THE GEORGIA REPORT

Happy New Year, Georgia,

Welcome to this first issue of 2023 of The Georgia Report. Read about the Sarasota Real Estate Market, the upcoming Ringling Library Town Hall Lecture Series, Meet Laine Nixon, Balance Sarasota, and more!

As always, I am here to answer any real estate questions or provide information about life in the Sarasota community.

Here's to a happy, healthy 2023,

New Sales Gallery on Main Street, Downtown

We are excited to announce that the Peninsula Sarasota Sales Gallery has moved into a new space downtown. We are in a prime location at 1300 Main Street, at the corner of Main Street and Gulfstream Avenue. It's minutes from the Peninsula Sarasota site on Golden Gate Point. We are also pleased to share that 30 percent of the condo units are in contract!

When you are in the area, please visit our Sales Gallery, where we showcase this boutique property. Each of the 23 residences, priced from $2.2 million, exudes a contemporary modern design, with open-concept floorplans, 10-foot floor-to-ceiling windows, and spa-inspired color palettes that convey a soothing sense of relaxation.

MY LISTINGS — I am pleased to announce my latest West-of-Trail listing at 1938 Hibiscus Street and the recent completion of construction (December 2022) at 2317 Rose Street. Both homes are located on the coveted flower streets, in the Southside elementary school district, and close to Sarasota Memorial Hospital and Southside Village.

RECENT SALES — Congratulations to the buyers and sellers on these fabulous Sarasota properties: A downtown condo at the Alinari, a condo on Siesta Key, a residence in the downtown Orange Club, and a West of Trail home on another flower street.

If you are interested in learning about the current Sarasota market, listing your home, or starting a home search, contact me at 941-260-6429 or visit my website.

ON THE MARKET

RECENT SALES

Lectures will be presented at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

If you are interested in attending the upcoming lecture, single tickets are available.

Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023

—PRES.CARLOS ALVARADO QUESADA



Ticket Price: $80 - $120

BUY TICKET

For information on upcoming event speakers, visit the RCLA website

LAINE NIXON

VISUAL ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE

An extraordinary visual artist-painter lives and works amongst us in Sarasota — Laine Nixon. She grew up in Oklahoma, where she found refuge in magnificent sunsets and storms of the Great Plains and discovered her love of the purely aesthetic / abstract/ wordless experience.

Laine works in various media, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, and, most recently, colored markers. Focusing on color, pattern, and strict systems, she crafts a complex relationship between the viewer and her work through the illusion of shifting foreground and background. 

Her recent Momentum Project has helped Laine reshape and clarify her motivation for making a painting. Each piece starts with Color Writing, a stream-of-consciousness writing process, which she then turns into colorful translucent swatches. She uses them as currency in exchange for inspiration and momentum from individuals she calls "recipient-collaborators."

The exchange includes texts, readings, speeches, color preferences, meaningful Sarasota locations, and a commitment to a person or community project, then incorporates into art. She thanks the Halo Arts Project for the grant that originally funded the Momentum Project.

Mark Eakins, Owner, Balance Sarasota

BALANCE SARASOTA

MOVE BETTER. FEEL BETTER

Balance is a welcoming boutique fitness and wellness center downtown. It's been part of my life for several years. It keeps me physically and mentally fit, which one needs to be as a realtor.

If you're looking to lose weight, increase strength, improve flexibility, train for a race, recover from an injury, or improve sleep, Mark Eakins, owner, and the Balance team are there to help you develop a personal plan that may include traditional and newer exercises and therapies.

In addition to fitness and personal training, Balance offers massage, isolated stretching, nutrition, yoga, and wellness programs.

Balance recently relocated to a chic new space at 711 South Osprey, which has allowed them to have increased areas for both fitness and wellness.

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