BRADENTON — He swore he wouldn’t get emotional. It might be one of the few times Bradenton Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Dave Gustafson failed to achieve a goal as he struggled to get through his final presentation to the DDA board.
Gustafson’s five-year tenure as the head of the DDA will end on Friday after announcing his resignation last month in the wake of the city council’s decision to assume control of the city’s three community redevelopment agencies, including two overseen by the DDA. The board will continue its work focusing on downtown development but with the city’s intention of creating a new economic development director position to oversee all three CRAs, Gustafson’s position was targeted for elimination.
