2021 Disaster Recovery News Clips

Media posts highlight how EDA helps communities recover from multiple years of disasters while increasing their resilience

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2021

December

• December 27, 2021 - Progress is Underway for VIPA Construction Projects (The St. John Source)
• December 25, 2021 - Robeson County’s biggest news stories of 2021 (The Robesonian)
• December 12, 2021 - Good Morning San Antonio (KSAT 12 News)
• December 10, 2021 - New Mexico Economic Development Dept. Awards Grant To Town of Taos For Airport Industrial Park Investments (The Los Alamos Daily Post)
• December 10, 2021 - Wastewater Decision? (The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan)
• December 8, 2021 - LRCOG to present Regional Broadband Study results for Scotland County (The Laurinburg Exchange)
• December 7, 2021 - Results of broadband access survey to be released (The Richmond County Daily Journal)
• December 5, 2021 - Economic resiliency center construction to cost $14 million, says Finance chief (Marianas Variety)
• December 3, 2021 - Council to consider deadline extension for MSP (The News Tribune)
• December 2, 2021 - LRCOG to unveil broadband demand study results Tuesday (The Robesonian)

November

• November 26, 2021 - Northwest CT Arts Council’s guide makes shopping local easier (The Register Citizen)
• November 25, 2021 - PSU College of Technology receives state of the art plasma cutter (KSN News)
• November 24, 2021 - State forms new initiative to build a more resilient NC (The Coastal Review)
• November 23, 2021 - State launches resiliency partnership for regions hit by Hurricane Florence (The Carteret County News-Times)
• November 22, 2021 - City Hears Options For Wastewater Plant (The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan)
• November 21, 2021 - Cape Cod Commission To Host Virtual Workshops On Low-Lying Roads Project (Cape Cod News)
• November 19, 2021 - State’s new Regional Resilience Portfolio Program to help NC communities plan for climate change (EIN Presswire)
• November 19, 2021 - 46% of the Cape's bridges need repairs: Here's what we know about the conditions and plans (The Cape Cod Times)
• November 16, 2021 - WITN 7 News at Sunrise (WITN News)
• November 16, 2021 - Ground breaks on $7.4 million Lenoir Community College building (The New Bern Sun Journal)
• November 15, 2021 - Floyd Health Sciences Center has ribbon-cutting ceremony (WNCT 9 News)
• November 15, 2021 - Lenoir Community College breaks ground on health sciences center (WITN News)
• November 15, 2021 - Global Disaster-Related Philanthropy Hit $30 Billion (The Non-Profit Times)

October

• October 28, 2021 - Planning a new ‘uptown’ (The Robesonian)
• October 26, 2021 - Gov. Mike Parson on Ashland workforce development partnership: 'This is the model' (The Columbia Daily Tribune)
• October 26, 2021 - Ashland workforce summit focuses on job training (KRCG 13 News)
• October 22, 2021 - Winona awarded $3M by U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economic Development Administration (WJTV 12)
• October 20, 2021 - Finance makes room for new Economic Resiliency Center (Marianas Variety)
• October 20, 2021 - Work continues on expansion of Westby's industrial park (The Westby Times)
• October 6, 2021 - Benson receives grant toward $1.77 million flood control project (The Swift County Monitor-News)

September

• September 30, 2021 - Cohasset Road widening project resumes Friday (The Chico Enterprise-Record)
• September 27, 2021 - EDA awards $6M for vocational school at MHS (The Saipan Tribune)
• September 26, 2021 - EDA awards $6 million for technical education in CNMI (The Guam Daily Post)
• September 26, 2021 - VC marks completion of industrial trades facility’s renovations with ribbon-cutting ceremony (The Victoria Advocate)
• September 23, 2021 - Federal government to invest $4.3M in Sheffield’s sewer infrastructure (WHNT News 19)
• September 18, 2021 - Beaufort airport officials expect hangar construction to begin early next month (The Carteret County News-Times)
• September 17, 2021 - EcoExploratorio Receives $16 Million from US Economic Development Administration (The Weekly Journal)
• September 14, 2021 - Torres: Modernizing business processes is the best thing for govt and businesses (The Saipan Tribune)
• September 8, 2021 - Kilili ‘working hard to meet NMI needs’" (Marianas Variety)
• September 1, 2021 - VC finalizes William Wood building renovation (The Victoria Advocate)
• September 1, 2021 - EDA awards $19.6M to DOF for new Economic Resiliency Center (The Saipan Tribune)

