Five community listening sessions will be held to give residents an opportunity to comment about the Environmental, Cultural, Historical and Outdoor (ECHO) program’s future.
Listening sessions will be held at these times and locations:
♦ A link to attend the meetings virtually will be posted on this webpage the day of each session.
The Volusia ECHO program, generated by a grass roots initiative, resulted from a citizen approved referendum passed November 7, 2000. Volusia ECHO provides grant funds to finance acquisition, restoration, construction or improvement of facilities to be used for environmental, cultural, historical and outdoor recreational purposes. Resolution 2000-156 states: It is the intent of the County Council that the funds be allocated throughout the County to provide broad geographical distribution and apportioned appropriately among the environmental, cultural, historic and outdoor recreation projects. The Volusia ECHO Program seeks to enhance the quality of life of Volusia County's residents by working to achieve the following goals over a broad geographic base:
The ECHO Grants-in-Aid is a program, providing grant funds to finance acquisition, restoration, construction, or improvement of facilities to be used for environmental/ecological, cultural, historical/heritage, or outdoor recreation that must be open for public use.
Applicants must attend a mandatory workshop prior to submitting a grant application. Grant Applications are only accepted at specific times during the year. Dates may be found on the ECHO Calendar located on the main page.
The ECHO Grants-in-Aid Critical Historic Acquisition and/or Stabilization application is to be used solely to finance the acquisition and/or stabilization of historically designated sites determined to be endangered by immediate development, elimination of public access and/or structural conditions that are recently and unexpectedly revealed, including projects being neglected in order to access demolition permits. Applications are accepted year round. Please contact the ECHO office if you want to apply.
GRANT APPLICATIONS
ECHO grant applications are available to the public for inspection at the Community Assistance Division located at 110 West Rich Ave., DeLand, Florida, 32720. If you would like further information, please call the ECHO program at (386) 736-5955.
FY 2019/2020 Approved Grant Awards
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