Newspaper article Sarasota Herald Tribune
Trial Set on Wetland Dispute
Article excerpt
A Sarasota County judge__ has set a summer trial date__ for a challenge to a development__ proposal to destroy__ a protected wetland off__ University Parkway so that__ a Whole Foods Market can__ be built on the site.__ Circuit Judge Rochelle__ Curley will hear the__ case during a two-day trial__ set for the week of Aug. 22.__ Curley approved the date at__ a brief hearing Wednesday__ in which defense attor-neys__ requested the case be__ expedited.__ The lawsuit against Sarasota__ County was filed last__ month by ManaSota- 88__ and other environmental__ activists.__ They claim the county__ violated its growth management__ plan by approving__ the destruction of a 4.5-__ acre forested wetland to__ make way for a commercial__ center anchored by Whole__ Foods. …