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Florida Communities Trust

Parks and Open Space Florida Forever Grant Program

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Number of Applications Received: 91
Funding Requested: More than $260 million
Governing Board Meeting Date (to determine final project scores): September 4, 2008
Number of Projects Selected for Funding: 21
Total Funds Awarded: $80 million
With the matching funds provided by local governments, more than $146 million went to Florida's communities for open space and public recreation purposes.
FF8 Funding Status Report in Excel
FF8 Funding Status Report in pdf

Number of Applications Received: 118
Funding Requested: $272 million
Governing Board Meeting Date (to determine final project scores): November 2, 2007
Number of Projects Selected for Funding: 20
Total Funds Awarded: Almost $76 million
With the matching funds provided by local governments, more than $133 million went to Florida's communities for open space and public recreation purposes.
2007 Florida Forever Projects in Excel
2007 Florida Forever Projects in pdf

Number of Applications Received: 115
Funding Requested: $240 million
Governing Board Meeting Date (to determine final project scores): September 14, 2006
Number of Projects Selected for Funding: 24
Total Funds Awarded: Almost $78 million
With the match that local governments are providing, more than $136 million went to Florida's communities to provide public recreation and green space.
2006 Florida Forever Projects in pdf

Number of Applications Received: 82
Funding Requested: $167 million
Governing Board Meeting Date (to determine final project scores): September 15, 2005
Number of Projects Selected for Funding: 29
With the match that local governments are providing, a total of $251 million in local land acquisition projects was submitted for funding
2005 Florida Forever Projects in pdf

Number of Applications Received: 78
Funding Requested: $135 million
Governing Board Meeting Date (to determine final project scores): September 1, 2004
Number of Projects Selected for Funding: 41
With the match that local governments are providing, a total of $220 million in local land acquisition projects was submitted for funding.
F.F.-4 Funding Status Report in Excel
F.F.-4 Funding Status Report in pdf

Number of Applications Received: 105
Funding Requested: $179 million
Governing Board Meeting Date (to determine final project scores): October 2 and 3, 2003
Number of Projects Selected for Funding: 48
With the match that local governments are providing, a total of $291 million in local land acquisition projects was submitted for funding.
F.F.-3 Funding Status Report in Excel

Number of Applications Received: 114
Funding Requested: $185 million
Governing Board Meeting Date (to determine final project scores): November 14 and 15, 2002
Number of Projects Selected for Funding: 23 and 6 projects for contingent funding
With the match that local governments are providing, a total of $301 million in local land acquisition projects was submitted for funding.
F.F.-2 Funding Status Report in Excel

Governing Board Meeting Date (to determine final project scores): November 29 and 30, 2001
Number of Projects Selected for Funding: 74 and 10 projects for contingent funding
Approved the awarding of $122,014,958.92 to fund 75 projects. As funds became available, Florida Communities Trust funded projects ranked 1-103.
F.F.-1 Funding Status Report in Excel