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org/community-planning-and-development/community-partnerships/competitive-florida/funding-announcement) ### Competitive Florida Partnership Grant, State Fiscal Year 2025-2026 FloridaCommerce is now accepting Competitive Florida Partnership Program grant requests for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-2026.

The Competitive Florida Partnership grants provide small and rural cities, as well as regional planning councils, the opportunity to create an economic development strategy through innovative planning and public engagement. ### Grant Request Submission Timeframe Please submit a grant request for funding to FloridaCommerce on or before**Friday, August 1, 2025, by 11:59 p. m.

, Eastern Time. **FloridaCommerce will consider grant requests received by the above deadline before grant requests received after the deadline has passed. All grant requests are subject to funding availability.

Competitive Florida Partnership grants may be available to: * Local Governments located in Rural Areas of Opportunity and/or Rural Communities. * Counties and municipalities * Regional planning councils that propose projects on behalf of or for the benefit of counties, municipalities or the region**_and_**that have support, in writing, from the counties or municipalities affected by the proposed grant project.

* If a regional planning council submits a regional request, it must contain justification for using a regional approach instead of a community-based approach. Grant awards will highlight rural and small communities. The Competitive Florida Partnership Grant Program coincides with SFY 2025-2026.

The grant period is July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026. FloridaCommerce cannot accept requests for multi-year projects. All projects must be completed by Friday, May 30, 2026.

### Grant Type: Cost Reimbursement Grant requests should include a scope of work that facilitates a community-driven process to create an economic development strategy addressing the obstacles and opportunities of individual Competitive Florida communities. Award amounts may vary, however, eligible communities are typically awarded $40,000.

Each community should undertake a community-driven approach to writing an economic development strategy that includes public engagement. Planning and technical assistance will be provided by FloridaCommerce throughout the year. The funding request should include the following: * A funding request letter to FloridaCommerce that identifies: * Who is dedicated to managing and leading this grant from start to finish?

How much time will they commit to the grant process on a weekly basis? How does the community plan to engage local stakeholders? * What, specifically, is the community seeking to accomplish by creating an economic development strategy?

* Has the community received a grant-funded project in the past? What did it accomplish? What were the challenges?

* **NOTE:**Grant requestors shall submit a letter of request signed by the chief elected official, the city manager or the county manager (if unincorporated). **Description of Existing Economic and Community Development Activities.

** * FloridaCommerce requests that grant requestors submit a description of current community plans and strategies (e.g., vision plan, economic development strategies, etc.) that influence economic and community development activities within the community. Descriptions of other community activities related to economic and community development undertaken by the community that lack a guiding strategy are also encouraged.

**A Proposed Scope of Work.

** * A proposed scope of work shall describe: * The deliverables, which are descriptions of the tasks to be performed under the deliverable, including a clear, meaningful and feasible implementation component * The deliverable due dates (the dates the deliverables will be received by FloridaCommerce) * The project documentation that will be produced and provided to FloridaCommerce to demonstrate that the work described in the deliverable has been completed * The cost or payment amount for each deliverable * The following links are from Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Competitive Florida Partnership Grant Program agreements using the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System.

Executed agreements can be viewed under the Documents tab. The scopes of work in these grant agreements may be helpful in preparing a scope of work for this grant cycle (in particular, see scope of work paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 in each agreement): * Highlands County– To conduct a real estate analysis and detailed demographic research to develop a detailed retail recruitment plan for the County.

* City of South Bay– To develop a community wide assessment to facilitate the development of an economic development and resiliency strategy. * Gadsden County – To reassess and update the previous Economic Development Plan. * The budget should outline anticipated expenditures by category.

**Letters of Support Demonstrating Partnership. ** * Building and creating community partnerships to guide and implement economic development efforts requires input from many different organizations. Letters of support from as many organizations as possible will help demonstrate that your community has the partners it needs to develop a comprehensive economic development strategy.

Letters may be from the following organizations: * Local Governments - If the partnership is proposed at the municipal level, a letter from the chief elected official or city manager is required. A letter of support from the county is encouraged, but not required. If the partnership is proposed countywide, all local governments included in the effort should submit a letter of support.

* Community Action Agency. * Regional CareerSource Network Board. * Local Economic Development Organizations - This may include but its not limited to county/city economic development organizations, chambers of commerce and other government and non-government entities.

* County School Board - This is encouraged for countywide and municipal level proposals. * Regional Planning and Economic Development Organizations - This may include, but is not limited to regional planning councils, regional development organizations and others as appropriate. * Additional organizations or entities deemed appropriate by the grant requestor.

### How to Submit the Grant Request to FloridaCommerce * Requests may be submitted electronically through email toCompetitiveFlorida@Commerce. fl.

gov. * FloridaCommerce prefers electronic submissions, however, mailed requests for funding are also accepted and can be sent through U.S. Postal Service to: * Bureau of Community Planning and Growth Division of Community Development 107 East Madison Street, MSC 160 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4120 NOTE: For a county or municipality, FloridaCommerce asks that the funding request letter, whether submitted by U.S. Postal Service or electronically, be signed by the chief elected official, the county manager or the city manager.

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