Grant

August 25 - 2, 2022

EDA announced 64 investments from August 25-September 2, 2022, totaling $1,037,516,479, which is matched by $19,982,422 in local investments. These investments include the following: (1) $1,032,051,979 in 46 American Rescue Plan Economic Adjustment Assistance projects to assist communities nationwide in their efforts to respond to and recover from the devastating impacts to the economy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes 19 projects for $50,088,054 that will help create 1,296 jobs, save 2,316 jobs, and leverage $280,740,000 in private investments; (2) $2,000,000 in one Economic Adjustment Assistance project 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 that will help create 82 jobs and leverage $312,000,000 in private investment; (3) $1,500,000 in one Public Works project to help communities revitalize, expand, and upgrade their physical infrastructure that will help create 20 jobs and leverage $8,000,000 in private investment; (4) $25,000 in one Local Technical Assistance project to strengthen the capacity of local or state organizations and institutions to undertake and promote effective economic development programs; (5) $474,000 in three Technical Assistance University Center projects to make the varied and vast resources of universities available to the economic development practitioner community; and (6) $1,465,500 in 12 Partnership Planning projects to support the development and implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy process.

  • $1,032,051,979 in 46 American Rescue Plan projects, matched by $14,328,528 in local investments, as follows:
    • 21 Build Back Better Regional Challenge (Phase 2) projects for $970,000,000 to support industry clusters that will promote recovery and resilience, create cycles of innovation and entrepreneurship, increase employment, and attract private investment to their respective regions, as follows:
      • Central Valley Community Foundation (California)
        $65.1 million for the F3-Fresno-Merced Future of Food
      • City of Manchester (New Hampshire)
        $44 million for the BioFabrication Cluster
      • Coalfield Development (West Virginia)
        $62.8 million for the Appalachian Climate Technologies (ACT Now) Initiative
      • Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation (Michigan)
        $52.2 million for the Global Epicenter of Mobility
      • Empire State Development (New York)
        $25 million for the Western New York’s Advanced Manufacturing Cluster
      • Four Bands Community Fund (South Dakota)
        $45 million for the Mountain/Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition
      • Georgia Tech Research Corporations (Georgia)
        $65 million for GA-AIM
      • Greater New Orleans Development Foundation (Louisiana)
        $50 million for H2theFuture
      • Greater St. Louis, Inc. (Missouri)
        $25 million for the St. Louis Tech Triangle
      • Indian Nations Council of Governments (Oklahoma)
        $39 million for the Tulsa Regional Advanced Mobility Cluster
      • Invest Nebraska Corporation (Nebraska)
        $25 million for the Heartland Robotics Cluster
      • North Carolina Biotechnology Center (North Carolina)
        $25 million for Accelerate NC – Life Sciences Manufacturing
      • Oklahoma City Economic Development Foundation (Oklahoma)
        $35 million for the Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster Initiative
      • Osceola County Board of County Commissioners (Florida)
        $50.8 million for the Building Central Florida’s Semiconductor Cluster for Broad-Based Prosperity
      • Port of Portland (Oregon)
        $41.4 million for the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition
      • Southeast Conference (Alaska)
        $49 million for the Alaska Mariculture Cluster
      • Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative (Pennsylvania)
        $62.7 million for the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative
      • The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (New York)
        $63.7 million for New Energy New York
      • University of Texas at El Paso (Texas)
        $40 million for the West Texas A&D Cluster
      • Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority (Virginia)
        $52.9 million for the VA BIO Advanced Pharma Manufacturing (APM) and R&D
      • Wichita State University (Kansas)
        $51.4 million for the South Kansas Coalition
    • Seven Economic Adjustment Assistance Projects for $13,532,228 matched by $3,400,797 in local investments, to help communities nationwide plan, build, innovate, and put people back to work through infrastructure, technical assistance, planning, and revolving loan programs designed to meet their local needs.
      • $5,000,000, matched by $1,250,000 in local investment, to the City of Cottage Grove, Cottage Grove/Douglas County, Oregon, to support revitalization of the historic commercial district in Douglas County Oregon. The project will revitalize five blocks of Main Street in Cottage Grove by installing new landscaping, utilities improvements, and updated ADA compliance features, enhancing the area’s economic potential. Once completed, the project will help the city sustain recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, which will strengthen and diversify the regional economy and advance economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 33 jobs, save 27 jobs, and leverage $650,000 in private investment.
