11-1: horseshoe beach working waterfront project --- the florida gulf consortium, with sub-recipient dixie, was awarded restore act spill impact component funds for the council approved horseshoe…

Federal Project Grant Summary: Horseshoe Beach Working Waterfront Project

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (GCERC) awarded $1,092,632 in Restoration of Ecosystems, Fisheries, and Aquatic Life on the Gulf Coast (RESTORE) Act Spill Impact Component funds to The Gulf Consortium on July 14, 2025, for the Horseshoe Beach Working Waterfront Project (11-1). The project, with sub-awardee Dixie County, delivers comprehensive waterfront infrastructure improvements in Horseshoe Beach, Dixie County, Florida, designed to rehabilitate and enhance the working waterfront for commercial fishermen. Key deliverables include expansion of a commercial dock for vessel staging and seafood product offloading to wholesale trucks, rehabilitation of a shoreline seawall for coastal protection, parking improvements, and construction of a covered picnic area. The project has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2030, and directly supports economic growth and revitalization of the Gulf Coast economy.

This initiative aligns with the RESTORE Act's primary objective of restoring natural resources and economies impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. The project directly addresses Comprehensive Plan Goal 5 (Restore and Revitalize the Gulf Economy) and supports the Gulf Consortium's Objective 8 to restore, diversify, and revitalize Gulf economies through economic and environmental restoration efforts. By improving commercial fishing infrastructure and waterfront accessibility, the project strengthens the viability of seafood production operations while supporting broader coastal community economic development.

11-1: horseshoe beach working waterfront project --- the florida gulf consortium, with sub-recipient dixie, was awarded restore act spill impact component funds for the council approved horseshoe beach working waterfront project 11-1. The project's scope includes developing strategies to address improvements for rehabilitating the working waterfront for commercial fisherman in horseshoe beach. Components include expansion of a commercial dock established for staging vessels and offloading seafood products directly to wholesale trucks and the rehabilitation/construction of a seawall to protect the shoreline as well as parking improvements. The project's activities will occur in horseshoe beach, southern dixie county, and will support economic growth and development. This project is consistent with and addresses comprehensive plan goal 5: restore and revitalize the gulf economy (primary) and consortium objective 8: restore, diversify, and revitalize the gulf economy with economic and environmental restoration projects (primary).