August 23 - 27, 2021

EDA announced 10 investments from August 23-27, 2021, totaling $1,212,616, which is matched by $734,975 in local investments.  These investments include the following: (1) $509,616 in five Technical Assistance University Center projects to make the varied and vast resources of universities available to the economic development practitioner community; and (2) $703,000 in five Partnership Planning projects to support the development and implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy process.

• $509,616 in five Technical Assistance University Center projects, matched by $664,975 in local investments, to support the first year of a five-year University Center program, which is a competitively-based partnership between EDA and academic institutions that makes the varied and vast resources of universities available to the economic development practitioner community.
• $703,000 in five Partnership Planning projects, matched by $70,000 in local investments, to support the development and implementation of a comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS).  The CEDS process is designed to bring together the public and private sectors in the creation of an economic development roadmap to diversify and strengthen the regional economy.