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Sarasota News Leader January 3, 2014 to have tenants or owners in the space when the building is finished. They are still smarting from the extra year of delay it took to get somebody into the ground floor space at the Palm Avenue garage. Louies Modern and The Francis, a restaurant and banquet space, respectively, opened in early April. To mix sports metaphors: It is not a slam dunk, but the Sarasota County Commission finally votes unanimously on June 4 to approve a funding guarantee letter required as part of the effort to land the 2017 World Rowing Championships at Nathan Benderson Park. The letter says simply that the county "will support the organization of the [championships] up to the level of $2,782,000." Assistant County Administrator Lee Ann Page 57 Lowery points out that the Manatee County Commission unanimously approved the same type of letter at its meeting earlier in the day. What the letters mean is that Sarasota County and Manatee County together guarantee that if the region lands the 2017 World Rowing Championships bid, the county governments will cover any cost overruns up to the specified monetary level. No, the Sarasota County Commission does not want to sell its share of Warm Mineral Springs to the City of North Port, commissioners decide during their June 4 meeting. And, yes, they do object to the North Port City Commission's May 28 vote to proceed on its own with negotiating a short-term agreement to keep the resort open past the June 30 Sarasota and Manatee counties sign a guarantee that they will cover any shortfall in finances for the 2017 World Rowing Championships, up to a certain level, if Benderson Park wins the bid for the event. Photo by Norman Schimmel