City of Venice App

City Sign Code Update
Please submit your comments here

 


Featured Events
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

What: Yard Sale to help the critters

When: Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Where: 802 The Rialto

What: Benefits Save the Animals Now


 


Click on Special Event Calendar to see more events


 

 
Latest News
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
Four downtown intersections along U.S. 41 Business will get a makeover.
 
Work on the intersection at Indian Avenue begins June 17, with a 3-foot widening that will allow a dedicated right-turn lane on westbound Indian onto northbound U.S. 41 Business. The sidewalk on the south side of Indian will be replaced and the southeast corner will be upgraded to ADA standards. Milling, paving and striping in the area will be done during the day.
 
Ajax Paving Industries of Florida and Lighthouse Engineering Inc. will make the intersections at Tampa, Venice and Miami avenues ADA compliant and improve safety for all pedestrians. This work begins July 7 and will be done at night, Sunday through Thursday. It is expected to be completed by mid September.
The road footprint will not change, but damaged sidewalk panels will be replaced, and new
patterned, textured crosswalks will be installed. The road between all intersections will be milled, paved and striped.
The $425,000 project is fully funded by Sarasota Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization.
 

Emergency services benefit from grants

Venice Police Department received $3,439 from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Justice Assistance Grant for the purchase of Tasers. Tasers are non-lethal electroshock weapons, also known as stun guns, that temporarily disrupt the voluntary control of muscles.

Venice Fire Department received a grant of about $311,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grant program to purchase new radios with amplifiers that allow the radios to work inside hardened buildings, five thermal imaging cameras, and mobile data terminals.

The P-25 compliant radios allow Venice firefighters to communicate with other emergency responders throughout the state during a catastrophic event. The new cameras, which can help firefighters find people in heavy smoke, and radios are replacing outdated technology. Sen. Bill Nelson was instrumental in helping Venice bolster its emergency safety equipment
with this grant.