MISSION
We apply business leadership to important community issues.
VISION
The Argus Foundation applies business leadership to identify, educate, advocate, and collaborate on solutions for important community issues that will enhance the quality of life, environment, and economic well-being of Sarasota County.
• We keep a broad community perspective.
• We identify issues.
• We offer lasting rather than temporary solutions.
• We identify issues.
• We impact the future for a better community.
DESCRIPTION
The Argus Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, business membership-based organization in Sarasota County. Established in 1983, we are a think tank and government watchdog. Our founders were concerned about an anti-business climate in government and wanted to make sure they had a pure, unified business voice that was unfiltered by government, but solution-oriented and collaborative. Argus was born out of the founders’ concern for future generations.
We have a diverse membership representing dozens of industries. Our member companies come from sectors including, but not limited to, healthcare, law, architecture, contracting, manufacturing, aeronautics, banking, certified public accounting, hospitality, farming, education, and others. We seek to bring together our diverse roster of business leaders and use their talents and expertise to facilitate communication and an exchange of ideas between the public and private sectors.
Our members care deeply about our community as a place to live, work, and grow. Thus, we closely monitor community and local government issues, and take positions or act on them selectively. When we do, we come to the table with constructive solutions and suggestions. We maintain a broad community perspective and strive to contribute to the future. We search for solutions and try to understand the underlying nature of problems. We don’t expect quick fixes. Rather, we believe that persistent attention and incremental change will help our community evolve in ways that are positive for everyone.
