Fresh Start for the Celery Fields

To all who have been following and participating in our Fresh Start Initiative,  this article might be of interest . While it addres...

Fresh Start is happy to report more than three dozen ideas, suggestions, and proposals came in for its community-based public land initiativ...

A quick Reminder that  proposals for the Fresh Start Initiative  are due March 1. We have heard from a number of people who have shared grea...

Fresh Start is a grassroots experiment in Sarasota County that seeks good ideas for two pieces of public land -- ideas endorsed by the neigh...

Yesterday morning at the Celery Fields, it was quiet - no highway noise, no copters or trucks. Why would the County be ok with intro...

Sarasotans took time from their Valentine's Day festivities Wednesday to hear from residents who have proposals-in-progress for the publ...

If you’re considering a use or activity that would genuinely enhance public parcels that lie between the Celery Fields and the Packinghouse...

On Nov. 28th last, the Fresh Start Initiative got the County's "blessing" to begin a citizen process to generate good ideas f...

If you plan to work on a citizens' community proposal for the Quad Parcels, some basic info is below. Timing: We ask that prop...

What would you love to see happen on our public lands near the Celery Fields? A community center? An ecolodge? A market and public trail...