The 43rd Annual Antique and Collectible Show will be held February 15, 16, and 17 at the Manatee Convention and Civic Center in Palmetto.
A gala Evening Preview Sale will be at 5 – 9 pm, Friday Feb 15. Tickets are $10 in advance or $20 at the door, and are good for the entire weekend. Saturday and Sunday tickets are $6, and are good for both days. Advance tickets can be purchased on the island at Ginny’s & Jane E’s Old IGA Store.
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Admission is $3 and parking is free.
The four days of celebration include:
The planned 2011 $7.5 million beach renourishment project for 1.5 miles of Anna Maria shoreline will not use Federal money, according to Charlie Hunsicker, ecosystems director at Manatee County. Funding will come from state and county taxation.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection estimated that Anna Maria would need to provide another 40 parking spaces for public use and access in order to qualify for state funding.
In yesterday’s primary election voting, State Amendment 1 passed by 64.4%. As posted in an earlier report, the ‘tax-reshuffle’
Living on a barrier island of sand entails building on a changing foundation. While nature is in flux and bends to the conditions, people continue to build rigid, immovable houses on the shore line. As the barrier island moves with the slow cycle of shifting sands the shore line shifts regardless of where the property lines were drawn.
Over the decades of building on the seashore, the ever shifting shoreline has been ‘restored’ by pumping sand back to replace lost beach. This is no small exercise and is very expensive. A beach renourishment in 2002 took almost a year and millions of dollars to expand the beach width and protect private properties along just 0.6 miles. A 4.6 mile renourishment in 2005 was plagued by delays and equipment obstructions.
