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While the Premier Park design had included three pools, Manatee County commissioners voted to remove the 25-meter pool to cut costs.

While the latest design includes three pools, Manatee County commissioners voted to remove the 25-meter pool to cut costs.

The controversial Anna Maria Island parking garage isn’t the only one in the works. Here’s what you need to know.

More complexities and complications have emerged regarding growing parking issues in Manatee County, Florida.

Manatee District 5 Commissioner Ray Turner said he would like county staff to "step on the gas" in building the Premier Park aquatics and racket center.

The effort is one of four parking garage projects proposed at tourist destinations in the county, estimated to cost $172 million combined.

Presented with a $17 million plan, commissioners told county staff to come back with a more frugal $8 million plan for the Bishop Animal Shelter addition.

Manatee County Commissioners approve project despite escalating cost.

Proposed ponds Like the pieces of a puzzle, the plans for expansion at Premier Sports Campus are beginning to take shape. This puzzle, however, has multiple paths to completion. Manatee Countys staff has assembled its first draft of a general development plan for the expansion, a sort of concept plan for the property that staff members hope will encourage more public input in the planning of the park and give the public, the Planning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners the chance...