2020年6月13日
Thursday, October 2, 2014
County receives Defense Reinvestment and Infrastructure grants
海湾县,弗拉。——今天,州长里克cott announced that Bay County was awarded $271,980 through Florida’s Defense Infrastructure and Reinvestment Grant Programs. The funding will support sustainability initiatives at Naval Support Activity Panama City and Tyndall Air Force Base.
Governor Scott said, “These Florida Defense Programs serve to support and sustain our 20 military installations in the state. This $271,980 in grants will provide installations with the resources necessary to keep military families secure. I appreciate the work Florida’s service men and women do protecting our state and nation, and I’m grateful we are able to get communities the funding needed to keep their defense operations running.”
For more than 15 years the defense grants have been successful tools in assisting local defense partners in supporting the State’s military installations. Florida’s military and defense sector is responsible for 9.4 percent – or $73.4 billion – of the Sunshine State’s economy. This translates to 758,112 statewide direct and indirect jobs.
湾县是十二个县的一个县之一Defense Reinvestment Grant旨在支持军事设施与其社区之间的关系。此96,980美元的赠款将有助于保护佛罗里达州的军事设施,并促进国防依赖社区的经济多样化策略。
TheDefense Infrastructure Grant除了让社区受益外,被授予当地项目对安装的军事价值产生积极影响。Bay County授予175,000美元,以便进入访问海军支持活动巴拿马城。
参议院总裁唐纳格兹说:“我们的任务是确保佛罗里达州西北部的基地和任务受到保护和扩大。通过这些补助金,我们正在使我们的社区更加友好,并帮助我们的军队安装更好的邻居。“
代表Marti Coley说:“我们很幸运能够在我们地区拥有如此强大的军事业务,我很感谢我们有一位致力于识别海军支持活动巴拿马城和恒仓县廷德空军基地作为当地经济司机的总督和立法机构以及国家安全资产。175,000美元的国防基础设施授予奖励将减轻巴拿马城的基本访问问题,国防再投资补助金将支持本地支持和维持两个装置的努力。“
Representative Jimmy Patronis, chair of the Florida Defense Support Task Force said, “The two grants awarded help further develop the partnership between the county and our military assets. I applaud the leadership of Governor Scott and Bay County in making these grants and the projects possible.”
“The Florida Defense Grants Programs are vital for our military and defense industry, and strengthen Florida’s workforce through the highly skilled former military personnel who enter the employment market each year. I am proud to play a part in supporting our military installations and communities, and appreciate what our service men and women do to protect our state,” said Gray Swoope, Florida Secretary of Commerce and President & CEO of Enterprise Florida.
在国家的14个社区被授予了2,450,000美元,帮助保护和改进了19个装置,并进一步佛罗里达州的声誉作为国家最友好的国家。
“The Bay Defense Alliance applauds the Governor’s Office, Enterprise Florida and Legislature for their longstanding support of Florida’s defense communities. Defense Reinvestment Grants are highly leveraged with local funds and thousands of volunteer hours to help ensure communities like ours will be prepared as our valuable military installations compete in the next Base Realignment and Closure process,” explained Tom Neubauer, President, Bay Defense Alliance.
“Bay County is excited with the announced award of the Defense Infrastructure Grant for the Magnolia Beach Road Naval Gate Project. The project will increase safety and reduce travel delays for motorist by providing a left turn lane on Magnolia Beach Road. The County is always pleased when we can team with our military partners to assist in meeting one of their needs,” said Guy Tunnell, Chairman of the Bay County Board of County Commissioners.
2014-15 2014-15国防拨款被授予以下县的防御伙伴:波尔克,布雷加德(2),杜瓦尔(2),圣罗莎(2),Okaloosa(2),粘土(2),埃斯福克斯(2),橙色(2),湾(2),迈阿密德德,希尔斯伯勒,沃尔顿和高地。
The Florida Defense Grants Programs are administered by Enterprise Florida, Inc. The grants are awarded annually through a competitive process to communities hosting military installations.
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