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Commission tightens neighborhood grant rules: adds qualifying score, excludes for-profits and rolls unspent funds into next year
Summary
After reviewing early results of the neighborhood grant program, the commission approved staff recommendations to remove a $1,000 minimum award, add a qualifying cumulative score (proposed 15 points), exclude for-profit applicants, and roll unspent funds into the next fiscal year.
The City Commission approved changes to the neighborhood grant program aimed at improving competitiveness, transparency and program longevity.
Jamie D. Perkins, Neighborhood Services and CRA Manager, reviewed the program's inaugural cycles: five awards funded at a total of about $10,243, with projects ranging from fence replacement and cleanup to a Juneteenth event that drew more than…
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