Longboat hotel reopens nearly a year after storm

Sandpiper Inn, located at 5451 Gulf of Mexico Drive, reopened mid-August after rebuilding from significant hurricane damage.
Sandpiper Inn, located at 5451 Gulf of Mexico Drive, reopened mid-August after rebuilding from significant hurricane damage.
Photo by Dana Kampa
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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The Sandpiper Inn on Longboat Key has reopened — less than a year after the owners said the property would be "closed forever" following extensive hurricane damage.

 

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