Florida Legislature 2005 (click for ongoing coverage)

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Local projects

Here are highlights of local projects included in proposed budgets the Legislature approved Thursday. The projects and dollar amounts differ between the House and Senate.

PINELLAS

Salvador Dali Museum Relocation* $4-million

Clearwater Youth Crisis & Family Center $250,000

Pinellas Marine Institute $250,000

Florida Holocaust Museum $212,000

Peggy Peterman Empowerment Center $100,000

Community Care for Deaf & Hard of Hearing $25,000

Community Crisis Response Team $25,000

Greenwood Community Center $25,000

Turning Point - Westcare $25,000

Faith in Action, Strong for Life $7,500

USF Institute of Sports Medicine $500,000

Plant City Cornerstone Community Center $357,000

Florida Aquarium teacher training program $250,000

Lowry Park Zoo youth leadership program $250,000

Salvation Army Children's Village $150,000

Homeless Coalition community voice mail $150,000

Community Advantage Center $50,000

St. Joseph's Hospital Heart Center $25,000

Adolescent Intervention Center $725,000

Morton Plant Community Education Center $50,000

Good Samaritan Clinic $35,000

HOPE Youth Ranch $25,000

Brooksville Sewer Rehabilitation Project $1-million

Brooksville Water Improvement Project $450,000

Good Neighbor Trail - Brooksville $200,000

Public Schools Workforce Education $2.7-million

Homosassa Wastewater Collection System $1-million

Citrus County Fairgrounds Improvement $750,000

Cooter Pond Park $112,500

*Funded at $1-million in the House budget.

Sources: Florida Legislature; Pinellas County and Hillsborough County legislative delegations.

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