Tipton, CA

Summer is winding down, and Longboat Key events are ramping up.September marks the return of Town Commission meetings and the adoption of the 2027 fiscal year budget. Two informal community meetings are also planned. At 3 p.m. Sept. 15, residents are invited to the Bayfront Park Recreation Center for Let’s Talk Longboat. Incoming Town Manager George Landry will be in attendance on his second day of the job. Landry replaces Howard Tipton, who has served as town manager since 2023 and

Though he has 45 years of experience in government, Howard Tipton’s three-and-a-half-year tenure as town manager of the town of Longboat Key holds a special place in his heart.“It’s different here,” Tipton said. “I’d always done things on a large scale. I enjoyed those — they were wonderful communities, and we did a lot of good stuff over the years — but this has just been special. Here, you get to know every street and every neighborhood. It&rsqu