Sarasota County will spend about $1.3 million to purchase 105 feet of bayfront frontage with hurricane-damaged home north of Indian Mound Park.

Sarasota County will spend about $1.3 million to purchase 105 feet of bayfront frontage with hurricane-damaged home north of Indian Mound Park.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton left Englewood’s Indian Mound Park in shambles, with miles of collapsed homes and uprooted lives.

The town of James Island invited its community to Indian Mound Park where the tree sits. The tree council honors it with the tree canopy award and the tree stewardship award.