Downtown Revitalization
Should Sarasota Grow? Yes - how is the question
Advocacy groups call for growth controls
By DALE WHITE
dale.white@heraldtribune.com
SARASOTA COUNTY -- Members of several environmental, neighborhood and political groups rallied Saturday behind a message that growth is outpacing this county's ability to provide services.
"We can't find enough water, enough funding for schools, enough funding for roads," County Commissioner Jon Thaxton told about 100 people at the annual luncheon of Control Growth Now.
Aside from CGN members, several candidates, county planning commissioners and representatives from the Sierra Club, Audubon Society, Council of Neighborhood Associations, Citizens for Sensible Growth and other groups turned out to hear Thaxton and other speakers.
