With $420K purchase, Manatee County protects 13 acres

About 13 acres along the Myakka River adjacent to a county park will be protected, after a collaborative effort enabled Manatee County to purchase the property.

Manatee County commissioners authorized the $420,000 land purchase in June, and county records show the deed for the property transferred to the county in August.

The 13.4 acres of undeveloped property is near Crane Park, a 27-acre park in Myakka City that has playgrounds, pavilions and open space. About half of the park is wetlands, while the other half is open forest, according to sister publication East County Observer.