The city should have let the tax payers decide this,they are turning Sarasota into Miami/Lauderdale.How they changed the zoning for the Vue is beyond me,it used to be a 3 story Holiday Inn & a Denney's,The rent they are charging for a beach property of like $80,000 a year is ridiculous,I was paying $ 72,000 a year on St Armand's 20 years ago for 1200 sq ft
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Julie Shrewsbury
8 years ago
Have been coming to Lido from the UK for long vacations for many years. My favourite place in the world, it’s unique, please don’t spoil it!
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Irene Golinski
8 years ago
The beauty of Sarasota was that there was free parking, free access to beaches and natural beauty. That's why we moved here. I noticed in the 6 years that I live here it is becoming a metropolitan concrete jungle and we will need to pay for everything including crossing bridges...the very things I wanted to leave behind.
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Cathy zellers
8 years ago
Daquiri Deck is not wanted you n Lido Beach. Please leave it alone for those of us that use it. If we want party we will go to Siesta and that will never happen
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Kathy green
8 years ago
Lets keep the character of Lido as its always been. Traditions are important
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Anonymous
8 years ago
It is vain to do with more, that which can be done with less. The majority oppose this folly.
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Frankie Grover
8 years ago
This would be a travesty! Keep Lido casual and beautiful!
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darcy grisanti
8 years ago
leave the lido beach pavilion as it is. This is a public beach and should remain public and this includes the pavilion.
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Deborah
8 years ago
Save it!!!!
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Cheryl Pecorella
8 years ago
Keep Lido Beach Pavilion and beach amenities as is.
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Bruce Eberlin
8 years ago
Why does the Commission vote to lease Lido to an operator to renovate and then operate when the Commission will not do the same for Bobby Jones? Makes more sense to do that with Bobby Jones to reduce the City's costs. But is not the right thing to do with Lido.
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Leanne Boris
8 years ago
Lido Beach and it’s pavillion should remain a free attraction for ALL Sarasota residents and visitors to enjoy.
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Marlene Savino
8 years ago
Against proposal
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Suzanne Laroche
8 years ago
Please do not make it into something many cannot afford. It is perfect as it is, update the bathrooms as needed. Let’s keep the treasure we have.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
I would like to see money invested in sprucing up the pool and the facilities but I DO NOT WANT privatization of the public space. I love LIDO beach but will find beaches elsewhere if this proposal goes through. This is a PUBLIC beach. The traffic is bad enough now and will only get worse when you take away parking and make access less public.
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Nancy Wiener
8 years ago
Please do not cede our public property to a private operator.
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Dudley Upton
8 years ago
Keep Lido open for the public to use - no changes
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Peter Burkard
8 years ago
My use of Lido Beach goes all the way back to the mid-60's. It has always been family and working class-friendly. This proposal is clearly another attempt by wealthy developers to ruin Sarasota while lining their own pockets!
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Roberta Robeck
8 years ago
I have been here for 50 years and have enjoyed lido beach. We do not need any more commercialization. I no longer go downtown, because of all the high rises and roundabouts. Please save Lido Beach for those of us who would like to continue to go there. We do not need a bar or restraint on that beach. Please let families have a place that they can enjoy without having to pay the piper.
Leave the Pavilion public!
The city should have let the tax payers decide this,they are turning Sarasota into Miami/Lauderdale.How they changed the zoning for the Vue is beyond me,it used to be a 3 story Holiday Inn & a Denney's,The rent they are charging for a beach property of like $80,000 a year is ridiculous,I was paying $ 72,000 a year on St Armand's 20 years ago for 1200 sq ft
Have been coming to Lido from the UK for long vacations for many years. My favourite place in the world, it’s unique, please don’t spoil it!
The beauty of Sarasota was that there was free parking, free access to beaches and natural beauty. That's why we moved here. I noticed in the 6 years that I live here it is becoming a metropolitan concrete jungle and we will need to pay for everything including crossing bridges...the very things I wanted to leave behind.
Daquiri Deck is not wanted you n Lido Beach. Please leave it alone for those of us that use it. If we want party we will go to Siesta and that will never happen
Lets keep the character of Lido as its always been. Traditions are important
It is vain to do with more, that which can be done with less. The majority oppose this folly.
This would be a travesty! Keep Lido casual and beautiful!
leave the lido beach pavilion as it is. This is a public beach and should remain public and this includes the pavilion.
Save it!!!!
Keep Lido Beach Pavilion and beach amenities as is.
Why does the Commission vote to lease Lido to an operator to renovate and then operate when the Commission will not do the same for Bobby Jones? Makes more sense to do that with Bobby Jones to reduce the City's costs. But is not the right thing to do with Lido.
Lido Beach and it’s pavillion should remain a free attraction for ALL Sarasota residents and visitors to enjoy.
Against proposal
Please do not make it into something many cannot afford. It is perfect as it is, update the bathrooms as needed. Let’s keep the treasure we have.
I would like to see money invested in sprucing up the pool and the facilities but I DO NOT WANT privatization of the public space. I love LIDO beach but will find beaches elsewhere if this proposal goes through. This is a PUBLIC beach. The traffic is bad enough now and will only get worse when you take away parking and make access less public.
Please do not cede our public property to a private operator.
Keep Lido open for the public to use - no changes
My use of Lido Beach goes all the way back to the mid-60's. It has always been family and working class-friendly. This proposal is clearly another attempt by wealthy developers to ruin Sarasota while lining their own pockets!
I have been here for 50 years and have enjoyed lido beach. We do not need any more commercialization. I no longer go downtown, because of all the high rises and roundabouts. Please save Lido Beach for those of us who would like to continue to go there. We do not need a bar or restraint on that beach. Please let families have a place that they can enjoy without having to pay the piper.