2021 EDA Grants

EDA announced 27 investments from January 18-22, 2021, totaling $38,584,521, which is matched by $20,560,198 in local investments. These investments include the following: (1) $11,613,011 in eight Economic Adjustment Assistance-COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Projects to help alleviate sudden and severe economic dislocation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which includes seven projects for $10,113,011 that will help create 1,143 jobs, save 1,184 jobs, and leverage $20,200,000 in private investments; (2) $2,000,000 in seven STEM Talent Challenge projects to create and implement STEM apprenticeship models to help communities with planning, development and program implementation activities that will complement their regions’ innovation economy; (3) $15,669,233 in six Economic Adjustment Assistance projects to help communities design and implement strategies to adjust or bring about change to their economy in response to structural damage to their underlying economic base, which includes five projects for $13,418,070 that will help create 455 jobs, save 3,092 jobs, and leverage $180,000,000 in private investments; and (4) $9,302,277 in six Public Works projects to help communities revitalize, expand, and upgrade their physical infrastructure, which includes five projects for $7,602,277 that will help create 373 jobs, save 1,742 jobs, and leverage $56,175,000 in private investments.

EDA announced 14 investments from January 11-15, 2021, totaling $2,804,552, which is matched by $1,413,639 in local investments. These investments include the following: (1) $74,552 in one Economic Adjustment Assistance-COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Project to help alleviate sudden and severe economic dislocation caused by the coronavirus pandemic; and (2) $2,730,000 in 13 Partnership Planning projects to support the development and implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy process.