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Tourist season’s tax receipts plummet due to COVID-19

Jun 8, 2020 – Cindy Lane
May 17, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

When the real estate market sneezes, it infects everyone

The last thing anyone wants these days is for someone next to you in line at the market, the bank or in our slowly-opening restaurants to sneeze near you. But if the real estate market starts to get…
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May 11, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

What’s bad for New York may be good for Florida

I am a New Yorker, I was born in New York City and worked for 25 years in the city. Until I moved to Florida over 20 years ago, I lived my whole life in either New York City or its surrounding suburb…
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May 4, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Beach reopenings welcomed by most, questioned by some

COVID-19 worse than red tide for tourism

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – COVID-19 has overtaken red tide as tourism’s worst nemesis in Manatee County. For the first time since October 2018, when a persistent red tide was plaguing Anna Maria Island…
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May 4, 2020
By SUN contributor
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Commissioners give relief to local businesses

HOLMES BEACH – Commissioners agreed during an April 28 virtual work session to do away with the fees associated with the city’s business tax receipt program, but only for the coming fiscal year. C…
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May 4, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Vacation rental owner issues plea to mayor

Vacation rental owner issues plea to mayor

ANNA MARIA – Vacation rental owner Carolyn Hodgson is among those who are upset that vacation rental operations are still prohibited in Florida because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Gov…
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May 4, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Preparedness for COVID-19, hurricanes not the same

Since the middle of March, we have been filling our freezers to overflowing and our pantries with enough paper products to grow a forest in an effort to abide by social distancing and reduce visits t…
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April 27, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Lockdown creativity

We are so living during a time when creativity can make the difference between just getting through it or getting through it with a bit of flair, and real estate purchasing is opting for the latter…
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April 19, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Changes in the pandemic age

If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s how quickly everything can change, and the real estate market is no exception. We went from a blow-out real estate market, overflowing restaurants, planning h…
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April 13, 2020
By SUN contributor
Local entrepreneurs give to save animals

Local entrepreneurs give to save animals

ANNA MARIA – Mark and Christine McConnell are not your average business owners. The two created a line of t-shirts, hats and other items sold at the Pineapple Marketplace but most, if not all, of the…
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April 12, 2020
By SUN contributor

Help out local nonprofits during the Giving Challenge

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – After taking a year off, this year The Giving Challenge returns just when local nonprofits need funds the most. Due to closures to help slow the spread of coronavirus, many loc…

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