In 2016, a groundbreaking was held on November 9 for a Sarasota Memorial Health Care System outpatient clinic’s construction at 1825 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. Expected completion date is Summer 2017. The clinic will offer primary and preventative care by resident physicians training in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Sarasota Memorial. They will be under the supervision of physicians on the faculty of Florida State University College of Medicine.
Public housing development “Janie’s Gardens Phase II” opens with 68 affordable housing units and retail spaces along Newtown’s primary thoroughfare in 2011.
In the year 2000, the Amaryllis Park Neighborhood Association was reorganized on June 6 with Mr. Calvin Bryant as President.
On May 4, 1969, a boycott by 2,353 African American students in Sarasota County Public Schools was held to protest the proposed closing of Amaryllis Elementary School.
In the year 1964, Mrs. Viola Sanders organized the Amaryllis Park Neighborhood Association to support neighbors who were sick or bereaved. She started the practice of sending cards, flowers and resolutions to the sick or the family of the deceased, collecting donations door-to-door. Neighbors formed a crime watch and walked their community.
During the 1950s, the Colored Women’s Civic Club was formed by women in Newtown and led by Mrs. Mary Emma Jones. The Club was on the forefront of the battle for equal treatment and civil rights. Members were a catalyst that brought about major changes in health care, social services, and recreation for the Newtown community.
In 1916, the Free and Accepted Masons, Pride of Sarasota Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and St. Mary’s Calanthe Court organizations were established.