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Sarasota News Leader September 13, 2013 Page 26 MAIN STREET'S SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY COMPLETE, PROVIDING A LITTLE MORE WALKING SPACE IN DOWNTOWN SARASOTA, ALONG WITH HIGH HOPES FOR THIS TOURIST SEASON By Roger Drouin County Editor On Sept. 9, Chip Beeman marked a welcome sight for early September, one of the slower months for downtown Sarasota businesses: More than two-thirds of the outdoor café tables in front of Pastry Art were filled. month as vacationers and seasonal residents from states such as Ohio and Michigan begin to return. As the weather cools, Pastry Art will be ready for the tourists. The restaurant has been able "There were a lot of lattes and newspapers out to put five more café tables outside, thanks to there," said Beeman, who owns the cafe with one phase of Main Street's recent facelift. his wife, Katie. Crews are wrapping up three different segThe sight gave Beeman high hopes for the up- ments of work that added stretches of wider coming tourist season, which kicks off this brick sidewalks along the middle and lower On the north side of lower Main Street, crews are replacing diagonal parking with parallel parking, making space for eight additional feet of sidewalk. Photo by Norman Schimmel

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