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Planning to Visit Sarasota?

This Week in Sarasota is a site containing information about events, restaurants, and things to do here.  Try it, you'll like it!

Sales are up here . . . Inventory is down!

• Property Sales in July were 14.3% higher than July, 2010
• The number of properties for sale is down to 2,829 single family homes and 1,656 condominiums for a total of 4,485 properties currently for sale.  This is a little over 7% drop from June of this year, and 25% drop from July of 2010 (there were 6,054 properties for sale)
• The estimated time needed to sell a single family home is 6.4 months, and 10.7 months for a condominium. However, this is expected to go down as we enter the busier fall and winter season here
• As the market here strengthens, prices are expected to stabilize and start to increase, moving us back toward a possible Sellers Market
• The inventory of distressed properties is down 38% in July, down from 38% in July and 51% in Novemebr 2010

Sarasota International Chalk Festival: Oct. 28th - Nov. 8th Main performances: November 4th -6th

Denise Kowal, Founder and Event Chair has planned the fourth annual Sarasota Chalk festival, now one of the biggest and most important contemporary pavement art festivals in the world, featuring numerous activities for the whole family every day.

"The public becomes a part of the street painting, and the focus is on the interaction between the artist and the public" she said. 

Artists include renowned talents who will convert blocks of downtown Sarasota into a history museum using the theme "Pavement Art through the ages."

Another block will be chalked by children who will create their own unique masterpeices.

Among the many talented artists who will be here are: Kurt Wenner, inventor of the 3D street painting, Edgar Mueller, Michael Kirby, Vera Bugatti, Genna Panzarella, and Melanie Stimmel. 

The festival plans to recreate a portion of the Grazie di Curatone Madonnari Competition, a 24 hour chalk competition in Mantova, Italy.

Sounds like fun!