Mandatory workshop set for ECHO applicants

Posted On: September 8, 2022

The Volusia County Environmental, Cultural, Historical and Outdoor Recreation (ECHO) Grants-in-Aid program is kicking off the fall 2022 grant cycle with a mandatory workshop from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29.  

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 second-floor training room of the Volusia County Historic Courthouse, 125 W. New York Ave., DeLand. A link to register and attend virtually is posted at www.volusia.org/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 Volusia County Government.

Technical, or first-draft, applications are due Nov. 10.

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

Notice under the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title II)

Pursuant to Title II of the ADA, Volusia County does not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities in providing or conducting its services, programs or activities. Anyone requiring an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of county policies to participate in a meeting or other event, should contact the county’s ADA Title II coordinator, Jim Corbett, at 386-248-1760 no later than two business days before the event or meeting.