August

• August 31, 2021 - US awards $19.6M to NMI for new Economic Resiliency Center (Marianas Variety)
• August 31, 2021 - Carteret County-Beaufort Airport Authority receives nearly $200K in unused federal funds (The Carteret County News-Times)
• August 30, 2021 - US awards $19.6M to NMI for new Economic Resiliency Center (Marianas Variety)
• August 30, 2021 - Lumber River Council of Governments, member counties' broadband demand study response deadline extended to Sept. 17 (The Richmond Observer)
• August 30, 2021 - Foundation for Puerto Rico donates $200K in telecom equipment to nonprofits (News Is My Business)
• August 22, 2021 - Commissioners agree to financing arrangement for Michael J. Smith hangar construction (The Carteret County News-Times)
• August 20, 2021 - LRCOG asks more people to take part in broadband access survey (The Robesonian)
• August 10, 2021 - Santa Fe College’s new Blount Hall set to open Spring 2022 (The Independent Florida Alligator)
• August 10, 2021 - Opportunities Abound in the Blue Economy (The Weekly Journal)

July

• June 23, 2021 - NMISF welcomes building of new pool (The Saipan Tribune)
• July 14, 2021 - Barnes relishes short vacation on Saipan (The Saipan Tribune)
• July 12, 2021 - Stadium floodlights installed at Oleai track (The Saipan Tribune)
• July 12, 2021 - Plans for Koblerville NMTI facility still in infancy (The Saipan Tribune)
• July 6, 2021 - SBL scraps 2021 season (The Saipan Tribune)
• July 5, 2021 - Thompson takes on new challenge off the pool (The Saipan Tribune)
• July 1, 2021 - Summit on the Blue Economy to be Held in Puerto Rico (The Weekly Journal)

June

• June 24, 2021 - Capitol Briefs: Branson receives $3M federal grant for flood wall (The Missouri Times)
• June 24, 2021 - Attao elaborates on NMTI ‘facelift project’ and Koblerville site (The Saipan Tribune)
• June 17, 2021 - Sports community welcomes Oleai makeover (The Saipan Tribune)
• June 16, 2021 - Port gets $2M grant for fuel pipeline (The Guam Daily Post)
• June 15, 2021 - ‘Methodical’ implementation of Garapan’s rehab plan, says OPD (The Saipan Tribune)
• June 8, 2021 - Torres: Athletes can now dream big (Saipan Tribune)
• June 7, 2021 - NMI awarded $21.2M for sports complex (Marianas Variety)
• June 7, 2021 - $21.2M grant is approved to rebuild Oleai sports complex (The Saipan Tribune)
• June 7, 2021 - A leap forward for the Commonwealth (The Saipan Tribune)
• June 2, 2021 - Bytemarks Café: NELHA and Aquaculture Startups (Hawai‘i Public Radio)

May

• May 31, 2021 - Bidding for Michael J. Smith Field Airport hangar construction to open early July (Carteret County News-Times)
• May 26, 2021 - Town of Wolcott begins upgrades on wastewater treatment plant (WLFI 18 News)
• May 23, 2021 - Federal funds to mitigate future disasters a ‘silver lining’ from tornadoes 2 years ago (Dayton Daily News)
• May 21, 2021 - We are excited with the progress of the William Wood Building renovations’ (Crossroads Today)
• May 17, 2021 - Big Island Aquaculture Gets Boost With Big Grant (Honolulu Civil Beat)
• May 6, 2021 - Lineworker training facility in Mandan getting $5 million upgrade (The Bismarck Tribune)
• May 5, 2021 - Event planned to unveil new Lineworker Training Center (Grand Forks Herald)
• May 5, 2021 - Resiliency key to new regional economic planning process (Dayton Daily News)

