In the wake of Hurricane Irma, many offices and organizations are announcing reopenings.
Monday, Sept. 11
- The Northridge, Plaza at Palmer Ranch, Sarasota Pavilion and The Landings Publix locations are open. They will close at 7 p.m.
- SCAT is operating, but using the Sunday service schedule.
Tuesday, Sept. 12
- All Publix locations will open at 8 a.m.
- Sarasota County Administrative Building will reopen with limited operation.
Wednesday, Sept. 13
- Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium will open and resume normal operations.
- City of Sarasota offices will open.
- Garbage pickup will resume for Sarasota and the cities of Venice and North Port.
- All circuit courts in Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties are back to normal operations.
- Gulf Gate and North Port libraries are open, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15
- Lido Pool reopens for regular hours, 10 a.m-4:45 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 16
- Robert L. Taylor Community Complex Pool opens for regular hours, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 18
- Sarasota and Manatee County public schools will reopen.
- New College and Ringling College classes resume and offices will reopen.
Tuesday, Sept. 19
- The Longboat Library will reopen at 9 a.m.
With Hurricane Irma nearing Florida, some upcoming local events have been canceled or postponed. Several offices and services were also closed or canceled in anticipation of severe weather.
These include:
Thursday, Sept. 7
- The Siesta Key Association meeting has been canceled. The group will meet next on Oct. 5.
Friday, Sept. 8
- Sarasota County beaches will close at 2 p.m. following a mandatory evacuation order for the barrier islands.
- All Sarasota Publix locations will be closing at 8 p.m. No stores have announced when they will reopen.
- The Tony Bennett concert at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall will be rescheduled for a date in 2018.
- The scheduled ticket sale for the Van Wezel’s 2017-18 season is rescheduled for 10 a.m. Sept. 16.
- All Intercoastal Medical Group offices in Sarasota and Manatee counties close at 1 p.m. and will remain closed through Monday, Sept. 11. The date of reopening is uncertain. The Weekend Clinic is also canceled.
- All Sarasota Tax Collector offices will be closed.
- "The Crucible" at The Players Centre For Performing Arts is canceled (as well as the shows for Saturday, Sept. 9 and Sunday, Sept. 10)
- Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium will close at 2 p.m. and is expected to reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
Saturday, Sept. 9
- Sarasota County Area Transit bus service will stop at 6 p.m. SCAT will not be in service Sunday, Sept. 10.
- County parks and libraries and city parks will be closed Saturday and Sunday.
- The Sarasota Farmers Market is canceled and set to resume Sept. 16.
- The Players Centre for Performing Arts’ Arnold Simonsen Players Studio Open House will be moved to 6 p.m. on Sept. 22.
- Taste of Downtown has been moved to 1 p.m. on Sept. 16 at the Sarasota Opera House.
- Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s Electrify the Island event has been canceled.
- The Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations meeting has been canceled. The group will meet next on Oct. 7.
- Solid waste collection originally scheduled for Saturday due to Labor Day holiday is canceled.
- The Players Centre For Performing Arts Studio Open House is rescheduled for Friday, Sept. 22 from 6-8 p.m.
- The Players Centre For Performing Arts production of "Midnight on the Moon" is canceled. Tickets can be exchanged for the next performance on Saturday, Oct. 14.
- Bobby Jones Golf Club will be closed, due to the landscape maintenance contractor suspending service.
- The Robert L. Taylor Community Complex will be open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- The Children’s Fountain will remain closed due to storm debris. A reopen date has yet to be scheduled.
Sunday, Sept. 10
- All scheduled rentals for indoor and outdoor usage at Sarasota County parks are canceled.
Monday, Sept. 11
- City of Sarasota Administrative offices will be closed Monday
- Sarasota County Schools will be closed Monday.
- The initial Sarasota County Commission public budget hearing has been postponed.
- Jurors summoned to report to the Judge Lynn N. Silvertooth Judicial Center are excused from jury duty and could be re-summoned at a later date.
- All scheduled rentals for indoor and outdoor usage at Sarasota County parks are canceled.
- Classes at The Players Centre For Performing Arts are canceled and will begin Tuesday, Sept. 12 instead.
- Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium is closed through Tuesday.
Tuesday, Sept. 12
- City of Sarasota Administrative offices will be closed Tuesday.
- Sarasota County Schools will be closed on Tuesday.
- The St. Armands Business Improvement District meeting has been canceled.
- Jurors summoned to report to the Judge Lynn N. Silvertooth Judicial Center are excused from jury duty and could be re-summoned at a later date.
Wednesday, Sept. 13
- Joan M. Durante Park on Longboat Key is closed until further notice.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
