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Jan 9, 2025 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López |Tom Walker
Developer Pat Neal Planning for Development of Two Massive Commercial Buildings in Venice. By Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: Jan. 8, 2024Host: Developer Pat Neal’s plans for a controversial commercial development in Venice changed election outcomes in this still-quaint but fast-growing city. Yesterday, Neal’s project got a step closer to groundbreaking. But he still expects pushback, as Neal told WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López
The building would provide affordable housing to the theater’s performersBy Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: December 6, 2024Host: Florida Studio Theatre has ambitious plans for an eight-story building on their campus in downtown Sarasota that will cost it a cool $57 million. City planners discussed the proposal this week, and Ramon Lopez got the details. Ramon Lopez: A new major downtown Sarasota theatre project is working its way through the City of Sarasota’s administrative process.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López |Tom Walker
Delayed by Milton, the collard green cook-off took place this past weekendBy Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: October 30, 2024Host: Big Mama’s Collard Green Festival seems indestructible. The hurricanes did postpone the event, but it happened last weekend, and it still was one of the social highlights of the year for Newtown and Sarasota. Ramon Lopez was there. Ramon Lopez: Various community groups were hard hit by Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López
He has an idea of what went wrong, and what to do nextBy Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: October 25, 2024Host: Laurel Meadows is a fairly new subdivision in suburban Sarasota and it is far from any bigger body of water. So what caused it to be knee deep under water after Tropical Storm Debby? Hydrologist Steve Suau found a smoking gun, and now, in a study commissioned by Sarasota County, he has a series of recommendations on how to prevent similar damage during the next floods.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López
After being battered by hurricanes, Florida counties must prepare for election day in sub-optimal conditionsBy Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: October 23, 2024Host: Hurricane Milton wreaked havoc on buildings and displaced many voters, a little less than a month before the Nov. 5 elections. Ramon Lopez has a look at how political parties in Sarasota and the Supervisor of Elections are responding.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López
Slowly but surely, Sarasota County slouches back to normalcyBy Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: October 16, 2024Host: A week after the direct hit, WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez brings you a roundup of the area’s robust recovery after Milton. Ramon Lopez: Three hurricanes in one month. That’s the scary and sad reality for Sarasota and Manatee County residents. Milton was but the latest killer hurricane making landfall near Siesta Key as a Category 3 storm.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López
The retirees recount their evacuation experienceBy Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: October 16, 2024Host: Milton wrecked the Lido Beach condo building that is the main residence of a couple in their 80s. Do they want to continue to live in Sarasota? Ramon Lopez asked them. Ramon Lopez: Van and Marion Coufoudakis are no strangers to hurricanes, being long term residents of Lido Beach since retiring as university academics from Indiana.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López
Tampa and Orlando are up and running, SRQ not until Wednesday; Ramon Lopez looks at a small airport in the region. By Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: October 11, 2024Host: Reporter Ramon Lopez puts the focus on airports, and he ended up talking to the director of a small airport in this area, in Venice. Ramon Lopez: Flights in and out of Florida resumed Thursday night and Friday morning, following closures due to Hurricane Milton. Tampa International said its first flight left Friday at 8am.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López
Thanks to only minor damage, the show is on at Florida Studio Theatre. By Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: October 11, 2024Host: The spotlights are on again at Florida Studio Theatre, thanks to only minor damage during the hurricane. Ramon Lopez has the details. Ramon Lopez: As the massive cleanup continues in Sarasota County and city, and in Manatee County, normalcy is in short supply, and will take time to make a full recovery. This goes for both residents and local businesses.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
wslr.org | Ramon Lopez |Ramón López |Diana Warth Bregman
Seniors moved to hotels and another retirement community at Palmer Ranch. By Ramon LopezOriginal Air Date: October 4, 2024Host: Plymouth Harbor is one of Sarasota’s biggest and oldest retirement communities. Because it is located in an area vulnerable to flooding, it had to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton. WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez has the details. Ramon Lopez: The iconic Plymouth Harbor is located at 700 John Ringling Blvd., between downtown Sarasota and St. Armands.
