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Herald-Tribune: Protest Planned Before Hearing

Sarasota Herald-Tribune, August 17, 2017

Supporters of Save Our Celery Fields will gather from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the corner of Palmer Boulevard and Apex Road, the site of the proposed facility for recycling construction and demolition debris.

Groups plans Saturday protest of recycling plant near Celery Fields
by Zach Murdock, Staff Writer

This story announces the rally planned for Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 10am was published online on Wednesday, August 16th and appeared on the front page of the August 17, 2017 print edition of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

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Herald-Tribune: Planning Commission sides with protesters against recycling facility

In a coup that surprised even leaders of the opposition against the project, the Sarasota County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the denial of the planned construction and demolition debris recycling center at the corner of Palmer Boulevard and Apex Road near the popular wildlife and recreation area.

Planning Commission sides with protesters against recycling facility
by Zach Murdock, Staff Writer

Published online Thursday, June 1, 2017 during the Planning Commission hearing that day in which Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend denial of Petition 17-01 TST Ventures, LLC, and in print the following day.

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Herald-Tribune: Celery Fields friends get way (3/22/2017)

Herald Tribune: Celery Fields friends get way

The company, JMDH Real Estate of Florida LLC, had been under contract to buy 6.9 county-owned acres at Apex Road and Palmer Boulevard just east of Interstate 75 and near the 300-acre recreation and wildlife site. But the plan was met with intense opposition from several hundred nearby residents and activists over the past six weeks.

Restaurant Depot project slated near Celery Fields withdrawn
by Zach Murdock, Staff Writer

Published online March 21, 2017, the story ran next to the lead story on the front page of the March 22, 2017 issue of the print edition under the headline, “Celery Fields friends get way.”

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Herald-Tribune: Sarasota County delays vote on controversial development near Celery Fields (3/1/2017)

Herald Tribune: Sarasota County delays vote on controversial development near Celery Fields

In a surprise move, the Sarasota County Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to delay the decision on a controversial petition to develop a wholesale restaurant facility near the Celery Fields preserve over concerns that the applicant had not properly disclosed the individuals behind its company.

Sarasota County delays vote on controversial development near Celery Fields
by Elizabeth Djinis, Staff Writer

Published online on Wednesday March 1, 2017, following the Sarasota County Commission meeting that day, in which Commissioners tabled the discussion and vote on Rezone Petition 16-33: Restaurant Depot until April 26, 2017.

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East County Observer: Proposed Recycling Facility Draws Criticism (2/22/2017)

East County Observer: Proposed Recycling Facility Draws Criticism

Although the developer of a recycling facility and waste transfer station just west of the Celery Fields in eastern Sarasota County said the project will benefit the environment, residents along Palmer Boulevard disagree.

Proposed recycling facility draws criticism
by Pam Eubanks, Senior Editor

This piece primarily refers to Rezone Petition 17-01: Recycling Center, which was submitted a few weeks ago by TST Ventures.

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[SRQ Magazine] Guest Column: Celery Fields Sell Out

This is how bad planning happens: one decision at a time. Uninspired at best and damaging at worst, approving industrial land use near a premier ecotourism wildlife habitat would be a spectacular betrayal of community planning, interest and investment. The Sarasota Board of County Commissioners can embrace our community vision and chart a different course.

From Celery Fields Sell Out, a guest column published in the SRQ Daily “Saturday Perspectives” edition on February 25, 2017. The column, penned by Cathy Antunes, originally ran on The Detail.