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Sarasota News Leader January 3, 2014 More than 100 Newtown residents, community leaders and elected officials gather on Jan. 23 to unveil a new 28-unit affordable housing complex, King Stone Townhomes, bringing to a close a phase of intense redevelopment sparked by a stimulus grant. King Stone replaces a blighted Mediterranean apartment complex on Martin Luther King Jr. Way, just east of Orange Avenue. The cream-colored, two-story construction is a joint project of the Sarasota Housing Authority and the Sarasota Housing Funding Corp., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliated with the Authority. Page 13 downtown and the northern city limits, which probably has been the most studied area in the city. The latest proposal for improving that area comes after three years of work by the North Trail Redevelopment Partnership, a consortium of owners, neighbors, businesses and cultural institutions. "This process was not led by some high-priced, out-of-town consultant," says City Planner Ryan Chapdelain. "It was led by local stakeholders." After Sarasota County commissioners express shock on Jan. 29 at the cost and length of time it takes to erect shelters for Sarasota County The City Planning Board votes on Jan. 23 to Area Transit bus stops, new SCAT Director delay action on the "NTOD," an overlay dis- Glama Carter promises to provide an in-depth trict for the North Tamiami Trail between analysis of the issues during an upcoming County Commission Chairwoman Carolyn Mason checks out the kitchen of a new King Stone Townhome in Newtown. Photo by Cooper Levey-Baker