Will Sarasota lose some if its most valued cultural institutions?

The belief that some Sarasota officials are, and have been, hostile to businesses is to a large extent earned — this is a city, after all, that has floated new building construction moratoriums several times in the past 50 years.

But the anti-business vibe now includes what some consider a cultural institution animus, stemming specifically from two Sarasota City Commission decisions. The latest: A 3-2 vote to reject a key portion of a proposed redevelopment project at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, an iconic bayfont nonprofit tourist organization that dates back nearly 100 years. That decision followed a 4-1 vote in May to reject the Sarasota Orchestra’s proposal to build an 1,800-seat concert hall on seven acres of Payne Park, a 39-acre park just outside downtown.