Lee County announces $229M in federal funding for Hurricane Ian recovery

Author: David Dorsey, Gulfshore Business
Published: Updated:
Margaritaville

A little more than $229 million of the $1.1 billion in federal funding for Hurricane Ian disaster relief officially was awarded Sept. 3 by the Lee County Board of Commissioners.

Most of the rest of that funding is still being processed for allocation toward affordable housing initiatives across the county.

But, for now, a little more than 20% of the total Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery has been spoken for.

Lee County, its six municipalities, School District of Lee County, Lee County Electric Cooperative and nonprofit organizations each will be using portions of the funding on 20 predetermined projects.

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