Sarasota commissioners reject deal to buy Main Street lot for justice center

  • By Eric Garwood
  • | 5:00 a.m. April 23, 2025
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The property at 2100 Main St. is under consideration by Sarasota County as part of its jail-expansion plans.
The property at 2100 Main St. is under consideration by Sarasota County as part of its jail-expansion plans.
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Sarasota County commissioners on Tuesday afternoon generally supported — but not widely enough to approve — the purchase of six-tenths of an acre in downtown Sarasota in support of the county’s Correctional Campus Master Planning project.

 

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