Master-planned community capitalizes on name change, pent-up demand

With a new name and a rebrand, Wellen Park officials, despite the pandemic, are optimistic about the near-term future.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 11:14 a.m. July 2, 2020
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Courtesy. Adjacent to the Tamiami Trail corridor between Venice and North Port, Wellen Park has some 7,500 residents.
Courtesy. Adjacent to the Tamiami Trail corridor between Venice and North Port, Wellen Park has some 7,500 residents.
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A Florida housing community is all well and good. But with Wellen Park, in south Sarasota County, Rick Severance believes he’s got the opportunity to create something way better than well and good.

 

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