🌱 Why South Bradenton just landed in a top business ranking

Hello South Bradenton! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Why South Bradenton just landed in a top business ranking

Also on today's calendar: Organ-ized Pipes & Pops and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 81, low: 64.
• Friday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 83 and low of 65 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• WalletHub study ranks Utah and Florida small cities highest for business potential (tradersunion.com) — South Bradenton earns a spot in WalletHub’s top 15 small U.S. cities for business potential, signaling strong conditions for local startups compared with more than 1,300 peers. The study cites factors like office-space costs, startup activity, and investor access, and shows Florida and Utah dominating the rankings as entrepreneurs increasingly eye smaller, more affordable markets.
   

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📸 Around South Bradenton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in South Bradenton

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 2

• Organ-ized Pipes & Pops
  SCF Neel Performing Arts Center, 5840 26th St W, Bradenton
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Coffee Club - April 23, 2026 - Cogent Bank
  Cogent Bank , 1001 3rd Ave. W., Suite 190 , Bradenton
  8:00 am
• ELG Law Firm Grand Opening
  Manatee Chamber of Commerce , 1205 Manatee Ave W., Suite 200 , Bradenton
  5:30 pm

Friday April 24

• Open Mic NIght
  Manatee Chamber of Commerce , 540 13th Street West , Bradenton
  9:00 am
• Music in the Park
  Bradenton Riverwalk Pavilion , 452 3rd Ave W , Bradenton
  6:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• DutchCrafters Sip & Shop
  Manatee Chamber of Commerce , 3709 N. Lockwood Ridge Road , Sarasota
  9:00 am
• Bradenton Public Market
  Old Main Street , 12th St W , Bradenton
  9:00 am
• CRITIQUE CORNER
  Manatee Chamber of Commerce , 456 Old Main St W , Bradenton
  10:30 am

Sunday April 26

• Farmer's Market: Lakewood Ranch
  Waterside Park , 8131 Lakewood Main Street , South Bradenton
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Alzheimer Association's In-Person Caregiver Support Group.
  Key Clinical Research , 6060 26th St W , Bradenton
  10:00 am
• Homeschool Wednesdays at Canvas & Clay!
  Canvas & Clay Art Studio , 839 8th Ave W , Palmetto
  1:00 pm
• Chamber 101 Member Orientation - April 22, 2026
  Manatee Chamber's Bradenton Office , 222 10th St. W. , Bradenton
  3:00 pm
• SCF Bradenton Youth Enrichment Series - Ignite Discovery Expo
  State College of Florida - SCF Bradenton , 5840 26th St W , Bradenton
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Bradenton

• Judge tosses Bradenton Times defamation suit against Manatee REC over Charlie Kirk texts (floridapolitics.com)
• Meet Maggie Sajak's Boyfriend and Savannah Bananas Player Jackson Olson (bradenton.com)
• MVC hires experienced coach Joe Sturdivant, 40, to lead football program (pajaronian.com)

Palmetto

• Tyler Starling looking to end final year with Palmetto Tigers by winning a state title (mysuncoast.com)
• Face It: You Need These Laura Geller Blushes, Foundations and Concealers That Are All 50% Off (bradenton.com)
• State working to close site of environmental disaster, Piney Point, for good (baynews9.com)

Sarasota

• Anderson Cooper, Justin Trudeau Among Ringling College's 2027 Town Hall Speakers (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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