Kenwood Glen, a community in the Plantation in Venice, has sixty seven homes that were constructed in 2014. They began their enhanced pond program with a 300 foot test area last year with funding from the START-Sarasota County NEST Program funded by the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. This year their expanded pond plan was selected [...]
It didn’t take long after last month’s announcement of the Healthy Pond Collaborative moving to Manatee County for a number of communities to contact us about help with their ponds. One of the first to reach out to the HPC Manatee was Fresh Meadows, a community in Palmetto built back in 1990-1993 consisting of 156 [...]
START is pleased to acknowledge another important pond enhancement project in Sarasota County that was launched on Saturday, May 22nd, by the Venice Area Audubon Society (VAAS). The organization celebrated its 50th anniversary back in 2015 and is now 56 years old with over 250 active members. The (VAAS) is located on Annex Road behind [...]
