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FEBRUARY 2018 | SARASOTA SCENE 85
on the town
To do this piecemeal was something
that we all wanted to prevent. I think
that the true ability to transform that
site into a fabulous park with amazing
amenities, whether you go in or not,
is going to be the true trick of the
great horizontal plan. Whenever and
whatever gets built there, it’s going
to be built in phases. Some people
will love it and some people will not.
You’re never going to get 100 percent
consensus with any architecture,
but if you give the community the
opportunity to create that, and it serves
the community the next 50 to 75
years, we’re going to have a “high five”
moment.
Is Sarasota still a small town in your
mind and heart?
If you’ve lived here for a couple of
years, you’re always going to run into
someone you know, so it still feels like
a small town to me. It doesn’t live like
a small town, not like it used to. We’re
bigger than a town, but smaller than a
city, and I think that’s a real cool place
to be.
When you look around, is there a place
that makes you shake your head and
say wow, look at this place?
I do. When I think of this town, one
of my favorite places is that wonderful
Ringling Bridge that was built through
much debate, but with the vision of
great man - the late Gil Waters. It
connects and activates the community
and is representative of someone would
not give up fighting for something he
believed in.
As a family man, what kind of place do
you want to leave to your children and
grandchildren?
I want my community to be greener,
cleaner and with strong institutions,
particularly educational, and at its core,
an economy that allows people of all
levels of their life to choose to be able
to stay here.
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