$1.2M land donation benefits Pines of Sarasota

A land parcel alongside the Legacy Trail north of Ashton Road in Sarasota was donated in October to the Pines of Sarasota Foundation by longtime Sarasota resident Bob Waechter, the president of a commercial management company and a Sarasota County political influencer.

The 2.2-acre gift was made in memory of Waechter’s wife, Jane Cavanagh Waechter; his mother, Beatrice “Bea” Waechter Parker; and his mother-in-law, Mary Kertesz Cavanagh, according to a statement. All three were cared for at Pines of Sarasota.

“They were embraced in a caring environment and watched over by people who loved them,” Waechter says in a news announcement released by the Pines of Sarasota Foundation.