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Mar 20, 2024 – Jason Schaffer
March 11, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Commissioners approve paid parking lot

Commissioners approve paid parking lot

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners approved a bid from Beach to Bay Investments Inc. on March 7 to improve a city parking lot and begin charging for parking. Request for Proposal 2024-03 pertains…
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February 20, 2024
By Leslie Lake
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Commissioners discuss expanding city boundaries in ICW

BRADENTON BEACH – Commissioners reached no conclusions on Feb. 15 while discussing expanding the city’s boundaries in the Intracoastal Waterway to increase jurisdiction over the city’s mooring field…
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February 19, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Commission considers paid parking in residential zones

Commission considers paid parking in residential zones

BRADENTON BEACH – Following commission approval of temporary use parking lots in the footprint of the planned Bridge Street resort hotel/restaurant/retail complex, commissioners discussed application…
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February 16, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Gulf Islands Ferries arrive in Bradenton Beach

Gulf Islands Ferries arrive in Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – The Gulf Islands Ferries now make regular stops at the Bradenton Beach Pier on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. After departing from the Riverwalk Day Dock in downtown Bradenton o…
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February 14, 2024
By Leslie Lake
City commission to consider paid parking lots

City commission to consider paid parking lots

BRADENTON BEACH – If approved by the city commission on Feb. 15, paid parking will cover much of the footprint of a future 106-room hotel/restaurant/retail complex for the next year. A temporary use…
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February 5, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Marina seeks partnership with city on mooring field

Marina seeks partnership with city on mooring field

BRADENTON BEACH – In what was described as a potential public/private partnership to protect the city’s dinghy docks and control derelict vessels, City Attorney Ricinda Perry presented an offer to ci…
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February 5, 2024
By Leslie Lake
City ward boundaries under revision

City ward boundaries under revision

BRADENTON BEACH – The first reading of a proposed ordinance outlining the details of a Land Development Code (LDC) revision of ward boundaries was approved by the city commission last Thursday night…
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February 5, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Paid parking lot opens in Bradenton Beach

Paid parking lot opens in Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – Following the demolition of the colorful Joe’s Eats N Sweets building to make way for a 106-room hotel/restaurant/retail project, the cleared site is being used as an interim paid p…
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January 29, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Magnolia Inn demolished for hotel project

Magnolia Inn demolished for hotel project

BRADENTON BEACH – The third of four buildings has come down to clear the way for a 106-room resort hotel/restaurant/retail complex at the corner of Bridge Street and Gulf Drive South. On Jan. 26, de…
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January 23, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Commission approves ward redistricting

Commission approves ward redistricting

BRADENTON BEACH – Two residents have expressed interest in filling the vacancy left by the Dec. 28 resignation of City Commissioner Jake Spooner. Spooner, a commissioner since 2015 from Ward 1, resi…
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