Citrus County receives state economic development grant

Citrus County is one of only eight communities across the State to be awarded a Competitive Florida Economic Development Project Grant.   The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) awarded $91,000 in grant awards to eight communities across the state to provide funding that assists local governments in pursuing specific economic development projects or supplementing existing projects.   “We are...

USDA Helps Cotton Producers Maintain, Expand Domestic Market

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced at the 66th Annual Mid-South Farm and Gin Show the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking action to assist cotton producers through a Cotton Ginning Cost Share (CGCS) program in order to expand and maintain the domestic marketing of cotton.