1st I Love SARASOTA Gathering.

SARASOTA… WE’RE FINALLY DOING IT!
I started I Love SARASOTA during COVID as a way to keep people connected, support local businesses and remind ourselves what makes this community special.
Today, we’ve grown to more than 16,000 members.
And now, for the first time, we’re getting together in real life.
THE 1ST I LOVE SARASOTA GATHERING
Tuesday, September 15
5:00 PM
99 Bottles • Downtown Sarasota
FREE TO ATTEND
I especially love that our first gathering is being held at one of our own members’ restaurants.
99 Bottles will be providing a charcuterie spread, and I Love SARASOTA is buying a drink for the first 50 people through the door.
Some of the people and local businesses helping make our first event possible:
Tony Fitzgerald | Founder, I Love SARASOTA | 1st Response Mortgage
Mark Tuchman | 99 Bottles
Thomas Pressley | Modern Woodmen
Melissa McLin | Blue Collar Roofing
We also have additional sponsorship opportunities available for Sarasota businesses that want to be part of this first event.
But this isn’t supposed to be another networking event.
This is about community.
Come meet the people you’ve been talking to online.
Meet some of the local business owners you’ve been supporting.
Make a new friend. Shake a few hands. Have a drink. Put some real faces to the names you’ve seen in this group.
For years, I Love SARASOTA has been an online community.
Now it’s time to turn it into a real-life community too.
More than 16,000 of us online.
Let’s finally meet each other.