Bradenton Central Community Redevelopment Agency (CCRA)

With the goals of rehabilitation and economic development of neglected and blighted neighborhoods, the City of Bradenton created the CCRA in July 2000. The CCRA’s targeted areas are between 6th Street West and 27th Street East. (See Map) With the creation of the CCRA, the City of Bradenton also demonstrated its commitment to the HOPE VI Bradenton Village project.

The CCRA prepared a Community Redevelopment Plan in 2001 with the purpose of defining the CCRA’s role and responsibility and adopting the Redevelopment Area’s Future Land Use Plan.

Input from public workshops identified the following seven goals that the CCRA should address:

• Landscaping and community appearance
  
  
• MLK, Jr. Avenue as a “community main street”
  
  
• Business development
  
  
• Business attraction
  
  
• Community facilities
  
  
• Crime and community safety
  
  
• Displacement and relocation
  

The authority to establish the CCRA is enabled by Sections 163.330-163.45 Florida Statutes.

CCRA Demographics

Population

• Almost 35% of the population is under 18 years of age.
  
  
• Almost 25% of the population is between the ages of 25 and 45 years of age.
  
  
• Approximately 15% of the population is over 60 years of age.
  
  
• 53% of the population is female.
  
  
• The population is 79.8% African American, and 17.6% White.
  
  

Housing

• 30% are 2 person households
  
  
• 23% are 3 person
  
  
• 22% are 4 person
  
  
• 12% are 5 person
  
  
• 6% are 6 person
  
  
• 7% are 7 or more person households
  
  

Income

• 34% of households earn less than $15,000 / year.
  
  
• 14% of households earn between $25,000 and $34,999 / year.
  
  
• 13% of households earn between $35,000 and $49,000 / year.
  
  
• 8% of households earn between $50,000 and $74,999 / year.
  
  
• The average household income is $27,783 / year, and the per capita income is $9,091.