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City reports $20.5M in FY2025 competitive grants and a pending $88M CDBG disaster recovery award

Fort Lauderdale Budget Advisory Board · February 19, 2026
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Grants staff summarized FY2025 awards, sources and a portfolio now reported at $128.5M; staff said an $88M Community Development Block Grant (disaster recovery) is pending HUD action and would raise the portfolio above $200M if incorporated.

Grants staff summarized the city’s grants activities, application strategy and results for fiscal year 2025. They said the city applied for 70 grants totaling roughly $112 million and received 35 awards totaling about $20.5 million in FY2025. The awards they named include an $8.8 million FAA grant to rehabilitate executive‑airport runway pavement, a $3.0 million transportation resiliency grant for Breakers Avenue improvements, a $1.1 million award for an emergency operations center…

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