Significant "Green" recreational space is a true treasure largely unknown to other parts of FL and other States where cranes/cars rule day-to-day lives. A decision against the Park is expected to hurt the City in perpetuity . Engaged Neighborhoods , children using a "Circus" spot and the wildlife have an intrinsic value that, sadly, can only be precisely calculated once such a treasure is eviscerated. Honor the City's vibrant History and Payne patrons. Failing to do so would set an extremely bad precedent.
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Janet Papenfuss
7 years ago
I support Selby Gardens and the expansion because the plants/trees cannot be picked up and moved. There is very little free play area in downtown so the orchestra should go further east to fine suitable land rather than taking
what little area there is. Too bad one of the biggest donors does not like the Bayfront area. After all the orchestra does not have permanent parts (like trees) that cannot be moved.
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Linda DiCampli
7 years ago
Please do not take one of the few green spaces left in Sarasota away from us. Sarasota is starting to look like Miami with all the new construction. We love our tennis in a truly outdoor, unobstructed park.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Please preserves Payne Park. We need and love the green space. Do not demolish it when there are other areas around Sarasota that are available to the SO.
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Craig Clark
7 years ago
Keep Payne Park as it is.
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Anne-Marie Tardif
7 years ago
Many other opportunities exist for a new concert hall location without taking our precious parklands. The Fairgrounds are an underutilized resource, meeting all requirements in an accessible location, to name one option.
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Valerie Mckeon
7 years ago
Save Payne Park
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Allan Thompson
7 years ago
Payne Park was designated a 'Signature Park' by the City just a year or so ago. It is developing as a rich and diverse habitat for wild-life and is increasingly being used by the community as a peaceful haven in a growing urban landscape. Overriding the stipulations in the Payne Deed Gift to the City gives licence to other developers to build on public parks and open space and will dissuade other prospective benefactors from making similar donations to the City.
Once the green space and ponds have been built upon it is gone and if the Orchestra should leave, the building will remain and the green space cannot be recreated.
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James Neumerski
7 years ago
1520 Glen Oaks Dr
250
Sarasota, FL 34232
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Paul J Hennekes
7 years ago
Please don't ruin our Payne Park. My home address is 858 Hudson Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236 (within walking distance of Payne Park).
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Patricia Porchey
7 years ago
The Fairgrounds meets all the requirements and doesn't take away our precious park land.
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jeff davis
7 years ago
keep PP as it is PLEASE!!!!
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Debby Thompson
7 years ago
Don't build the Orchestra at Payne Park. We want it to stay the way it is.; good for tennis players and good for nature.
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Sharon Kenworthy
7 years ago
How sad it would be to place another building over a natural habitat because some Big Donor wants his own way!
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Martin Risacher
7 years ago
I am in favor of a new concert hall but not at Payne Park.
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Donald McEachern
7 years ago
This idea of removing green space for ANY building is TERRIBLE! The one thing that we can never get back is green space for parks!
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Awilda Howard
7 years ago
The park is a green oasis for people and wildlife in Sarasota. Deny this land grab by the Sarasota Orchestra, especially when they have other prime space available to build.
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Jim Moss
7 years ago
Leave Payne Park alone. It’s a great place to enjoy Sarasota.
Keep green spaces
Preserve Payne Park
Significant "Green" recreational space is a true treasure largely unknown to other parts of FL and other States where cranes/cars rule day-to-day lives. A decision against the Park is expected to hurt the City in perpetuity . Engaged Neighborhoods , children using a "Circus" spot and the wildlife have an intrinsic value that, sadly, can only be precisely calculated once such a treasure is eviscerated. Honor the City's vibrant History and Payne patrons. Failing to do so would set an extremely bad precedent.
I support Selby Gardens and the expansion because the plants/trees cannot be picked up and moved. There is very little free play area in downtown so the orchestra should go further east to fine suitable land rather than taking what little area there is. Too bad one of the biggest donors does not like the Bayfront area. After all the orchestra does not have permanent parts (like trees) that cannot be moved.
Please do not take one of the few green spaces left in Sarasota away from us. Sarasota is starting to look like Miami with all the new construction. We love our tennis in a truly outdoor, unobstructed park.
Please preserves Payne Park. We need and love the green space. Do not demolish it when there are other areas around Sarasota that are available to the SO.
Keep Payne Park as it is.
Many other opportunities exist for a new concert hall location without taking our precious parklands. The Fairgrounds are an underutilized resource, meeting all requirements in an accessible location, to name one option.
Save Payne Park
Payne Park was designated a 'Signature Park' by the City just a year or so ago. It is developing as a rich and diverse habitat for wild-life and is increasingly being used by the community as a peaceful haven in a growing urban landscape. Overriding the stipulations in the Payne Deed Gift to the City gives licence to other developers to build on public parks and open space and will dissuade other prospective benefactors from making similar donations to the City. Once the green space and ponds have been built upon it is gone and if the Orchestra should leave, the building will remain and the green space cannot be recreated.
1520 Glen Oaks Dr 250 Sarasota, FL 34232
Please don't ruin our Payne Park. My home address is 858 Hudson Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236 (within walking distance of Payne Park).
The Fairgrounds meets all the requirements and doesn't take away our precious park land.
keep PP as it is PLEASE!!!!
Don't build the Orchestra at Payne Park. We want it to stay the way it is.; good for tennis players and good for nature.
How sad it would be to place another building over a natural habitat because some Big Donor wants his own way!
I am in favor of a new concert hall but not at Payne Park.
This idea of removing green space for ANY building is TERRIBLE! The one thing that we can never get back is green space for parks!
The park is a green oasis for people and wildlife in Sarasota. Deny this land grab by the Sarasota Orchestra, especially when they have other prime space available to build.
Leave Payne Park alone. It’s a great place to enjoy Sarasota.