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Bradenton council approves Dover, Kohl contract for urban renewal action plan

3616007 · May 29, 2025
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Summary

The City of Bradenton approved a roughly $180,000 contract with Dover, Kohl & Partners to write an urban renewal action plan intended to identify three special areas and short-term 'day 1' actions; the plan is to be developed with the Bradenton Area EDC and is scheduled to take about eight months.

Bradenton — The Bradenton City Council voted 5-0 on May 28 to hire Dover, Kohl & Partners to produce an urban renewal action plan for the city, a consultant-led effort billed as a short-term, implementable blueprint to attract private investment and guide public projects.

The contract approved by council covers a base fee of $179,640 plus reimbursable expenses not to exceed $20,000, for a total not-to-exceed cost of $199,640. The work is structured in four phases: research and analysis; identification and concept-level planning for three special areas; refinement and implementation strategy; and final adoption. The consultants and city staff told…

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