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Joe Barbetta was elected in 2006.
Barbetta is actively involved in numerous planning,
environmental, economic development, civic and legal
organizations.
Planning and land use
- Served for over 14½ years as
a member and chairman of the Sarasota County Planning
Commission
- Florida Planning and Zoning
Association
- Urban Land Institute
- American Planning
Association
- Member of the Congress for
New Urbanism
- National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Environmental
- Republicans for
Environmental Protection
- Member of the Environmental
Law Institute
Economic and community
development
- Board of Directors of the
Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County
- Board Member of the Sarasota
Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Member of the Greater
Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
- Board Member of the Downtown
Sarasota Alliance
- SCOPE - Sarasota County
Openly Plans for Excellence
- Former founding board member
of Rebuild Sarasota, a division of Habitat for Humanity
- Former founding board member
of the Sarasota Area Sports Authority
Civic organizations
- Sarasota County Civic League
- Sarasota Tiger Bay Club
- League of Women Voters
- Eagle Scout, and member of
the National Eagle Scouts Association
Legal affiliations
- New York Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Sarasota County Bar
Association
Barbetta was graduated from
LaSalle Military Institute in Troy, New York. He received a
Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University and earned a
Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) degree from Union University-Albany
Law School in Albany, New York. He practiced law in Clifton
Park, New York, for 13 years, in the areas of real estate
development, planning, zoning and land use.
Barbetta has lived in Sarasota
since 1983. He and his wife, Mary, live in Sarasota with a son,
Sean. Their daughter, Mary Lynn, and a grandson, Riley, live in
Atlanta.
Commissioners are elected at
large for four-year terms. Sarasota County is divided into five
districts and commissioners are designated by the district where
they live.
Contact Commissioner Joe
Barbetta
jbarbett@scgov.net
1660 Ringling Blvd.
Sarasota, FL 34236
941-861-5344 |