      • $4,637,386, matched by $1,159,346 in local investment, to the Frederick Innovation Technology Center, Inc., Frederick/Frederick County, Maryland, to support the Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc. with making building renovations to support a science business incubator in Frederick, Maryland. The project will construct laboratory and office space to assist small, tech-based businesses as they work to grow and create new jobs and economic opportunities. Once completed, the project will attract new industries, create jobs, increase global competitiveness, and promote economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 261 jobs, save 61 jobs, and leverage $125,000,000 in private investment.
      • $1,721,348, matched by $430,337 in local investment, to Richmond County, Warsaw/Richmond County, Virginia, to support construction of infrastructure improvements at the Richmond County Commerce Park. The project work includes roadway construction, clearing and grading, and the installation of sanitary sewer, water, and drainage infrastructure to support business development in the area. Once completed, the project will attract private investment needed to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, promote economic sustainability, expand job opportunities, and promote growth throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 29 jobs and leverage $3,500,000 in private investment.
      • $677,440, matched by $169,360 in local investment, to Huerfano County/Huerfano County Economic Development, Inc./Southern Colorado Economic Development District, Walsenburg/Huerfano County, Colorado, to support Huerfano County with establishing a Pop-Up Retail Business Incubator Program with maker components to support new and early-stage retail businesses in Walsenburg, Colorado. The project will offer business development services, access to a fabrication workspace, and an online marketplace for participants to establish physical and online retail spaces to launch and test their businesses. The incubator program will feature a competitive application process and provide expertise and training to participants through consultants and partners to nurture concepts from idea stage through business launch. Once completed, the project will help boost emerging business opportunities in the area, which will help advance economic resiliency, attract private investment, and further economic diversification throughout the region. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 32 jobs.
      • $676,090, matched by $194,567 in local investment, to the Catalyst Campus of Technology and Innovation/Weber State University, Colorado Springs/El Paso County, Colorado (Project: Ogden/Weber County, Utah), to support the Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation with creating a technology business accelerator program in Ogden, Utah. The project will provide training and support to entrepreneurs in the defense and aerospace industries, supporting business growth and job creation. Once completed, the project will help boost emerging business opportunities in the area, which will help advance economic resiliency, attract private investment, and further economic diversification throughout the region. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 130 jobs and leverage $80,000,000 in private investment.
      • $431,216, matched by $100,000 in local investment, to the George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia (Project: Eagle Butte/Dewey County, South Dakota), to support the implementation of the South Dakota Native Tourism project, to expand South Dakota's tourism and outdoor recreation economy, a dominant economic driver in the nine tribal communities in Eagle Butte. The project will help local communities identify strategies to extend the current summer and winter tourism seasons year-round and diversify the tourism sector by highlighting often overlooked tourist and outdoor reaction attractions in these communities. By doing this, more stable, year-round jobs will be created, new business opportunities will arise to fill the gap of those that closed during the coronavirus pandemic and struggling businesses will receive needed support and promotion to grow. Once completed, the project will attract private investment, boost economic sustainability, and expand job opportunities throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 70 jobs and leverage $284,000 in private investment.
      • $388,748, matched by $97,187 in local investment, to the City of Isle, Isle/Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, to support the construction of its new Isle Industrial Park in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. The city was devastated by COVID-19 pandemic-related layoffs and business closures from which it has not recovered. The new infrastructure will create four lots totaling 16 acres of developable industrial space for business expansion and attraction. With an additional 57 acres of city-owned space to be developed in the future, the city will be well-placed to embrace industrial activity and recover from the pandemic’s effects. These improvements will foster new private capital investment, partnerships, and job creation, while bolstering activity for existing businesses, to boost economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 25 jobs and leverage $1,000,000 in private investment.
    • Three Indigenous Communities Projects for $9,970,805, with no local match, to support the needs of Tribal Governments and Indigenous communities.
      • $5,832,910 to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Choctaw/Neshoba County, Mississippi, to support the development of the Advanced Workforce Training Center, to support vocational and technical training for the local workforce in Choctaw, Mississippi. The center will provide training programs to meet employers' existing and emerging skills needs and help workers enter quality jobs and advance along their chosen career path. The following programs will be offered: IT/computer, healthcare, vocational, technical, and management/leadership training. Once completed, the project will contribute to the Tribe’s workforce, which will help spur job creation and diversify the local economy.
      • $3,972,895 to the Aroostook Micmac Council, Presque Isle/Aroostook County, Maine, to support the expansion of Tribal aquaculture fish hatchery to meet local demand while creating jobs and promoting economic resilience in Presque Isle, Maine. The project will boot business development and job growth for the Aroostook Band of Micmac. Once completed, the project will help the Tribe recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by establishing a strong foundation for the Tribe’s economic development and job creation efforts. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create three jobs and save three jobs.
