Manatee County names Myakka preserve after late commissioner Carol Felts

Manatee County names Myakka preserve after late commissioner Carol Felts

When initially wanting to rename Crane Park in Myakka City , Commissioner Amanda Ballard and Manatee County staff members thought the park had been named after long-necked, wading birds. However, Crane Park had been named after a person — David J. Crane — in 1965.“After researching, we realized that funds from the Crane Family Foundation were donated to purchase the (land) from the estate of David Crane back in 1965 (for Manatee County),” Ballar…