April

• April 30, 2021 - Officials hold groundbreaking ceremony for new Ranken Technical College campus in Ashland (KRCG 13 News)
• April 30, 2021 - New Ranken Technical College campus in Ashland to bring over 150 jobs (KOMU 8 News)
• April 30, 2021 - Ashland’s new technical college expected to create 163 jobs (The News-Press Now)
• April 30, 2021 - City of Hancock to Receive Grant (ABC 10 News)
• April 30, 2021 - Officials hold groundbreaking for Ashland campus of Ranken Technical College (KOMU 8 News)
• April 28, 2021 - Funds for technical college at Ashland advances (The Fulton Sun)
• April 23, 2021 - Marble Falls OKs $1.1M design contract for new wastewater treatment plant (The Daily Tribune)
• April 19, 2021 - How a $4.5 million federal grant will be used in the Southern Boone School District (The Columbia Daily Tribune)
• April 12, 2021 - Development underway on Killam’s huge south Mission project (The Rio Grande Guardian)
• April 10, 2021 - Future Ashland technical center awarded $4.5 million (The Fulton Sun)
• April 6, 2021 - See how 2 multi-million dollar projects at Franklin County State Airport are progressing (Saint Albans Messenger)
• April 6, 2021 - Vision 2040 plan released (The Virgin Islands Daily News)
• April 1, 2021 - FocusMaine results report shows growth in targeted industries, even through pandemic (MaineBiz)

March

• March 30, 2021 - Airport authority contracts again with Talbert & Bright as engineer of record (The Carteret County News-Times)
• March 26, 2021 - Wastewater Project Receives SRF Funding (The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan)
• March 22, 2021 - South Sioux City Council approves construction contracts for wastewater treatment plant (The Sioux City Journal)
• March 18, 2021 - Lumberton City Council OKs conveying housing project lots to the state (The Robesonian)
• March 8, 2021 - Read Governor Leon Guerrero's 2021 State of the Island Address (KUAM News)
• March 6, 2021 - Phase 1 of King Airport Parking Garage Construction to Start March 8 (The St. Thomas Source)
• March 4, 2021 - Garapan revitalization plan modeled after Waikiki’s success (Saipan Tribune)
• March 1, 2021 - Garapan Core to be developed into a ‘Complete Street’ (Saipan Tribune)
• March 1, 2021 - Pembroke Town Council tables request to allow use of electric scooters throughout the municipality (The Robesonian)

