DMS Announces $860,000 in Grants for Rural Florida Counties to Improve Public Safety Communications

n Monday, Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) Sec. Jonathan Satter announced almost $860,000 in grant awards to Citrus, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Sumter, Walton, and Washington Counties through the E911 State Grant Program. Since January, DMS has awarded more than $6 million in funds to Florida counties to modernize Florida’s public safety communications systems. “The E911 State Grant…

City of Homestead COVID-19 Recovery Grants

The City of Homestead and the Homestead Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) have launched three programs designed to help residents and businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Homestead CDBG Rent & Utilities Assistance Grant Program (the “Program”) is designed to provide residents who reside within the incorporated City of Homestead…

Pompano Beach CRA Announces Renowned Landscape Architect to Explore Potential Concepts for Botanical Gardens

POMPANO BEACH, Fla.) — NEWS: Pompano Beach residents are encouraged to attend a special presentation about the McNab House & Botanical Gardens during a virtual Pompano Beach CRA meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 1 p.m. The presentation will introduce Randy Hollingworth, Director of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urban Design from the award-winning, international…

Deadline to Submit Applications to Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure Program

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) is reminding communities that the deadline to submit applications to the Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure Program is 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Monday, September 14, 2020. The Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure Program is designed to provide funding opportunities for counties, municipalities and state agencies to develop large-scale…

Recording Available for EPA’S Resource Roadmapping for Revitalization Webinar

In case you missed it, EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization sponsored a webinar on Resource Roadmapping for Revitalization: Tools for Leveraging Funding & Other Resources for Brownfields & Land Revitalization on July 21. This webinar for EPA brownfield grantees and local community leaders presented on the “resource roadmapping” approach that can be used…

EPA Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grant Opportunities are Now Open!

2021 Request for Applications Application Due Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time EPA’s Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. A brownfield site is defined as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may…

Florida League of Cities Elects New Officers for 2020-2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida League of Cities, the united voice for Florida’s municipal governments, yesterday announced the election of its officers for the 2020-2021 term. The officers were elected and installed during the association’s annual business meeting held virtually this afternoon. City of Orlando Commissioner Antonio “Tony” Ortiz was elected president of the Florida League of Cities,…