No changes to take place in regard to garbage, recycling and yard waste collections
Most Sarasota County and City of Sarasota offices and facilities will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day, both local governments have announced.
Garbage, recycling and yard waste collections will continue as regularly scheduled in both the city and in the unincorporated county, the staffs have reported.
Only the following county services will operate at their normal hours on Nov. 11.
- Breeze bus routes, Breeze OnDemand and Breeze Plus.
- The Phillippi Farmhouse Market, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- The Central County Landfill disposal operations.
In the city of Sarasota, the following hours of operation will be in effect on Veterans Day:
- Arlington Recreation Center, which stands at 2650 Waldemere St. — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Payne Park Tennis Center, located at 2050 Adams Lane — 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, which stands at 1845 34th St. — 6 to 10 a.m.
- The box office of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
City staff also is reminding the public that the annual Veterans Day Parade will start at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Main Street and Orange Avenue. It will conclude at the Chaplain J.D. Hamel Park, which is located at the intersection of Main Street and Gulfstream Avenue. There a ceremony will honor the county’s veterans, a news release notes.
The Sarasota Police Department has announced the following road closures for the parade:
- 3 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Main Street will be closed from Links Avenue to Bayfront Drive.
- • 3 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Osprey Avenue will be closed from Ringling Boulevard to Second Street.
“Vehicles not removed by the posted time of 3 a.m. will be towed at the owner’s expense,” a Police Department news release points out.
For information on towed vehicles, the release advises the public to contact Talon Towing at 941-870-9000.