I saw this thread and it brought back some fond memories of when I lived in Sarasota back in the early '80s. LOVED the area.
Just curious....who owns the smart center there? When I lived there, I worked at Cooke Cadillac on Bee Ridge, which then became Coast Cadillac. Not sure what, or where, it is now. Very nice people.
Anyway, congrats on your 'one year' too. Up here at SCI (smart center Indianapolis) celebrated our 'one year' last Saturday and have an outing planned later in the year for all the owners. NICE! They are very active with the planning and staging of events for us.