Fairgrounds option faring-well: With Tim Clarke, committee leader for the Sarasota Chamber's conference center proposal, and Virginia Haley, executive director of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, dead set against developing a conference center at the Fairgrounds, why are city and county leaders so enamored by the site?Sarasota 'Salvation' site sold: John and Jack Cox, E. Russell James, Donnie McDonough and Mario Comparetto purchased the old 52,500-square-foot Salvation Army homeless shelter, near Fruitville Road and Lemon Avenue, for $1.5 million.Walbolt re-elected chair
