County 08/09
September 2, 2009 at 2:21 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: sarasota real estate homes sold market outlook
# of Homes Sold Last 4 years Sarasota County 08/09
Real Estate at Bee Ridge, Sarasota, Florida Spotlight – The Hammocks
August 6, 2009 at 5:07 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Real estate at Bee Ridge and Sarasota, The Hammocks
| The Hammocks, a heavily wooded neighborhood located off Bee Ridge Rd., east of Laurel Oak, is a peaceful sanctuary minutes from the mainstream. |
| Stunning single-family homes border lakes, nature preserves and Laurel Oaks golf course. Special amenities at this gated, neighborhood include a dramatic entrance, a tot play yard and winding nature trails for jogging or walking. |
Real Estate at Bee Ridge, Sarasota, Florida Spotlight – Misty Creek
August 6, 2009 at 4:58 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
East to end of Bee Ridge. Make a right at Iona Rd. travel south a little more than a mile. Entry on left.
If you like nature, Misty Creek is your place out east! As stated in their website “There is only one golf courses in all of Southwest Florida that is set in a wildlife preserve with resident bald eagles. There is only one private championship golf course where virtually every fairway is bordered on one or both sides by dense vegetation and live oak forests… and there is only one golf course with one spectacular view after another.”
8954 Misty Creek Dr,
Sarasota, FL 34241
941-922-2188
Real Estate at Bee Ridge, Sarasota, Florida Spotlight – Heritage Oaks
August 6, 2009 at 4:42 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: golf & country club, heritage oaks, master planned community, real estate at Bee Ridge, sarasota, tennis
Bee Ridge Rd. east to the end of the road. Right at Iona Rd. South less than a mile.
To learn more about this community out east at Bee Ridge read this from their website. There are several reasons why Heritage Oaks members think it is simply the best resident-owned Golf and Country Club in the Sarasota area. Heritage Oaks boasts a friendly atmosphere and a very active lifestyle in a paradise-like setting. The private club has everything: a full range of amenities including 18 hole championship golf course, four lighted tennis courts, several pools, an active fitness center and program, a popular social program and a newly renovated clubhouse and dining facilities…plus a beautiful setting that includes over 50 acres of wetlands and nature preserves. It’s easy to see why we like our little piece of paradise.
Heritage Oaks is conveniently located in sunny Sarasota, just a short distance off I-75, and minutes from the beaches, restaurants, theaters and museums that make this city so famous. This private, gated community is also just a short drive from other cities like Venice, North Port, Nokomis and Tampa.
Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club
4800 Chase Oaks Drive
Sarasota, FL 34241-9159
United States
941-926-7602
http://www.heritageoaksgcc.com/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp
Shopping is now a walk or short drive from Real Estate at Bee Ridge!
August 6, 2009 at 1:22 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: florida, green building, publix, real estate at bee ridege, sarasota, shopping
At the end of Bee Ridge Rd. in Sarasota at the intersection of Iona Rd., lies a beautiful and convenient shopping area. 
From concept plans to the finished plaza, the Publix and the site has been built with many interesting green building and site design features.
Designed as a community center per Sarasota County plannning guidelines, the Publix is a smaller format for our “favorite” grocer and their are plans for two banks and other stores are preparing to open soon. Publix is open and it’s green!
http://beeridgeinfo.com/green.html
The Bee Ridge intersection is going green!
Sustainable Site Development
Water Savings
Energy Efficiency
Material Selections
Indoor Air Quality
Innovation in Design
The process to develop a LEED Certified facility requires the diligence of a team of LEED Accredited professionals throughout the design and construction process. Final application for LEED Certification from the US Green Building Council will be made once the development is complete and occupied.
At the end of Bee Ridge Rd lies one of Sarasota’s newest and surprising parks!
August 4, 2009 at 6:31 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Rothenbach Park opens out east!
Bike and walking trails, a great pavilion with a BBQ and separate fireplace pit compliment a large toddler and pre-teen playground add to the charm of living out east of Sarasota, Florida.www.scgov.net.
Rothenbach Park at 8750 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota.
The site of former county landfill, the 450-acre park now boasts two recreational trails, a playground, picnic pavilion, restrooms, concession area and one of the state’s largest solar arrays. After closing in 1998, county officials began talking about their vision of taking the former landfill and turning it into the ultimate statement on recycling and living sustainably.
Rothenbach Park features some of the most advanced recycling and sustainable building techniques and materials available today including soy based spray insulation, high reflective roofing materials, recycled content siding, waterless urinals, highly efficient compact fluorescent lighting, composite wood beams and an on-site storm water retention and treatment system.
“When most people talk about recycling they think of tossing paper or plastic into a blue bin. We’re very proud of the fact that we were able to take recycling to a whole new level and the end result is a beautiful new park that can be enjoyed by the entire community. This is really a trash to treasure success story” said McCarthy.
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