Episode 367: WSLR News Fri., July 25: Teenage edition! Colson Hotel; Sarasota school troubles; a flooded city commissioner; neighborhood canopy program; Freedom School

The Colson Hotel is a special place, and after its first 100 years, this Sarasota building is getting a new lease of life. Amayia-Marie Gaspard braced spiders to find out how. Next up: On Tuesday, dozens of people lined up at a Sarasota School Board meeting to speak out against a change in discrimination policy. But the two board members who voted against that policy change say they are more concerned about a different challenge: Money. I will bring you this report. Then: Sarasota City Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch is still fixing her home, after last year’s flooding. Student reporter Oscar Moore interviewed her about this experience, and what she thinks the city should do about future flooding. Then: The city is giving away trees. Kiona Wehlage interviewed the City of Sarasota’s chief arborist about the Neighborhood Canopy Program. Finally: The Mobile Freedom School and its focus on African American history is back this summer. Mason Chambless took one class and learned about … the history of traffic lights.