City Of Venice

City Of Venice, a U.S. municipal government entity headquartered in Venice, Florida, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants for airport infrastructure, wastewater systems, emergency debris removal, and community resilience projects, with a secondary role as a sub-recipient of disaster recovery and infrastructure funds flowing through Florida state agencies.

The City operates across seven distinct federal funding sources with a split footprint: 49% of its recent awards are prime grants; 51% are sub-awards routed through the State Of Florida Division Of Emergency Management and the Florida Department Of Environmental Protection. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) dominates the award count with 22 awards, reflecting disaster recovery work following Hurricanes Ian and Milton; the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region holds 15 awards anchored to Venice Municipal Airport capital projects; and the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service carries two awards for emergency watershed protection. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $67.2 million against a combined potential value of $8 thousand, reflecting the grant-program structure where obligated funds represent actual resource availability while potential value carries placeholder or terminal-value entries.

As a prime recipient, the City of Venice executes airport terminal construction in phases. The FAA Southern Region awarded $1 million on August 20, 2024, under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) for Phase 2 terminal construction at Venice Municipal Airport, with completion targeted for August 19, 2028; $473,684 on June 24, 2026, under the same program (CFDA 20.116) for Phase 3 (455 square feet of a 5,000 square foot terminal); and $596,842 on June 30, 2026, under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) for Phase 4 (570 square feet), also completing in 2030. The City also received $978,888 on April 24, 2024, for airport master plan updates reflecting future facility needs through April 23, 2028. Prior awards include runway rehabilitation (5,000 feet of Runway 13/31 pavement work awarded September 6, 2023, through September 5, 2027) and taxiway sealing work awarded June 2, 2022, through June 1, 2026. Emergency response capacity includes a $360,525 cooperative agreement from NRCS for Hurricane Milton debris removal in Sarasota County (obligated June 9, 2025, completed March 31, 2026) and an earlier Hurricane Ian debris-removal cooperative agreement from June 7, 2023.

In its sub-recipient role, the City receives project funding and management authority through the State Of Florida Division Of Emergency Management, executing post-hurricane infrastructure repairs, emergency protective measures, wastewater system resilience work (including redundant force-main installation under the Intracoastal Waterway and wastewater treatment plant upgrades), water supply backup power at five municipal wells, and community amenities restoration (T-hangars, piers, parks). Recent sub-awards include T-hanger reconstruction (multiple awards July through September 2026), Venice Pier restoration (July 17, 2026), citywide utilities repair (August 11, 2026), and airport damage remediation (July 8, 2026). The City also sub-receives funding from the Florida Department Of Environmental Protection for wastewater infrastructure improvements, including a 2.8-million-gallon flow equalization tank project at the Water Reclamation Facility and a second redundant wastewater force main under the Intracoastal Waterway. Activity has accelerated in 2026 with 14 awards year-to-date, reflecting sustained hurricane-recovery funding; only two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating most work extends beyond the near-term recompete horizon.