BRADENTON — A week after voting to take over governing authority of the city’s three community redevelopment agencies effective Jan. 1, Bradenton officials delved into the planning process Wednesday of what that means for the agencies and the CRA communities.
Under the existing structure, only the Central CRA board in East Bradenton is a sole entity complete with its own paid staff.
The 14th Street West CRA and the largest of the three CRAs, the Bradenton CRA, have been under the control of the Bradenton Downtown Development Authority.
When the transition occurs, the Bradenton City Council, with two other members, will sit as a single CRA board with complete authority over the three CRAs.
The council was publicly criticized for moving forward with the takeover without a plan.