Posts Tagged ‘Manatee County’

Historic house goes solar

Manatee County has taken its first step to answer the demand for solar power in the wake of the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Solar energy now powers the Valentine House, the new guest center that opened May 1 at the county’s Robinson Preserve. One of the oldest houses in the [...] Read more

Home building in Southwest Florida on the mend

After the worst year in the home building business since the Great Depression, Southwest Florida builders and their subcontractors are getting busy again. Builders in Manatee County are firing up their cement mixers and nail guns the fastest. But other parts of the region — including hard-hit North Port — also are beginning to see [...] Read more

Tourism board to request BP funds

In an effort to boost tourism, Manatee County will request $600,000 from BP to market the area as oil-free. “The only oil down here is suntan oil,” said Larry White, who is retiring from the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau this week. He announced the request last week after Pinellas County requested $2 million, [...] Read more

Real estate sales soar on Anna Maria Island

ANNA MARIA — May was not only a strong month for Manatee County home sales but sales on Anna Maria Island were healthy, too. The Manatee Association of Realtors reported that 24 single-family homes on Anna Maria Island were sold in May, an increase from 13 sold a year ago in May 2009. The 24 [...] Read more

In Manatee, it’s a builder buying binge: Economic slump’s survivors are now picking up pieces of victims

May 10–MANATEE – Residential developers and homebuilders who survived the housing bust now are feasting on the remains of those who didn’t.  They’ve been on a buying spree, using cash savings to acquire finished, but unbuilt lots and subdivisions that have been stalled or lost to foreclosure or bankruptcy. They’re paying up to 75 percent [...] Read more

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