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

• Current population (2005) is estimated at _________ with projected population of 4,921 in 2008. The small increase is due to the expansion of Bradenton Village.
  
  
• 35% of population was under 18 years of age in 2003.
  
  
• 21% of population was under 1 years of age in 2003.
  
  
• Median age is slightly over 28 years of age projected through 2008.
  
  
• The number of residents over 65 years of age is projected to decline by 2008.
  
  
• Ethnicity is mixed with approximately 4,900 African American, 1,000 Latino, and 890 white residents.
  
  
• Females are projected to outnumber males through 2008.
  

Housing

• CCRA contained 1,535 households in 2003 with 66% being family households and 34% being non-family households.
  
  
• Median age of heads of households is projected to be 48 years of age in 2008.
  
  
• In 2003, a person 65 or older headed 21% of the households.
  
  
• Renters occupied slightly over one-half of dwellings in 2003.
  
  

Income

• The average household income for the CCRA was estimated at slightly under $31,000 in 2003.
  
  
• The average individual income was estimated at slightly over $10,000 in 2003.
  
  
• Both of the above income numbers are below the national averages.