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Sarasota News Leader July 12, 2013 He suggested a much greater focus on the Newtown portion of the city's CRA, and he urged an expansion of the area to include north U.S. 41. "You need to put the North Trail in your CRA for redevelopment," he said. Page 59 BRADENTON'S MIRACLE MAN Sherod Halliburton did not aspire to run a CRA. His expertise is in finance, not redevelopment. But when the City of Bradenton and Manatee County created a CRA in the eastAs the advisory group searches for a future ern part of Bradenton, Halliburton ended up for the CRA, Brown noted a great opportunity running it for seven years before returning to beckons. "Counties traditionally in the past banking. 20 years have hated CRAs because they have to write a big check every year," he said. "But The "Central CRA" was created specifically to the county has as much interest in econom- fight slum and blight in a primarily lower-inic development as you do. I think you are on come, African-American neighborhood. Inthe cusp of convincing the county to do some- stead of charging ahead with the usual "bricks and mortar," Halliburton focused on human thing different." The city of Delray Beach has its own Ocean Boulevard. Photo by Ebyabe via Wikimedia Commons