by laurelparkmanagement | Jun 11, 2012 | Bike from Laurel Park, Culture, Downtown Sarasota, Meet Your Neighbors
One of the true pleasures of living in Laurel Park is the independence from cars that it offers. In Laurel Park we can walk. We can bike. We can hop the bus. And we can get pretty much anywhere we need to be without the hassle and expense of driving, and with the joy...
by laurelparkmanagement | Oct 24, 2011 | Bike from Laurel Park, Culture, Downtown Sarasota, Environment, Laurel Park Management, Main Street Sarasota, Meet Your Neighbors, Things to Do in Laurel Park, Uncategorized, Walk from Laurel Park
The morning sun wakes me. It is warm but no longer carries the burn of summer; the orange light is pleasant, inviting. I wake gradually, as does the dog. The cat is stretched out on the wood floor in a bath of warm light. He half opens a single eye to watch me walk...
by laurelparkmanagement | Oct 6, 2011 | Bike from Laurel Park, Culture, Downtown Sarasota, Education, Events, Laurel Park Management, Main Street Sarasota, Meet Your Neighbors, Things to Do in Laurel Park, Walk from Laurel Park
{click image for source} There are interesting stirrings afoot in the United States these days. From the Tea Party movement to the current Occupy Wall Street protests, Americans are making themselves heard. These two populist uprisings are generally thought to have...
by laurelparkmanagement | Aug 12, 2011 | Bike from Laurel Park, Downtown Sarasota, Environment, Kids, Laurel Park Management, Meet Your Neighbors, Sustainable Sarasota, Things to Do in Laurel Park, Uncategorized, Walk from Laurel Park
{image source} Anyone who’s read this blog from its inception knows that we at Laurel Park Management are big supporters of bicycles and the folks who ride them. To clear up a quick issue of nomenclature, I tend to use cycling when I mean higher speeds,...
by laurelparkmanagement | Jun 20, 2011 | Bike from Laurel Park, Downtown Sarasota, Education, Exploring the Area, Laurel Park Management, Meet Your Neighbors, Things to Do in Laurel Park, Uncategorized, Walk from Laurel Park
Some places just feel right. The buildings, the street, the proportions, the trees, the aesthetics, the uses—in some places they all converge to create little nuggets of urban perfection. Certain medieval Italian vias and French boulevards come to mind, but so do many...
by laurelparkmanagement | Jun 3, 2011 | Culture, Downtown Sarasota, Education, Florida, Laurel Park Management, Meet Your Neighbors, Things to Do in Laurel Park, Uncategorized
CHAPEL HILL, NC—A study published Thursday by psychologists at the University of North Carolina concluded that all American problems—from stuck jacket zippers to the national debt—could be solved if citizens just stopped, took a deep breath, and thought for two...
