Proposed Economic Development Hub Aims To Boost Sarasota/Manatee Visibility

Lakewood Ranch may soon be home to a bi-county Design and Economic Acceleration Lab.

The facility, proposed by State College of Florida President Lars Hafner, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc., President and CEO Rex Jensen, and Gulf Coast Community Foundation Vice President Mark Pritchett, would take up 72,000-square-feet on University Parkway in Manatee County.

The DEAL center would combine Manatee and Sarasota counties in an effort to boost economic development efforts between the two regions.

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