Downtown Sarasota City Guide Annual 2010 : Page 3
WELCOME! The Downtown Sarasota Alliance, in partnership with the Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Downtown Improvement District, welcomes you to beautiful downtown Sarasota. We have prepared this book to help you discover the diverse and colorful collage of shopping and neighborhood districts, each with a distinct atmosphere, which togethermake up our Gulfshore city that we are proud to call home. It is the Alliance’s mission to provide a unifi ed voice to promote and enrich Historic Downtown Sarasota, and our vision to make the City of Sarasota the best city in America to live, work and visit. Whether you are visiting for the fi rst time or live here year ’round, we invite you to explore downtown, where you will fi nd more than 200 independently owned shops, restaurants and cafes. Experience art galleries, world-class opera, orchestra and ballet, theaters and botanical gardens, all within a short walk of each other. Sarasota is a very special place, and downtown is its heart. Wendy Getchell, Chair Downtown Sarasota Alliance Published by Sarasota Magazine, 330 S. Pineapple Ave., Suite 205, Sarasota FL 34236. (941) 487-1100. VP/Assoc. Publisher Jamie Aymerich, VP Operations Pamela Flanagan, Director of Publications Norma Machado, Editor Kay Kipling, Art Director Michael Muscarella, Advertising Team Leader Kim Davis, Advertising Sales Team Rosemary Angeleri, Clarke Dvoskin, Elizabeth Miller, Dan Starostecki, Advertising Services Manager Katherine Orenic. Contributing photographers: Barbara A. Banks, Cliff Roles, Rod Millington, Daniel Perales, Dieter Tamson. Information within these pages was accurate as of printing. Within the listings copy, advertisers in this book are highlighted with boldface type. DOWNTOWNSRQ.COM 1
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