      • $165,000 to the Delaware Nation, Anadarko/Caddo County, Oklahoma, to support the Delaware Nation with hiring a qualified economic development consultant to assist the Nation in developing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for its ongoing economic development activities. The project will address planning for tribal economic development in the Nation’s Southwestern Oklahoma region, both on existing tribal lands as well as potential new acquisitions. Such planning will help the Nation create a strategy to mitigate the economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resiliency in the event of future economic disruptions. Once completed, the project will provide the Nation with a roadmap to achieve long-term prosperity and growth, to help spur job creation and diversification of the local economy.
    • Two ARP Economic Adjustment Assistance Research and Networks Projects for $4,057,928, with no local match, to invest in research that assesses the effectiveness of EDA’s programs and provide support for stakeholder communities around key EDA initiatives.
      • $3,499,986 to the State Science and Technology Institute, Westerville/Franklin County, Ohio, to support the State Science and Technology Institute and Association of University Research Parks, with establishing the Technology-based Economic Development (TBED) Community of Practice. This four-year award will strengthen the capacity of EDA's TBED grantees through the identification and sharing of best practices; fostering collaboration among EDA grantees; facilitating greater communication with external stakeholders; providing technical assistance and emphasizing the integration of EDA's other investment priorities in TBED projects.
      • $557,942 to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor/Washtenaw County, Michigan, to support the University of Michigan's Economic Growth Institute and the New Growth Innovation Network, with identifying and evaluating the best practices of equity and inclusion in the Phase 2 Build Back Better Regional Challenge and the Good Jobs Challenge projects. Through this four-year initiative, the research team will document and evaluate the collective efforts of equity and inclusion, gather data specific to equitable and inclusive outcomes, and identify best practices emerging from these ARPA programs alongside recommendations for improving inclusive economic development practices.
    • Eight Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Projects for $13,680,475, matched by $5,027,096 in local investments, to help accelerate the recovery of the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation industry and build back the communities that depend on the industry.
      • $6,011,505, matched by $1,502,876 in local investment, to the Building Bridges Across the River/District Department of Transportation, Washington, District of Columbia, to support the Building Bridges Across the River, Washington, D.C., with building an environmental education center at the new 11th Street Bridge Park. The center will be a new venue for recreation, education, and regional culture. Once completed, the project will assist in the region's recovery and make it more resilient to fluctuations in tourism, which will help increase employment opportunities, spur private investment, and advance economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 30 jobs, save 179 jobs, and leverage $7,000,000 in private investment.
      • $1,885,000, matched by $471,250 in local investment, to the Stokes Nature Center, Providence/Cache County, Utah, to support the construction of a nature education and outdoor exploration facility to include boardwalk and trails, parking lot and drive, road improvements and sidewalk, amphitheater, outdoor pavilion including an outdoor kitchen, restrooms, yurt, outdoor classroom, a wildlife observation tower and viewing blind, camping area, and play area. The project will facilitate job growth and private investment as well as creating a space for affordable outdoor recreation and education opportunities that will support nature-based tourism in the region. In addition, the project will assist in the region's recovery and make it more resilient to fluctuations in tourism, which will help increase employment opportunities and advance economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 10 jobs.
      • $1,608,087, matched by $1,560,560 in local investment, to Saline County, Marshall/Saline County, Missouri, to support construction of a state-of-the-art visitors’ center facility in Marshall, Missouri. The visitors’ center will promote tourism activities throughout the county and three adjacent counties, providing economic recovery and a more resilient tourism industry for the region. In addition, the center will help hospitality businesses improve and diversify the region to help ameliorate those community economies during downturns due to increasingly frequent drought and flood conditions as well as potential future pandemics. Once completed, the project will improve workforce retention during climate-related downturns, which will help increase employment opportunities, spur private investment, and advance economic resiliency in the area.
      • $1,391,280, matched by $347,820 in local investment, to the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments/State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Traverse City/Grand Traverse County, Michigan, to support the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments with extending the Betsie Valley Trail and constructing a bridge over Bear Creek that will provide direct access from local communities to the trail in Michigan. The project will help boost the outdoor recreation sector by enhancing trail capacity, which will encourage new business ventures, create new jobs opportunities, spur private investment, and advance economic resiliency in the area. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 50 jobs, save 15 jobs, and leverage $500,000 in private investment.
