Franklin County hopes the money it spent to hire a company to help get federal stimulus money will finally pay off. The county last year spent 20 thousand dollars to hire a lobbying firm called Governance Services to try and get its share of more than 12 billion dollars in federal economic stimulus money that came to Florida.
So far Franklin County has received enough money to build sidewalks in Apalachicola and St. George Island, but now the county says it is in the running for more substantial projects.
Governance applied for a two and a half million dollar grant to help repair Alligator Point Road. The grant winners should be announced in the next few weeks.
Governance has also submitted a half million dollar Energy Efficiency and Conservation grant that could provide money for the county courthouse and the Carrabelle City Complex. That money would fund an energy audit at retrofit of windows at the courthouse and the Carrabelle City Complex and would also fund the installation of solar panels on the courthouse annex.
According to county planner Alan Pierce, Governance is also working with the Alligator Point Fire Department to submit a grant to help pay for a new fire station.
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