Wallisa Cobb

Background

About Wallisa Cobb

Community Development •Managed an $11 million disaster recovery and mitigation grant allocation •Successfully and efficiently administered 14 mortgage revenue bond issues totaling over $800 million, while affording over families homeownership opportunities •Managed various local, state, and federal homeownership programs •Conducted analysis of needs in the effort to develop special targeting initiatives throughout the state of Florida •Managed the Gadsden Express project, implemented to provide public transportation to Gadsden County residents with the use of Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funding •Assisted with the planning and implementation of a $2 million Rosedale Water System upgrade Economic Development •Assisted with the management of water and sewer connection projects for hotels and restaurants •Reviewed and processed funding requests for the Gadsden County Tourist Development Council in the effort to stimulate the economy •Assisted with the development of a strategic marketing plan to identify Gadsden county’s tourist development and promotional needs Grant Writing •Researched and produced technical documents such as grant narratives, budgets and proposals •Successfully awarded and administered various grants that funded programs and services