Chip Deacon's (chipdeacon) Blog

Foxfire… The name evokes wildings alive with the flame of life! The namesake Communities were created almost 40 years ago at the end of the 70s “in the country” of East Sarasota County. Proctor Road barely had pavement beyond Beneva Road while the Interstate was still on the drawing board! Melvi...

If you want privacy, paradise, and the perpetual beauty of Mother Nature, step into a peaceful oasis on north Longboat Key… The Hideaway Bay Neighborhood! Its location is secreted away from Gulf of Mexico Drive off General Harris Street on a small peninsula that feels like an island. The location...

Originally pasture land, Laurel Lakes was created from Barton Farms in the late 1990s. Carved from the rich environment and developed into an upscale neighborhood, it is situated between The Hammocks and Laurel Oaks Country Club to the south and west respectively. Laurel Lakes is a gated communit...

Osprey, a small town situated between Sophisticated Sarasota and Charming Venice is home to Pine Run, a lovely and distinctively designed condo complex. Frank Folsom Smith, an architect who studied with Victor Lundy of the renowned “Sarasota School of Architecture” Architects designed the first p...