Siesta Seen
A DISPUTE OVER A BEACH PATH SEEMS TO BE RESOLVED; A COUNTY
VARIANCE PETITION IS PROCEEDING; THE SIESTA CHAMBER BIDS ADIEU TO
ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND CHAMBER AWARD NOMINEES ARE SOUGHT
By Rachel Brown Hackney
Editor
The accretion of sand on Siesta Public Beach
has led to what Sarasota County's environmental supervisor calls "a rather unique
situation" regarding one path to the beach.
met with representatives of the Conservation
Foundation of the Gulf Coast to iron out a
recent complaint regarding clearing of a path
through the Foundation's 11,687-square-foot
property, which has been a popular nesting
Last week, Howard Berna, a staff member in place for the endangered Snowy Plovers that
the county's Natural Resources Department, call Siesta home.
As temperatures were dropping up North, the Siesta Public Beach remained balmy in early November.
Photo by Rachel Hackney
