VENICE °®¶¹´«Ã½” The Venice City Council signed off on a new interlocal parks agreement with Sarasota County on Tuesday.
If, as expected, the County Commission does likewise in October, it will lead to the transformation of Wellfield Park, 1300 Ridgewood Ave., into a regional sports complex, filling the gap between the two the county has in North County and the Englewood Sports Complex on South River Road.
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