Community open house scheduled

By S.T. Cardinal
| 8:00 a.m. March 2, 2026

Spike the bearded dragon was a popular guest at the 2024 Community Open House.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

The Town Green will be abuzz the first Saturday of March for the Community Open House.

The town-organized event will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Town Center Green (600 Bay Isles Road). Set up on the green will be more than 30 local organizations, businesses and town departments to meet and greet, answer questions and help spread the word about what makes Longboat Key unique.

“It’s a community event with local businesses and organizations coming together to showcase their organizations,” said Town Manager Executive Assistant Savannah Cobb. “We will also have a bounce house for kids, and we’ll have all the town departments represented.”

On-site will be two food trucks, Georgia Girl Soul Food selling barbecue and Bello Bean Coffee Co. serving coffee drinks, a bounce house, and live music performed by Tim McCaig.

author

S.T. Cardinal

S.T. "Tommy" Cardinal is the Longboat Key news reporter. The Sarasota native earned a degree from the University of Central Florida in Orlando with a minor in environmental studies. In Central Florida, Cardinal worked for a monthly newspaper covering downtown Orlando and College Park. He then worked for a weekly newspaper in coastal South Carolina where he earned South Carolina Press Association awards for his local government news coverage and photography.