The Turning Tide?

Members from the Greenspace Policy Committee appear to have rejected the idea of an “eye for an eye” when a business owner wants to cover a plant bed to expand his business — suggesting a shift in the winds for Sarasota's anti-business reputation.

“We have people coming here to do business, and we want to make them pay,” says Diana Hamilton. “That's not fair.”

The city's Neighborhood and Development Services Director Tim Litchet created the committee to help clear up confusion and quell frustration over the city's greenspace policy.