      • $1,299,900, matched by $669,600 in local investment, to the Friends of Lapham Peek Unit-Kettle Moraine State Forest, Inc./Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Delafield/Waukesha County, Wisconsin, to fund construction of Lapham Lodge, a new 5,000 square foot trailhead facility to welcome visitors to Lapham Peak and the Kettle Moraine State Forest in Delafield, Wisconsin. The project will help boost tourism to assist in the region's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and make it more resilient to fluctuations in tourism. Once completed, the project will help increase employment opportunities, save jobs, spur private investment, and advance economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 25 jobs, save 10 jobs, and leverage $206,000 in private investment.
      • $716,004, matched by $199,000 in local investment, to the Strategy for Access Foundation NFP, Chicago/Cook County, Illinois, to support the Strategy for Access Foundation NFP with creating a set of 10 dynamic and informative videos targeted at disabled persons interested in Chicagoland tourism. The project will highlight attractions that are accessible for individuals who are deaf/hard of hearing or blind/low vision, or have mobility issues, sensory sensitivities, or developmental disabilities. to boost tourism growth and increase accessibility and equity within the city of Chicago’s tourism industry. By increasing awareness of accessible tourism options across Chicago, the project will help the region become more resilient to fluctuations in tourism and assist in the region's recovery, which will help increase employment opportunities, save jobs, and advance economic resiliency in the area. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 30 jobs and save 25 jobs.
      • $468,699, matched by $200,871 in local investment, to the City of Rochester, Rochester/Olmsted County, Minnesota, to support renovations and improvements to the Mayo Civic Center and the Historic Chateau Theatre in Rochester, Minnesota. The project will help support the revival of the travel and tourism industry post the COVID-19 pandemic. Once completed, the project will help the region become more resilient to fluctuations in tourism and assist in the region's recovery, which will help increase employment opportunities, save jobs, spur private investment, and advance economic resiliency in the area. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 100 jobs, save 200 jobs, and leverage $2,000,000 in private investment.
      • $300,000, matched by $75,119 in local investment, to the Santa Cruz County Economic Development, Nogales/Santa Cruz County, Arizona, to support the establishment of a comprehensive “cuisine tourism” strategy and implementation plan to recapture several jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. The county lost its retail and private services jobs during this time; this sector is significant, as it represents 17% of all private employment in Santa Cruz County. The strategy and implementation plan would build upon the strength of the southern Arizona wine industry and will help encourage new business opportunities to develop in the tourism sector, particularly focusing on new business models and improving attractiveness of the county as a destination, which will help increase employment opportunities, spur private investment, and advance economic resiliency in the area.
    • Five Coal Communities Commitment Projects for $20,810,543, matched by $5,900,635 in local investments, to support coal-reliant communities’ expansion into new industry sectors and recovery from the pandemic.
      • $8,000,000, matched by $2,698,000 in local investment, to the Pocahontas Public Service District, Durbin/Pocahontas County, West Virginia, to support the expansion of water service for Pocahontas County and the Snowshoe Resort in Durbin, West Virginia. The project work includes construction of a 1,500 gallon per minute water treatment plant to replace the existing undersized water treatment plant and a new distribution main to the current water storage tank. The project will help support job growth in the area following negative economic impact from both decline in the coal industry and the COVID-19 pandemic. Once completed, the project will help the region diversify its local economy, create, and save jobs, attract private investment, and advance economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 33 jobs, save 1,307 jobs, and leverage $16,000,000 in private investment.
      • $6,160,000, matched by $1,540,000 in local investment, to the Logan County Public Service District, Logan/Logan County, West Virginia, to support the construction of a new water treatment plant in Logan, West Virginia. The project upgrades will provide a quality and dependable source of potable water and fire protection service to approximately 8,530 customers, 221 of which are businesses and commercial locations. Once completed, the project will create and retain local jobs, attract private investment, and advance economic resiliency to an area that has been impacted by the decline in the coal industry. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 209 jobs, save 416 jobs, and leverage $24,700,000 in private investment.
      • $3,257,501, matched by $814,375 in local investment, to the City of Waterboro, Waterboro/Colleton County, South Carolina, to support the construction of new sewer lines to provide the wastewater infrastructure capacity needed to service a new manufacturing firm and to accommodate other existing and future business needs in Colleton County, South Carolina. The project will act as a catalyst for the region by providing infrastructure needed for industries to locate and expand in Colleton County, as well as promote marketability for the industrial sites/parks. Once completed, the project will help the region with recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic, bolster job creation, spur private investment, strengthen economic growth, and advance economic resiliency to an area that has been impacted by the decline in the coal industry. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 50 jobs and leverage $1,900,000 in private investment.
