The City of Apalachicola has moved up in state ranking for a $500,000 public library construction grant for FY 2010-2011.Cindi Giametta, grants manager for the city recently received a letter from the Florida Department of State Division of Library and Information Services dated September 4, 2009, notifying her of the ranking.
Twenty-one public libraries from across the state submitted applications totaling $10,500,000 for funding under the construction grant. The Apalachicola Municipal Library project ranked seventeen out of the 21; a slight improvement over last year’s ranking of nineteen.
The Legislature will review the ranked projects during the 2010 Legislative Session and forward those selected for funding to the Governor for final approval.
At the city’s November 4, 2008 meeting, commissioners adopted Resolution 2008-09, which gave Giametta the go ahead to submit the application and authorized City Administer Betty Taylor-Webb to execute certain documents pertaining to the grant.
If awarded, the city will receive the $500,000 non-matching grant to use toward an addition and/or renovation of the existing library building. Apalachicola received a waiver from the required match under the state’s rural economic development initiative.
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