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Manatee officials outline $253 million initial CDBG‑DR allocation; Palmetto submitted $275 million in requests
Summary
Manatee County grants staff briefed Palmetto and county leaders on Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG‑DR) submissions, eligibility timing and a new HUD deadline of June 30. Officials urged shovel‑ready projects for local consideration.
Michelle Davis, Manatee County’s grants administration manager, told commissioners and City of Palmetto officials on March 3 that the county and local partners have submitted a large slate of projects for federal disaster recovery funds following recent storms.
Davis said, “we all received the $253,000,000 grant from HUD,” and noted that the total pool of related CDBG‑DR submissions county‑wide had grown to about $1.06 billion as of the prior Friday. She said Palmetto alone had submitted about $275,000,000 in project requests and that many proposals target low‑ and moderate‑income (LMI) areas.
Why it matters: The grant money is designated for disaster recovery work and…
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