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Sarasota News Leader November 29, 2013 • Regatta Island water and sewer and electrical systems: $800,000. Page 25 of multiple uses. The expanded version would cost up to $2 million. • Finishing towers with timing mechanisms: • A starting line platform with all the necesThree are needed at a cost of $40,000 each. sary precision timing apparatuses: $375,000. • A starting line tower and timing huts: For its next big project, Blackketter told the $80,000. TDC on Nov. 21, SANCA needs to complete plans for the boathouse. • A three-story tower at the finish line that would contain timing equipment and pro- That facility, he told the TDC members earvide space for the referees and the news lier this year, would be designed to host all media: A basic structure would be $800,000. sorts of events that would generate reveHowever, Blackketter said, the goal was to nue for Benderson Park, which is owned by expand the initial facility to make it capable the county. A current aerial view shows the layout of Benderson Park. Image courtesy Sarasota County