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Parks staff: multiple state grant requests unfunded; some projects remain funded and in permitting
Summary
Parks staff told the advisory committee that several state grant programs were not funded in the current state budget, leaving more than $1 million in local park project requests unfunded; some other grant awards (Florida Communities Trust, Land and Water Conservation) remain funded and permitting continues on select projects.
Richard Blankenship, parks project staff, told the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee that several state-level grant programs the city had applied to were not funded in the latest state budget, affecting funding for a range of local park projects.
Blankenship said the Florida Recreation Development Assistance grant program (smaller nonmatching $50,000 awards and larger matching grants up to roughly $200,000) and several small matching grants were not funded this cycle. "We have today, we probably have 7 or 8 applications in for projects through…
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