In a regular City meeting on Monday, September 17, 2018, the City of Vernon, Florida received a check from Aaron Miller, Park Manager for Falling Waters State Park in Chipley, for the sum of $50,000.
This grant is given to a local government through the Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP), providing financial assistance for acquisition or development of land for public outdoor recreation.
Eligible participants include all county governments, municipalities in Florida and other legally constituted local governmental entities with the responsibility for providing outdoor recreational sites and facilities for the general public.
Incorporated municipalities in the state of Florida bear the legal responsibility for the provision of outdoor recreational sites and facilities for the use and benefit of the general public, and this grant enables this process.
Miller told the Vernon City Council, ‘This money is the result of a competitive grant program, and this $50,000 will go toward the development of sports facilities, soccer fields, playgrounds, picnic facilities, basketball court, security lighting, track and restroom’.
