City of Ocoee accepting applications for neighborhood-matching grant program

The grant program looks to assist residents, in the form of grants, with making improvements to their neighborhoods.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 11:46 a.m. February 16, 2024

West Orange Times & Observer
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The City of Ocoee has announced that it is accepting applications for its neighborhood-matching grant program — which looks to assist residents, in the form of grants, with making improvements to their neighborhoods.

This program is open to homeowner associations and to neighborhoods that do not have structured HOAs. The program has a total of $28,000 available, with a maximum grant award of $2,000.

Online applications are available on the city's website: Ocoee.org

Physical applications also are available at the Ocoee City Hall reception desk and completed applications should be mailed or delivered to Ocoee City Hall at 1 North Bluford Avenue.

The deadline to submit an application is March 15, 2024. For more information, please call 407-905-3100.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.