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Gov. DeSantis awards $2.8M for Citrus County industrial park

Citrus County applied for grant to fund wastewater line

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference in Citrus County on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Citrus County on Thursday to deliver a check for infrastructure improvements.

DeSantis awarded $2.8 million from the Job Growth Grant Fund to Citrus County, meant to help to build a wastewater line for the yet-to-open Holder Industrial Park.

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“Citrus County applied for an award under this because you have the Holder industrial park, which is trying to attract more and more investment,” DeSantis said. “It’s planned, it’s shovel-ready, this can be something that could make a really big impact.”

The governor was joined by Florida Commerce Secretary Alex Kelly.

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