COUNTY 

Your Observer 

Manatee to consider development plan changes that will affect wetlands 

The residents who packed the Manatee County Administration Building’s Patricia M. Glass Chambers on Aug. 10 said they wanted to deliver a clear message to county commissioners. 

 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT  

Fort Myers Beach 

Lee County seeking public input for $1.1 billion Project Resiliency funds  

Lee County will be holding a public participation meeting on Fort Myers Beach Tuesday, Aug. 15 at the DiamondHead Beach Resort in Fort Myers Beach on the draft action plan for the $1.1 billion Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). 

 

GRANTS 

Route-Fifty 

Feds open new round in $500M grant program for transportation tech  

The second year of SMART grants will award another $100 million to state, local and tribal governments for safe, equitable and sustainable transportation solutions.