Escambia Receives $500K Grant Toward Cantonment Community Center

May 19, 2023

Escambia County has received a half million dollar grant that will go toward a community center in Cantonment.

The county received a $500,000 Department of the Treasury RESTORE Act Grant. Thursday morning, the county commission voted to recognize the proceeds and appropriate the funds for the development of the “Cantonment Community Center Design Project”.

The money will be used for the planning, design and permitting of a community center.  The community center will be located on county-owned property. It  will be used as a workforce development and training center, adult education center, center for tutoring, senior citizens’ center, recreation center and as a housing assistance center.

The exact location for the community center has not yet been determined. District 5 Commissioner Steven Barry said Thursday that he hopes that the location will be finalized in the next few weeks.

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Comments

4 Responses to “Escambia Receives $500K Grant Toward Cantonment Community Center”

  1. @joke on May 23rd, 2023 7:04 pm

    RE: Joke,

    Me too! $500K isn’t much. I’m willing to bet it’ll be a very small building that won’t hold me potential. I’d like to see a much larger one with sports activities for everyone including a pool (whether indoor or outdoor). Not sure if the county insurance would allow such a thing, but we need more things to do on our end of the county

  2. Mark on May 20th, 2023 9:04 pm

    Thank you Commissioner Barry. We need this!

  3. Ensley Miss on May 19th, 2023 5:51 pm

    Ensley needs 1 too.

  4. joke on May 19th, 2023 11:14 am

    Hah, I’ll believe that when I SEE A BUILDING CONSTRUCTED!

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