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The Civility Squad Earns ADDY Award

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The Civility Squad, our cast of animated characters created to promote civil discourse and civic participation in the region, received a Silver ADDY in AdFed Su...

GULF COAST WELCOMES GREEN, HERSHBERGER TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Published: Gulf Coast Community Foundation recently elected David Green and Rod Hershberger to its volunteer Board of Directors. Each began a three-year term on the Gulf Coast Board on March 1.

New Find Sheds Light on (Really) Old Florida

Published: Author: Phillip P. Lanham, CAP® An unprecedented discovery in our own backyard has made international news in recent weeks. It also reinforces how deep Florida’s history runs and why it’s worth protecting and preserving.

Former FEMA Administrator reviews Sarasota County’s Hurricane Irma response

Published: The former head of emergency management at the federal and state levels gave high marks to Sarasota County’s emergency management team in presenting a final report on the county’s response to 2017's Hurricane Irma.

State Announces Globally Significant Archaeological Discovery Near Venice

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Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced today that archaeological investigations identified a 7,000-year-old Native American ancestral burial site in t...

Feldman: “You Have to Work with the Other Side”

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“If you want to get anything done, you have to work with the other side.”

That was a key point of Harvard Law professor and author Noah Feldman’s talk on civil...

Results Warrant Investing in Our Schools

Published: Author: Phillip P. Lanham, CAP®

The following guest column by Gulf Coast President|CEO Mark Pritchett appeared in the February 17 edition of SRQ Daily:

Who hates leaving middle school? 

That...