February

• February 27, 2021 - $6 million grant is green light for Darrington timber center (The Everett Herald)
• February 24, 2021 - NMTI moves forward as technical institute (Saipan Tribune)
• February 24, 2021 - Garapan Core gets water-blasted, fresh coat of paint (Saipan Tribune)
• February 23, 2021 - Audio: Jefferson City Council accepts federal money to repurpose parts of prison and neighborhood (KTTN News)
• February 23, 2021 - Jefferson City Council approves $1.5M grant for MSP development (The News Tribune)
• February 22, 2021 - Jefferson City accepts $1.5 million grant for redevelopment of Missouri State Penitentiary (KOMU News 8)
• February 21, 2021 - CEO ‘very happy’ to learn that NMTI will receive federal funding (Marianas Variety)
• February 21, 2021 - Administration to improve major roads on Saipan (Guam Daily Post)
• February 20, 2021 - The Tallahassee Democrat (Blueprint OKs FAMU Way skatepark, incubator and puts Northeast Tallahassee park on fast track)
• February 19, 2021 - $10.3M grant will support CNMI workforce education, training (Pacific Daily News)
• February 18, 2021 - NMTI to receive $10.3M grant from US Commerce (Marianas Variety)
• February 17, 2021 - $8.6M grant funds new UOG construction (The Guam Daily Post)
• February 17, 2021 - City of Georgetown granted $3M for stormwater projects (WPDE ABC 15 News)
• February 16, 2021 - Major Infrastructure Upgrade (WNAX Radio 570)
• February 15, 2021 - Conway awarded $6 million grant to help mitigate flooding (WMBF News)
• February 15, 2021 - Conway receives $6M grant to help eliminate flood prone areas (ABC 15 News)
• February 15, 2021 - Conway gets $6 million for major wastewater infrastructure projects (WBTW 13 News)
• February 15, 2021 - EDA awards NMC $13.2M grant for new CREES building (Saipan Tribune)
• February 15, 2021 - US Commerce awards $13.2M to NMC for new research, extension center (Marianas Variety)
• February 13, 2021 - Conway, Georgetown to receive millions to help with flooding, wastewater systems (Myrtle Beach Post & Courier)
• February 12, 2021 - Yankton Wastewater Plant Fixes To Be Pursued (Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan)
• February 12, 2021 - US Department of Commerce invests $13.2M to boost NMC’s capacity to support business and job growth (Marianas Variety)
• February 11, 2021 - CNMI gets $94M for schools, housing relief, roads (The Guam Daily Post)
• February 11, 2021 - State grant provides help for airport infrastructure (The Star)
• February 11, 2021 - Lumberton gets $3.1 million federal grant to help build floodgates (The Robesonian)
• February 11, 2021 - University of Guam gets federal grant for new water lab, classrooms for nurses (Pacific Daily News)
• February 10, 2021 - NMI awarded nearly $100M for education, various projects, says governor (Marianas Variety)
• February 10, 2021 - The City of Everett Partners With MAPC for Digital Access and Equity Plan (The Everett Independent)
• February 9, 2021 - Torres cites need for local companies to beef up construction force (The Saipan Tribune)
• February 8, 2021 - Government floods $1M into Old North Dayton investment (Dayton Business Journal)
• February 8, 2021 - Loan program still available for small businesses and some startups in the Crossroads (Crossroads Today)
• February 8, 2021 - $11.2M awarded to repair Garapan roads (The Saipan Tribune)
• February 6, 2021 - (The Guam Daily Post)
• February 4, 2021 - Port Authority Moving Forward on St. Croix Airport Hangar, Seaplane Ramp (The St. Thomas Source)
• February 4, 2021 - US Commerce awards $11.2M roadway infrastructure grant to NMI (Marianas Variety)
• February 4, 2021 - US Department of Commerce awards $1.1 million grant to Miami Conservancy District (WDTN News 2)
• February 4, 2021 - U.S. Dept. of Commerce invests $1.1 million to protect businesses from flooding (Dayton 24/7 News Now)
• February 4, 2021 - $1.1M to aid Old North Dayton levee that protects hundreds of businesses from flooding (The Journal-News)
• February 3, 2021 - Gordon Finch Cargo Terminal and Molasses Pier Expected to be Completed by Summer (The St. Thomas Source)
• February 2, 2021 - Port Authority to Begin Cyril King Airport Expansion in March (The St. Croix Source)

January

• January 25, 2021 - $2.25M in federal funds will help Hilo recovery (The Garden Island)
• January 22, 2021 - Nearly $6 Million Federal Grant Allows SD Storm Drain Project to Move Forward (The Times of San Diego)
• January 22, 2021 - Hurricane-damaged Little Bay Primary School in Rockport to become a workforce center (The Caller Times)
• January 22, 2021 - Hawaii Island to receive $2.2M in new aid to recover from 2018 eruptions (Pacific Business News)
• January 22, 2021 - Hilo to get $2.3M to rebuild wastewater system following 2018 Kilauea eruption (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
• January 18, 2021 - Port of Port Townsend resubmits grant application for Point Hudson breakwater repair (Peninsula Daily News)
• January 16, 2021 - Dayton awarded $73M for water infrastructure improvements (Dayton Business Journal)
• January 14, 2021 - Name change approved for UAV Corp. (The Star)
• January 14, 2021 - PARADISE REBUILDING AND RECOVERY: PREVIEW INTO 2021 (Action News Now)
• January 14, 2021 - WAIA working to prepare new intermodal port with innovative transport (The Press Argus-Courier)
• January 12, 2021 - Old Buggy Factory Eyed as a Start-Up Hub (The Pilot)
• January 11, 2020 - UAV Corp Receives Name Change and Notice of Airport Improvements (MENA FN Newsfile)

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