Sarasota County a national leader in mosquito management, officials say

Four months after the groundbreaking for its new facility, Sarasota County Mosquito Management recently hosted its annual media day to showcase the operations that will be moving. 

Those operations — and the investment, personnel and knowhow behind it — are a significant part of what local officials, starting at the top with Sarasota County Administrator Jonathan Lewis, say make the county a national leader in mosquito control.

The county "really has invested in the future of mosquito management,” Lewis said during the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce’s April 16 State of the County update. “We are one of the leaders in the country, not just in the state of Florida, when it comes to how we deal with it."