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Dunedin centralizes grants work, creates searchable database and secures $4.6 million EWP award
Summary
City staff described a new grant program and tracking database and said a large Emergency Watershed Protection award has been secured; multiple state and federal grant pursuits are underway to support resilience, marina repairs and transit.
City of Dunedin staff updated the City Commission June 3 on a newly centralized grant program, a searchable repository of past applications and a string of active funding pursuits that include a $4,600,000 Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) award for drainage work.
Nicole Delfino, strategy and sustainability manager, and Camille Zoller, the city’s grant specialist, described work since the grant specialist position was created in the 2024–25 budget and filled in December 2024: a consolidated Microsoft Teams “grant application database” (GAD), an at‑a‑glance tracking spreadsheet for recent applications, and revisions to the city’s grant policy to allow staff more flexibility to pursue time‑sensitive opportunities.
“When I started in December, the city had no amalgamated record of our previous grant seeking efforts,” Camille Zoller told the commission. She said the GAD now holds copies of prior applications, communications with funders and feedback that can guide re‑submissions, and that staff populated records back to 2020.
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