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State Awards Almost $1.4 Million In Grants To Century And Jay
July 14, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced $1.375 in grants for the towns of Century and Jay.
Through the Florida Small Cities CDBG program, Century was awarded $700,000 to upgrade a sewage treatment plant serving three low- and moderate-income service areas. All three areas will benefit from the installation of new pumps, electrical and plumbing, and a new monitoring system and infiltration controls. Specifically, the grant will be used for a wastewater treatment plant sludge press and to rebuild sewage lift stations that serve the Pilgrim Lodge and Industrial Boulevard areas.
Century also received $35,000 through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Competitive Florida Partnership program for a workforce development initiative.
Jay received a $600,000 Florida Small Cities CDBG grant to resurface multiple streets located in four low- and moderate-income service areas.
A Community Planning Technical Assistance was grant of $40,000 awarded to Jay to update land development regulations based on Florida state statutes and Santa Rosa County restrictions.
DeSantis announced grants totaling more than $30 million to improve infrastructure, community redevelopment and job creation in small and rural Florida communities.
“Florida’s rural communities are vital to the well-being and prosperity of our state, and my administration is committed to helping them thrive,” said DeSantis. “The more than $30 million we are awarding today will help ensure that our small and rural communities have the infrastructure and funding they need to create jobs and strengthen their economic resiliency.
Pictured: The Century Wastewater Treatment Plant. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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12 Responses to “State Awards Almost $1.4 Million In Grants To Century And Jay”
Yes I read only part of the article. My error. I lost money almost as fast as Century does.
chris wrote: Jay: $640,000.00 in grants.
Century: $35,000.00 in grants.
Guess which town has their act together.
You might want to work on reading that again. You missed almost three-quarters of a milliom
The City of Jay needs to pave the road that goes into Jay Co-op!
I wish they would use some of that money for drainage in jay. My house flooded during sally about ten months ago. The county has not done anything about it, even after pestering them every single day. The county admin. and public works director are lazy people that dont want to do their job but they want the paycheck
Well Century there is your money for the fireworks display next year.
Jay: $640,000.00 in grants.
Century: $35,000.00 in grants.
Guess which town has their act together.
I don’t know about Jay but I wish a competent administrator to oversee the expenditures had come with the grant. Century has proven they can’t manage their own finances.
Century: Hmmm how can we skim that money for our own personal use?
1.375 million..
Oh there’s going. To be some internal loans going on in Century tonight
Not sure about Jay but they will need to keep an eye on the leaders of Century personal checking and savings accounts in the near future.
i will vote for this guy when he runs for ANYTHING. he got the 65 and under vaccinated when no other states would. now he’s helping rural communities.
Glad to see Jay continue to improve its roads. Thanks to Mayor Owens and Eric and the workers in their effort to make Jay a better place to live.