DeSantis awards City of Lakeland $42.9 million through DEO program
Emily McCain
and last updated 2021-04-16 13:07:26-04
LAKELAND, Fla. â Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday announced nearly $150 million in award to local communities for more resilient infrastructure, including $42.9 million to the City of Lakeland.
The money in Lakeland is to establish a multi-component project in partnership with Bonnet Springs Park which focuses on increasing flood storage capacity to the drainage basin by improving the stormwater infrastructure and watershed quality, according to a press release.
The awards are part of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunityâs (DEO) Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure Program. It allows governments to develop large-scale infrastructure projects to make communities more resilient to future disasters, according to a release.
Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced $348,400 has been awarded to 14 rural counties and cities for site preparation projects. The awards are part of Enterprise Florida’s Rural Expansion Toolkit initiative to assist rural communities with broad-based economic engagement and capacity building efforts.
“Many rural communities throughout the state that are seeking to attract investment need just a little bit of assistance to get them to where they want to be,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “From helping with site preparedness to simple marketing, this grant from EFI will help serve that purpose and will have a significant impact.”
To gain a competitive advantage when it comes to business attraction and expansion projects, Enterprise Florida’s Site Preparation Grants will assist Florida’s rural communities with the development and enhancement of sites to make them build ready and competitive for site selection projects.
Gov. DeSantis announces $75m to bolster Florida s resilience to future storms
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and last updated 2021-02-03 19:48:50-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that $75 million has been awarded to 30 communities through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunityâs Rebuild Florida Critical Facility Hardening Program.
The program allows local governments to increase the resiliency of critical facilities that serve a public safety purpose for local communities.
âWhile we continue to help communities recover from the impacts of major storms in recent years, we also need to prepare for future storms,â said DeSantis.
âThis funding will be central to that preparation and make these communities more resilient.â