May 18, 2024

Return on Investment

Over the past three decades, Alcalde & Fay has helped secure more than $1.1 billion in federal funding for municipalities in Florida. Here's what some clients paid for and received.

Amy Keller | 5/1/2007

Jacksonville Port Authority

Paid Alcalde & Fay
? $1.26 million since 1986

Federal Funding Received
? $53.05 million

Projects Included
? $20 million over three years for a special highway demonstration project
?
$9.5 million for an access road to the Talleyrand Seaport
?
$7.5 million for the dredging of Jacksonville Harbor

Lake County

Paid Alcalde & Fay
? $313,000 since 2002

Federal Funding Received
? At least $11.8 million

Projects Included
?
$11.6 million for the widening of State Road 50
?
$200,000 for construction of the Citrus Ridge Library

Other Successes
? Obtained a congressional directive that makes the county eligible to receive grant funding through the Agriculture Department's rural development programs even though the county doesn't technically meet program criteria
? Obtained a congressional directive to fund the county's drinking water study

Osceola County

Paid Alcalde & Fay
? $577,000 since 1998

Federal Funding Received
? At least $25.6 million

Projects Included
? $18.75 million to widen U.S. 192
?
$3.5 million to treat invasive aquatic plants that are a nuisance to the county's water system
?
$1 million for an instrument landing system at Kissimmee Airport

Sources: Senate lobbying reports on file with the clerk of the House of Representatives and secretary of the Senate, Alcalde & Fay's "History of Successes"

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