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Council discusses formalizing grant-writing program and possible city grant writer
Summary
Council members recommended formalizing a grant-writing process, benchmarking other cities, and exploring a dedicated grant-writer position after hearing examples of large successful awards elsewhere.
Encinitas council members asked staff to develop a more formal grant-writing program, including benchmarking best practices from other cities and exploring whether the city should hire a dedicated grant writer.
Council members referenced the city of Davis as an example where a grant writer had successfully procured large federal awards; one council member said Davis had secured a $20 million federal pavement grant and described how that city used a mix of in-house…
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