The Tallahassee City Commission will hold a workshop next month on how to spend $1 million to curb gun violence. Different approaches have been on the table, but commissioners say they need more time.
The money is in the city’s budget for the next fiscal year, part of a total of $5 million per year for 5 years.
Community members have pushed for the money to go to various programs in order to curb Tallahassee’s rising gun violence crisis.
Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox said the commission should hold a workshop to identify the best possible solution.
“I’m not saying that one program works over another," she said. "There is no silver bullet. Tallahassee is not a monolith. We are a community of diversity. What works in other places may not work here.”
The workshop will be held on October 12th at 10 a.m.
