Business area perseveres amid pandemic, with potential changes in store

The next step for the Limelight District is to work with the city to encourage zoning restriction changes.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. December 25, 2020
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Courtesy. The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime is one of several businesses in the Limelight District, an area on Lime Avenue from Fruitville Road to 12th Street that’s officially recognized by the City of Sarasota.
Courtesy. The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime is one of several businesses in the Limelight District, an area on Lime Avenue from Fruitville Road to 12th Street that’s officially recognized by the City of Sarasota.
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There’s more in the works for Sarasota’s Limelight District.

The area near downtown, with Lime Avenue at its core, is home to dozens of businesses. In December 2019, the City of Sarasota officially recognized the spot — Lime Avenue from Fruitville Road to 12th Street — as “The Limelight District.”

 

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