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Sarasota News Leader September 27, 2013 Page 112 Siesta Seen T-shirt shop: It will have about 1,750 square feet of space in the new building, whose total footprint will be 2,048 square feet, Smith noted. The design includes an elevator as well as storage space on the second floor for the time being. Napoli's footprint, by the way, was 2,050 square feet, he added. "It'll be a nice little building," Smith said. One especially interesting aspect of the design for Gidget's is that the retail space will be floodproof, so the structure will not have to be elevated more than 19 feet to meet regulations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). "When you're dealing with retail," Smith told me earlier this year, "you have to keep the shop close to the street." Gidget's is the project of Siesta residents Brian and Trudy Wigelsworth. Trudy, manager of Blvd. Beachwear on Ocean Boulevard, has more than 20 years of retail experience, Brian told me in August. SIESTA BEACH PARK UPDATE Brad Gaubatz, manager of the construction portion of the Siesta Beach Park improvements, and Carolyn Brown, Sarasota County's director of parks and recreation, will provide an update on the $21.5 million plans An artist's rendering shows the view of the new east concession area and restrooms at Siesta Public Beach as people head toward those facilities on an elevated walkway. Image courtesy of Sarasota County