Rick Scott Awards $24 million in Grants

Governor Scott Awards $24 Million to Boost Economic Growth in Rural Florida

Before he leaves office, Governor Rick Scott will be doling out grants from the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant and the Rural Infrastructure Fund programs to 36 Florida towns.

The following units of local government are eligible to apply for Small Cities CDBG funds:

• Cities with fewer than 50,000 residents that have not accepted special entitlement status and have not opted to join an entitlement program,
• Counties with fewer than 200,000 residents, and
• Cities with more than 50,000 residents that have opted out of the urban entitlement program.

Cities getting payouts: Altha; Apalachicola; Avon Park; Baldwin; Bristol; Chipley; Clermont; DeSoto County; Esto; Flagler County; Florida City; Gilchrist County; Grand Ridge; Greenville; Hamilton County; Hampton; Hardee County; Havana; Hawthorne; High Springs; Indian River County; Interlachen; Jay; Jefferson County; Newberry; Palatka; Paxton; Penney Farms; Quincy; Sebring; Trenton; Wausau; White Springs; Williston; and Zolfo Springs.

Arcadia also got $300,000 through the Rural Infrastructure Grant Fund for waterline improvements and to complete site development at the Arcadia Municipal Airport.[Florida Politics]