Red-lettered signs sprout all along Higel Avenue, just after crossing Siesta Key’s north bridge, exclaiming “Stop High Density Hotels.” The signs dotting Sarasota’s premier tourist attraction are a ...

More than 50 public speakers attended the Sarasota County Commissioners meeting yesterday to voice their opinions about a density and height limit change that would pave the way for an eight-story ...

The Sarasota County Commission is expected to discuss three developers' proposals that could pave the way for major Siesta Key hotels at its next board meeting on Nov. 28. The proposals come just one ...

The hundreds of Siesta Key residents who had a chance recently to let developers know just what they thought of the latest proposals for two new hotels on the low-key barrier island didn't pull any ...

Clayton Thompson remembers crazier times. In the early 2000s, when he first opened Clayton's Siesta Grille on Old Stickney Point Road, the neighborhood around the restaurant was pretty chaotic.