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DeSantis Announces $3.4M in Funding for Florida's Military Communities and Bases

Gov. Ron DeSantis appears at a news conference at Camp Blanding on Sept. 15, 2021.
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More than $3.4 million in funding will be going to military communities and bases throughout Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday.

DeSantis made the announcement at a news conference at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke, located southwest of Jacksonville.

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The funding will come from grant programs and will go towards maintaining facilities at and near bases, including $1 million for Camp Blanding, DeSantis said.

Nearly $600,000 will go to the city of Jacksonville for programs including the goal of hosting a nuclear aircraft carrier in the area, the governor said.

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