Sarasota’s own Benderson Rowing Facility was the host of this past weekend’s Florida Scholastic Rowing Association’s Sweep Championships. Hundreds of high school students competed in the 2-day championship all here from various parts of the state. Students from Manatee County, Sarasota, and Hillsborough County, as well as students from Miami, Jacksonville and Gainesville all competed. There were over 42 clubs and …
Benderson Park Awarded Rowing Championship
After months of presentations and hard work, the Nathan Benderson Park has officially been awarded the 2017 World Rowing Championship. Benderson Aquatic Park, in Manatee County-Sarasota, will be opening its doors to more than 100, 000 visitors to the area. The event is projected to take place in late September of 2017 and will bring a great deal of economic …
Rowing Federation Recommends Benderson Park
In an email on Monday, Manatee County Commissioner Larry Bustle was notified by the International Federation of Rowing Associations (FISA) that they had recommended Benderson Park as the location for the World Rowing Championship in 2017. Bustle as well as several other representatives presented to the Federation in Switzerland last month. Now they just have to win over the FISA Congress …
Benderson Park Wins ‘Hunter Award’
Nathan Benderson Park, a project that WRA is working on with Benderson Development, just won the 2013 American Planning Association’s (APA) prestigious “Hunter Award” for Excellence in Economic Development. The award points out that the park is being transformed from an unimproved borrow pit lake to a 600-acre regional park and rowing venue. The project is the result of a …
Cooper Creek Development
Cooper Creek Development of Regional Impact Benderson Development Company Manatee County, FL Water Resource Associates has been actively involved in providing full service civil engineering and environmental services for Benderson Development Company over the past 10 years. Benderson is the largest privately held owner of retail space in the U.S. WRA is currently providing site civil design for the final …
Benderson – Cooper Creek
Benderson Development – Cooper Creek DRI Manatee County, Florida [two_thirds] site panning,civil site infrastructure,stormwater managementWRA has been actively involved in providing full service civil engineering and environmental services for Benderson Development over the past 10 years. Benderson is the largest privately held owner of retail space in the U.S. WRA is currently providing site civil design for the final phase …