Mandatory Workshop Set for ECHO Applicants

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Posted On: September 16, 2024

The Volusia County Environmental, Cultural, Historical, and Outdoor Recreation (ECHO) Grants-In-Aid program is kicking off the 2025 grant cycle with a mandatory workshop from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, September 26.

All prospective applicants must attend the workshop to be eligible to apply. Applicants may attend in person or virtually. The in-person workshop will be held in the county council chambers on the second floor of the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand. A link to register and attend virtually is posted at Volusia ECHO.

ECHO funding is awarded through a competitive application process and is for the acquisition, restoration, construction, or improvement of projects to be used for environmental, cultural, historical, and outdoor recreational purposes for public use.

Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporations, municipal governments within Volusia County, and departments of the Volusia County Government.

Technical, or first draft, applications are due by 3 p.m. Thursday, November 7.

For more information regarding the ECHO program, visit www.volusia.org/echo.

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