ApprovedGeneral Plan Amendment
Marian Anderson Place Brownfield Site Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Description
Final adoption changing the land use of the 9.22-acre brownfield site to Production Intensive Commercial, with a ban on open-air crushing or recycling operations written into the plan.
Impact summary
Opens the long-blighted former dump site in Newtown for job-creating development and an improved tax base.
Applicant
- Name
- City of Sarasota (contract purchaser Newtown Gateway, LLC)
- Address
- 2046 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. WaySee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · City Commission
Approved5–0, unanimous
Last discussed Feb 2, 2026.
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