Sarasota Commissioners OK moves to sell Vamo Dr. historic home [Video]

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — Some residents in one Sarasota neighborhood are celebrating a win after the county’s commissioners voted to approve moves toward selling one historic house to save another.

It is part of an ongoing, larger push by community stakeholders in both the city and the county to preserve old buildings and Sarasota’s history and heritage.

When going down Vamo Drive, one is transported back into the 1920s at the sight of the quaint, architectural splendor in the buildings on the street.

With the county commissioners’ decision to have staff look into negotiating with potential buyers of one of the long-abandoned homes, neighbors hope the street’s historic aesthetics would be maintained.

“There are so few streets like this left in Florida and you know …