Volusia ECHO provides grant funds to finance acquisition, restoration, construction or improvement of facilities to be used for environmental/ecological, cultural, historical/heritage, or outdoor recreation purposes that must be open for public use. Applicants must be a designated not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the State of Florida, for a minimum of two years, with their principal place of business located in the State of Florida. Not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organizations with designation less than two years must demonstrate 10 years of service within the county and their main office must be located within the county; municipalities located within Volusia County; or budgeted departments within Volusia County Government.

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Community listening sessions scheduled

Staff from the Volusia ECHO program will host five community listening sessions to give residents an opportunity to comment about the program’s future.

Sessions are scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. on these dates:

• Tuesday, May 14, at the Museum of Florida Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand
• Tuesday, May 21, at the Museum of Arts & Sciences, 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach
• Thursday, May 23, at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Ave., New Smyrna Beach
• Wednesday, May 29, at The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach
• Tuesday, June 4, at Lyonia Environmental Center, 2150 Eustace Ave., Deltona

Listening sessions audio archive
Presentation
Agenda

At least one Volusia County Council member is expected to attend each session.

The following documents were presented to the Volusia County Council during the April 9 ECHO Workshop:

Resolution 2000-156
2000 Ballot
Mandatory Applicant Workshop presentation
ECHO grant project 2002-2012
Stetson University Study
Resolution 2011-119
ECHO Grant Awards
ECHO Fund history
2013 Technical Review applicants
ECHO Workshop presentation FY 2013