March / April 2021 Report



Our Economic Development Reports can be found at 

economicdevelopmentreports.blogspot.com

and below.


Our sustainable economic development site is:  www.sarasotasistercities.com

which forwards to:   sarasotasistercities.blogspot.com


Links to our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and all of our blogs can be found on our website.

We have continued to discuss the potential Gift Catalog for Sarasota and the Animation Sarasota proposal with Economic Development officials. Will keep working the proposals. 

giftsforsarasota.blogspot.com

animationsarasota.blogspot.com


We continue to monitor economic development projects in our city and region, and market our community when we can.

The following addresses are used by Sarasota Sister Cities

Web...............sarasotasistercities.org 

The following blogs were used by Sarasota Sister Cities. Some of them are still in use today, others are of value for the history of the organization.

Sister City Blogs


Sustainable Economic Development


Newsletters

bridgestotheworldssc.blogspot.com


Photos



Communication / Social Mediavideossarasotasistercities.blogspot.com


Miscellaneous

February 2021

Rainbow CoalitionAdd caption

Our Economic Development Reports can be found at 

economicdevelopmentreports.blogspot.com

and below.


Our sustainable economic development site is:

www.sarasotasistercities.com


which forwards to:  

sarasotasistercities.blogspot.com


Links to our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and all of our blogs can be found on the site.

We completed the first draft of the Gift Catalog for Sarasota and the Animation proposal to Ringling, and have submitted them. We will periodically resubmit them trying to find interest. 

giftsforsarasota.blogspot.com

animationsarasota.blogspot.com


The following addresses are used by Sarasota Sister Cities

Web...............sarasotasistercities.org 

The following blogs were used by Sarasota Sister Cities. Some of them are still in use today, others are of value for the history of the organization.

Sister City Blogs


Sustainable Economic Development


Newsletters

bridgestotheworldssc.blogspot.com


Photos



Communication / Social Mediavideossarasotasistercities.blogspot.com


Miscellaneous






Jan 2021


Selby Gardens wins final approval for $92M master plan

Our Economic Development Reports can be found at 

economicdevelopmentreports.blogspot.com

and below.


Our Sustainable Economic Development site is:

www.sarasotasistercities.com  which forwards to:  

sarasotasistercities.blogspot.com


We completed the first draft of the Gift Catalog for Sarasota and the proposal for an animation sustainability tourism program for The Ringling College. We have submitted both proposals and will continue to try to gain interest.

giftsforsarasota.blogspot.com

animationsarasota.blogspot.com


We publish a variety of Sister Cities photos at: photossarasotasistercities.blogspot.com. There is also a list of all our social media sites and blogs on the first page. 


If you have photos you would like to share please email them to me at sarasotasistercities@gmail.com and I will post them on the blog.



December 2020

Our Economic Development Reports can be found at 

economicdevelopmentreports.blogspot.com

and below.


Our sustainable economic development site is:

www.sarasotasistercities.com


which forwards to:  

sarasotasistercities.blogspot.com


Links to our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and all of our blogs can be found on the site.


We completed the first draft of the Gift Catalog for Sarasota and submitted it to the City Manager and Assistant City Manager of Sarasota. We will resubmit soon. The major expansion of Selby Gardens and The Bay are major gifts currently underway, and the Ringling Museum and Patriot Plaza are other great examples. 

giftsforsarasota.blogspot.com


Mote Aquarium is a Great Example of a Major Gift - The New Aquarium will be at I-75 and University Parkway - Gifts For Sarasota - A Public Private Partnership

 


 






The major improvement planned for Selby Gardens has been approved by the City.

https://selby.org/about/selby-gardens-master-plan2/


At the other end of the spectrum are smaller gifts such as park benches and trees. The idea is to promote the notion of giving gifts that will improve and enhance our community. We have photos of the trees that Sarasota Sister Cities has given.


We developed another new economic 
development effort. The Ringling College for Art and Design has an oustanding animation program. We proposed to them that they develop animations aimed at children and their parents. Our thought is that the animation characters would be entertaining and teach children about "Green" Sustainability and promote tourism and economic development.

You can view the draft at the site below:

On that site we also have a link to a Google Document with a version of the proposal. You can edit and improve the proposal directly. Please do so.


If Ringling is interested, our roll would be to try to gain interest and financial support from our targeted agencies - the tourism agencies of Florida, Sarasota, and Manatee Counties. We would also approach the major attractions in our region - the Ringling Museum, Mote, FST, Benderson Park.


All of our reports can be found at:

https://economicdevelopmentreports.blogspot.com/



November 2020

The minutes of last months meeting are on: 

https://minutesssc.blogspot.com/


Our Economic Development Reports can be found at 

https://economicdevelopmentreports.blogspot.com/

and below.


We have revamped the look of our sustainable economic development site can be found at:

www.sarasotasistercities.com

which forwards to:  

https://sarasotasistercities.blogspot.com/

Links to our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and all of our blogs can be found on the site.



The city Commission has decided to retain our controversial statue on the Bayfront. The statue is controversial but is also a very popular tourist attraction.   


We completed the first draft of the Gift Catalog for Sarasota

giftsforsarasota.blogspot.com


We submitted it to the City Manager and Assistant City Manager of Sarasota. If they are interested we will refine and improve the blog to better reflect the gifts that Sarasota wants.  Of course the major expansion of Selby Gardens and The Bay are major gifts currently underway, and the Ringling Museum and Patriot Plaza are other great examples. 


At the other end of the spectrum are smaller gifts such as park benches and trees. The idea is to promote the notion of giving gifts that will improve and enhance our community. We have photos of the trees that Sarasota Sister Cities has given.


We are also developing another potential new economic 
development effort. The Ringling College for Art and Design has and oustanding animation program. We propose approaching them with an idea to develop animations aimed at children and their parents. Our thought is that the animation characters would be entertaining and teach children about "Green" Sustainability and promote tourism and economic development.


You can view a rough draft at the site below:


On that site we also have a link to a Google Document with a version of the proposal. You can edit and improve the proposal directly. Please do so.

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Below are the trees that Sarasota Sister Cities have provided to the people of our Cities and our Sister Cities.



 























The Sister Cities Trees are located near the tip of Bayfront Park in downtown Sarasota.








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