CHIPLEY - There's 13 pots of money available to help Washington County recover from the impacts of Hurricane Michael. Local officials learned Monday evening that if they want to make use of the funding, they have to take initiative to get it. "It is a project-based plan," said Ted Everett, Director of the Washington County Economic Development Council. The county will not be given a lump sum of money to distribute equally to each municipality, he said, adding "each municipality will have to have its own projects backed up by documentation; they will have to present that documentation to the agency that they want funding from...