      • $2,094,789, matched by $523,697 in local investment, to Richfield City, Richfield/Sevier County, Utah, to support construction of road and utilities infrastructure to allow for expansion of a business park in Sevier County, Utah. The project will help create new opportunities for business growth in a region impacted by the declining use of coal, which will help the region diversify its local economy, create, and save jobs, and advance economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 40 jobs, save 50 jobs, and leverage $18,000,000 in private investment.
      • $1,298,253, matched by $324,563 in local investment, to the Boone Memorial Hospital, Inc., Madison/Boone County, West Virginia, to support the construction and establishment of the Madison Farmers Market and Greenhouse in downtown Madison, including freezers and a mobile kitchen. This new resource will allow for farmers and small business owners to sell a wide variety of products at the Farmers Market. The mobile kitchen will be used to hold comprehensive education courses on skills re-training, entrepreneurship, life skills, healthy eating, and building sustainable healthy habits. The project will assist with local economic development and rural innovation in an area severely impacted by the decline in the coal industry and the COVID-19 pandemic by enhancing job creation and retention in an area, which will advance economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 136 jobs and save 23 jobs.
  • $2,000,000 in one Economic Adjustment Assistance project, matched by $2,132,680 in local investment, as follows:
    • $2,000,000 in Assistance to Coal Communities, matched by $2,132,680 in local investment, to the Development Authority of Augusta, Georgia, Augusta/Richmond County, Georgia, to support the Development Authority of Augusta, Georgia with making water and sewer improvements to the Augusta Corporate Park to accommodate the location of two new industries in a region negatively impacted by the decline of the coal industry. The addition of water, sewer, lift station, and water reclamation system will fill a commonly seen gap from potential new investments. Once completed, the project will help the region create new job opportunities to boost economic development, diversify the local economy, and advance economic resiliency. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 82 jobs and leverage $312,000,000 in private investment.
  • $1,500,000 in one Public Works project, matched by $1,663,100 in local investment, as follows:
    • $1,500,000, matched by $1,663,100 in local investment, to Cole County, Jefferson City/Cole County, Missouri, to support Cole County with developing a Multi-modal Transload Facility and accompanying rail spur extension within the Algoa Industrial Park in Jefferson City, Missouri. The project will provide access to rail service for regional industries that are not located on rail served sites and lower transportation costs for shipments for Mid-Missouri producers and consumers. By harnessing the strengths of both the rail industry and the trucking industry at a new multimodal facility, the region will have a stronger and more diversified transportation system, which will generate an environment that can serve as a catalyst for unprecedented regional economic growth. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 20 jobs and leverage $8,000,000 in private investment.
  • $25,000 in one Local Technical Assistance project, matched by $25,000, as follows:
    • $25,000, matched by $25,000 in local investment, to the Lenawee Economic Development Corporation, Adrian/Lenawee County, Michigan, to support the Lenawee Economic Development Corporation with conducting feasibility studies for a workforce training center. The project will include completing a financial plan and a use/curriculum plan for a potential workforce training center to serve Lenawee County, Michigan. Once completed, the project will provide economic stability, create jobs, and strengthen the local economy.
  • $474,000 in three Technical Assistance University Center projects, matched by $517,684 in local investments, to support 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. The program provides technical assistance and research and development tools to increase productivity, spur innovation, and promote entrepreneurship to help increase long-term regional competitiveness and economic diversification.
    • South Dakota State University, Brookings/Brookings County, SD ($145,000)
    • Dixie State University, Saint George/Washington County, UT ($143,000)
    • Michigan State University, East Lansing/Ingham County, MI ($186,000)
  • $1,465,000 in 12 Partnership Planning projects, matched by $1,315,500 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.
    • Eastern VT EDD, Inc., Woodstock/Windsor County, VT ($52,500)
    • Region II Council, Steubenville/Jefferson County, OH ($70,000)
    • Southeast Nebraska Development District, Lincoln/Lancaster County, NE ($192,500)
    • Northwest Regional Planning Commission, St. Albans/Orleans County, VT ($70,000)
    • Southside Planning District Commission, South Hill/Halifax County, VA ($70,000)
    • Upward Talent Council, Escanaba/Delta County, MI ($83,000)
    • Central AZ Association of Governments, Apache Junction/Pinal County, AZ ($210,000) Region I R&D Council, Princeton/Mercer County, WV ($52,500)
    • Bel-O-Mar Regional Council, Wheeling/Ohio County, WV ($210,000)
    • Crater Planning District Commission, Petersburg, VA ($210,000)
    • Region VI P&DC, Fairmont/Marion County, WV ($35,000)
    • Southern Alleghenies P&DC, Altoona/Blair County, PA ($210,000)