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Committee narrows eligibility and applies guardrails for Eastside grant program, votes to remove cash-match and require project completion safeguards
Summary
The committee approved amendments to the draft Eastside grants ordinance: applicants must be active and in good standing (reduced existence requirement to two years), both for-profit and nonprofit Florida corporations may apply, the cash-match requirement was deleted for many projects, scoring rules were established (minimum five scorers per funded
Jacksonville’s special committee on Eastside CBA grants approved multiple amendments to the draft ordinance that define who can apply for Eastside funds and how those funds will be allocated.
Key changes the committee approved include:
- Active status and good-standing requirement: The committee approved language requiring applicant organizations to be active and in good standing; recorded motion and voice vote passed to add this language to the ordinance.
- Organizational existence and documentation: The committee reduced a prior three-year existence threshold to two years and adjusted…
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