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Apopka CRA reports surge in residential‑renovation grants; staff to redesign some incentive programs
Summary
Staff reported the CRA's residential renovation assistance program has seen heavy demand, with awards now exceeding $460,000 to date against a $900,000 line; staff also said state changes require removing certain impact‑fee assistance programs and that they will return with new program proposals.
Antoinette Forbes, Apopka director of economic development, updated the board on CRA assistance programs and budget line items. She said exterior commercial facade and building‑code assistance have modest year‑to‑date expenditures, but the Residential Renovation Assistance Program (RERAP) has seen sharp uptake.
Forbes told the board the RERAP line in the adopted budget is $900,000 and that, since the board…
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