SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board approved a $450 million plan today to build North Port’s first hospital on North Sumter Boulevard in North Port.
The 6-story, 100-bed hospital will be built on an undeveloped 32-acre parcel Sarasota Memorial Health Care System owns in the 4900 block of North Sumter Boulevard near I-75. Sarasota Memorial Hospital-North Port will be the health system’s third acute-care hospital and fulfills a longstanding request from the City of North Port for a hospital of its own. With more than 95,000 residents, North Port is the largest city in Sarasota County, both in land mass and population, and one of the fastest growing in the nation.
more»NORTH PORT – The historic value of three iconic structures at Warm Mineral Springs will be preserved and someday surrounded by parkland, after the North Port City commission adopted a preservation plan for the structures and took the first step toward a conservation restriction for Warm Mineral Springs Park.
The five-member board’s unanimous vote to follow staff recommendations came roughly seven months after Warm Mineral Springs Development Group pulled the plug on a development deal that called restoration of the three historical buildings on the 21.6-acre springs activity center, but also a hotel and residences on the surrounding 61.4-acres of parkland.
more»Registration is now open for the 13th Annual Tour de North Port, a scenic on-road organized bicycle ride fundraiser sponsored by People for Trees, a non-profit native tree advocacy group since 1997.
The event takes place on October 20, and riders can choose from 15, 35 and 65 miles. Learn more at https://peoplefortrees.com
more»NORTH, Fla. (WWSB) - Celebrating its tradition of fostering a thriving business community, the City of North Port once again played host to the successful Business Welcome in the first quarter of 2024, for new businesses who joined the City in January, February and March 2024.
The City proudly celebrated the addition of 70 new businesses during this quarter at Saturday’s event at City Hall.
The newly inducted members of North Port’s flourishing entrepreneurial scene were all publicly acknowledged, each receiving signed certificates, taking part in a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony and meeting community partners committed to their growth and success.
more»Entrepreneurs are increasingly choosing North Port for their operations, and a group of more than 100 converged recently in the city at the first-of-its-kind business networking event.
Nearly 160 businesses have opened their doors in the city so far in fiscal year 2024, North Port Economic Development Manager Vinnie Mascarenhas tells the Business Observer. Since the municipality’s fiscal year began in October, a steady stream of businesses has been added to the its roster, primarily in the service industry.
“People are moving here,” Mascarenhas says. “Our quality of life has a lot to do with it. It’s a safe city. It’s well located with Interstate 75. We are proximate to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world…[and] schools are outstanding. When businesses and people are looking at southwest Florida, they take a really hard look at North Port.”
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more»SARASOTA, Fla. – North Port-Sarasota is the fastest growing U.S. city in the country, according to data released by the business and employment website LinkedIn.
Located in Southwest Florida, North Port-Sarasota grew by 107 people per 10,000 LinkedIn members over the last 12 months. The area far outpaced Tampa Bay, which held net migration of 55 people per 10,000 LinkedIn users for second place.
more»NORTH PORT – The city of North Port welcomed 71 new businesses July 29, at its second quarter business welcome.
The new businesses all started in the city between April and June.
The newly inducted members of North Port's flourishing entrepreneurial scene were all publicly acknowledged, each receiving signed certificates, taking part in a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony and meeting community partners committed to their growth and success.
more»Transportation improvements – specifically the increased ridership and decreased cost since Sarasota County launched its Mobility on Demand service in June 2021 – highlighted’ Thursday’s joint meeting of the North Port City Commission and Sarasota County Commission.
more»North Port High freshman runner Malia Hambrick won the 800-meter run, finished second in the 1,600 and helped the Bobcats win two relays Saturday at the Class 4A-District 8 track and field meet at North Port High.
more»The city of North Port is embarking taking steps to reopen Warm Mineral Springs to the public. The spring is on a 21.6-acre site along with three historic buildings that will be restored as part of the public-private partnership.
more»The city of North Port, which now boasts a population of 80,000 was ranked as the second-fastest growing city in the U.S. by Quicken Loans, behind Cape Coral/Fort Myers.
more»After years of anticipation, construction has officially started on a Wawa convenience store and gas station at a busy North Port intersection. The city of North Port announced on its Facebook page Tuesday that land is being cleared at Toledo Blade and Price boulevards for the new Wawa store.
more»The rate of job creation by new companies in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton region ranks first among all mid-size metro areas in the country, according to a new study by the job-matching website HireAHelper.com. Not only that, by percentage of total employment, but it also leads the nation regardless of market size.
more»Plans from the city of North Port have confirmed that Costco is in the beginning stages of opening a second warehouse in Sarasota County near Wellen Park. The plans show that the warehouse will be 157,000 square feet & there will also be a 240-square-foot fuel kiosk.
more»Cyclists can now ride a paved path from the city of North Port to downtown Sarasota, with the opening of the North Port Connector. Sarasota County broke ground in North Port at a trailhead for the North Port Connector at 1045 Calera Street, near Price Boulevard and marked the end of a “Race to Completion,” on the cycling and running path on Sept. 9 – 851 days ahead of schedule.
more»Sarasota Memorial Hospital plans to start construction on a long-promised hospital in North Port, set for the southeast corner of the Sumter Boulevard exit off of Interstate 75.
more»North Port will receive a $1.7 million infrastructure grant from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund.
more»An analysis by real estate site Redfin of relocation data from out-of-metro searchers named North Port as the No. 7 metro area for which users were searching.
more»The North Port City Commission unanimously approved a new agreement with the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County. The board commended the EDC, which has changed the way it does business since the COVID-19 pandemic from marketing the area to potential businesses to acting as a concierge service for prospective companies.
more»Amid the COVID-19 hangover of sluggish supply chains and personnel shortages, Florida remains among the most robust homebuilding states in the country. As the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metropolitan statistical area continues to attract new residents seeking a more suitable lifestyle, it ranks seventh among all mid-size MSAs for new home construction.
more»Cities (including North Port) on Florida’s west coast climbed to the top of The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index, boosted by the growth of remote work and warm weather in the Sunshine State.
more»NORTH PORT — A dozen speakers painted a bright picture for the future of North Port Friday, at the fourth annual North Port Real Estate Summit, hosted at the North Port campus of Suncoast Technical College.
more»Three buildings at Warm Mineral Springs, believed to be designed by Jack West, are officially part of the National Register of Historic Places — a designation that may open the door for more grant funds to restore the three structures as the city plans to both preserve the springs and develop the surrounding park into a recreational amenity.
more»The North Port area is booming! More than 40 employers will be participating in a multi-industry job fair. Come check out the beautiful GulfStar Homes and make yourself part of this exciting, growing, community!
more»Although it can be a challenge to find affordable housing, there are still good reasons for homeownership, Neal (Michael Neal, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute) says. First, homeowners get the benefit of having a consistent housing bill each month for the life of their mortgage. And the longer homebuyers stay in their house, the more money they’ll likely save in rising rent down the road.
A stable housing payment with a fixed-rate mortgage can shelter you from the inflation that renters have to pay, something called shelter-cost inflation. Average rents have grown about 1% over the past two months, the fastest pace of growth in nearly two years, according to data from Apartment List’s National Rent Report. Over time, those increases add up for renters.
more»The city of North Port is targeting a grand opening of its new $12 million North Port Aquatic Center this summer, as part of a year-long celebration of the city’s 60th anniversary.
more»Rain is vital to our existence, but that’s not the only exciting part to Laura Bartunek. It can also be incorporated into architectural design.
more»This new water park with pools and play areas, three water slides and even a lazy river, will be the newest, family-friendly addition inside Butler Park by this July.
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