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DSCA Greenspace Committee Gets Update on FDOT Landscaping Plans
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DSCA Greenspace Committee Gets Update on FDOT Landscaping Plans

DSCA News, Greenspace, Land Development, Transportation

DSCA Greenspace Committee Gets Update on FDOT Landscaping Plans

Patrick Gannon2021-09-18T18:20:55-04:00September 18th, 2021|DSCA News, Greenspace, Land Development, Transportation|

On August 24, 2021, members of the DSCA Greenspace Committee and interested residents held discussions with FDOT and City experts; which included Mark Miller, Sr. Arborist & Dan Ohrenstein, Assistant City Engineer; City of Sarasota; Darryl Richard, District 1 Landscape Architect, FL Dept of Transportation (FDOT). The committee and guests discussed the following agenda items: [...]

Seidman: ‘The right tree in the right place’?
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Seidman: ‘The right tree in the right place’?

Greenspace, Local News

Seidman: ‘The right tree in the right place’?

Patrick Gannon2019-01-07T11:49:49-05:00January 7th, 2019|Greenspace, Local News|

The city’s greenspace policy calls for canopy trees in public rights-of way, but the Lemon Avenue is proposing palms. The royal palm is a stately, elegant, regal tree. It can soar to 90 feet in height and bears more than a dozen giant fronds, each twice as tall as a basketball player and weighing as [...]