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Marina project put on hold as grant funding recedes, board told
Summary
Staff recommended pausing the deep-water marina project after consultants reported major reductions in anticipated federal grant funding; board discussed reserves and future options but took no formal action.
Staff recommended putting the deep-water marina project on hold after a consultant’s update showed key grant sources had been reduced or canceled.
Gail presented the update and summarized consultant outreach by Greg Weicamp of Edgewater Resources. "The grants that we were counting on are pretty much either gone or going away," she said, citing a canceled FEMA BRIC allocation for a Marine Park (habitat islands and shoreline protection) and a range of cuts she attributed to federal programs:…
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