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I worked for Manatee County for many years. At one time when Hamm (previous owner) offered to sell the property, FISH pushed the county to buy the land, and they wanted the land for the maritime museum and dedicated as such in 2005. And there were floodplain issues regarding refurbishing the Seafood Shack and Annie's even back then. And the Coalition formed then were against it then. Hamm wanted too much money. The sale never happened. Some developers looked at the property and backed off when they saw the hoops they would have to jump through. Updating the Seafood Shack would be a potential problem, updating Annie's as well because of FEMA flood regulations. I had a file 3" thick of all permits and also the time FEMA cited the Seafood Shack as a violation back in 1990 and what they did to show compliance. I left it behind when I retired so I have no idea what happened to it.
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