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Bradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's 2006 population at 53,986. Bradenton is the largest Principal City of the Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 682833. It is the county seat of Manatee County.
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Bradenton Culture
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Bradenton's Riverfront Theatre has a three-year record of first-place wins within the Florida Theatre Conference and the Southeastern Theatre Conference competitions. In addition, the theatre currently holds the first place title from the American Association of Community Theatre competition.
Located on the Manatee River in downtown Bradenton is the South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium and Parker Manatee Aquarium. This one-stop museum-planetarium-aquarium offers a glimpse of Florida history, a star and laser show, and viewing of Snooty and other live manatees.
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Bradenton Education
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Colleges near Bradenton include Manatee Community College, New College of Florida, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) and Manatee Technical Institute. Some of the middle schools are Martha B. King Middle School, W. D. Sugg Middle School, Louise R. Johnson Middle School, Electra Lee Middle, and Carlos E. Haile Middle School. High schools include Southeast, Bayshore, Palmetto, Manatee, Braden River, and Lakewood Ranch.The University of South Florida also maintains a Sarasota-Manatee branch which serves college students in the area. The world-renowned tennis academy, run by Nick Bollettieri, bears a Bradenton address.
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Bradenton Employment
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Tropicana Products is one of the world's largest producers and marketers of orange juice. Founded in 1947 by Anthony T. Rossi, an Italian immigrant, it has grown to over 8,000 employees in 2004, and has markets its products throughout the United States. It has been owned by PepsiCo, Inc. since 1998. Tropicana has entered a business deal with CSX to haul their famous juice trains, a relationship in effect since 1971. In 2003, Tropicana's corporate headquarters were relocated to Chicago when PepsiCo consolidated their beverage business after the acquisition of Gatorade, but their juice production still remains in Bradenton. Champs Sports, a nationwide sports-apparel chain, is headquartered in Bradenton, as is department store chain Bealls.
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Bradenton History
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Originally discovered by Hernando De Soto at Shaw's Point in 1539, the city took the name of Dr. Joseph Braden, whose nearby fortlike house was a refuge for early settlers during Native American attacks. The current city of Bradenton was formed in 1943, when the Florida legislature merged the cities of Manatee (incorporated in 1888) and Bradenton (incorporated in 1903).
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Bradenton News
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Search for "Bradenton FL" - New store focuses on Peruvian items - HeraldTribune.com
| Published Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 7:40 p.m. Last updated Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 7:40 p.m. Nella Infantas has opened Nella Terra Inc. |
- Thomas Collier Richey - Hometown Life
| Age 86, passed away June 30, 2008. He is survived by his wife Virginia, children Diane Hanson of Asheville, NC, James Richey of Clarkston, MI and Joan Richey of Lake Orion, MI, six grandchildren, ten ... |
- Business briefs - HeraldTribune.com
| Published Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 3:20 a.m. LAKEWOOD RANCH Tree company wins Small Business Award Biological Tree Services was one of five businesses honored ... |
- Couple escapes gunman - Bradenton Herald
| A man pointed a gun at a couple early Tuesday morning and pulled the trigger twice, but the gun didn't fire. |
- Be proud of the U.S. this Fourth of July - HeraldTribune.com
| Published Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 4:20 p.m. Last updated Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 4:20 p.m. For some reason, my mind wandered this week to revisit the mid-1970s. Specifically 1976, when the United States ... |
- Minister found joy in guiding souls and sails - HeraldTribune.com
| Sundays were like heaven on Earth for the Rev. Jim Marsh, who often hopped onto his 29-foot sailboat docked behind his church to head for the open water after delivering his sermon. |
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Bradenton Transportation
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Bradenton is served by Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport in nearby Sarasota, Florida and is connected to St. Petersburg, Florida by the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The Sunshine Skyway is a 5.5 mile (8.9 km) cross-bay bridge that rises 250 feet (76 m) above the bay at its highest point. Remnants of the old Skyway bridge have been converted into a fishing pier extending into Tampa Bay from both sides of the bay.
Manatee County Area Transit (MCAT) buses serve Bradenton, with transfers to Sarasota and Palmetto. Trolleys run north-south on Anna Maria Island. Amtrak charter buses run through downtown Bradenton outside the courthouse to Tampa Union Station and Venice.
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