The Florida Communities Trust and the City of Apalachicola have partnered together to purchase waterfront land for the Apalachicola Boat Works, representing the first property to be acquired through the Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Florida Forever Grant Program. The acquisition will expand the Apalachicola Maritime Museum and establish an educational commercial seafood boat building and restoration facility in the city.
The Apalachicola Boat Works project features a building constructed during the early 20th century that will be restored by the Apalachicola Maritime Museum and converted into a facility that provides instruction in the building and maintenance of vessels utilized in the commercial seafood industry. The opening of this shop will provide commercial fishermen and seafood harvesters with access to repair facilities that are currently unavailable in the community, and train student workers in the craft of historic boat building and restoration.
Florida Communities Trust awarded $814,703 in Florida Forever funds to the City of Apalachicola for this acquisition. The Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Florida Forever Grant Program makes $7.5 million in Florida Forever funds available to local communities through a competitive grant application process. These grants are used to purchase land that facilitates commercial fishing or aquaculture, or that promotes and educates the public about the economic, cultural and historical heritage of Florida’s traditional working waterfronts.
Apalachicola Boat Works is one of three projects awarded funding in 2008. The other two projects are the Sebastian Working Waterfronts Collaborative, and Blue Crab Cove in Brevard County.
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