Grant

August 28 - 31, 2017

  • $21,146,290 in 12 Public Works projects as follows:
    • $3 million to Southwestern Oregon Community College, Coos Bay, Oregon, to fund the development of a health and science technology building by expanding and modernizing old labs, classrooms, and lecture spaces for health and science programs at the main campus in Coos Bay, Oregon. Completion of the project will result in the training of workforce and an increase in employment within the health care sector and scientific professions which will strengthen the local economy, support private capital investment and diversify the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will create 241 jobs, save 637 jobs, and leverage $5 million in private investment.
    • $2,798,648 to the Port of Chehalis, Washington, to fund critical site improvements to a rail-served industrial park to support the continued development of the Maurin Road Industrial Site Development Project. The improvements will enhance the marketability of the park and its assets by enabling existing industrial businesses to expand while attracting new industrial development to the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will create 100 jobs and leverage $40 million in private investment.
    • $2,484,746 to the Council on the Environment, Inc. d/b/a Grow NYC, New York, New York, to fund the construction of a Greenmarket Regional Food Hub. The facility will include a wholesale farmers’ market, USDA compliant cold storage facility, a food-processing center and other infrastructure to support local food businesses. Completion of the project will help strengthen and enhance diversification of the area’s manufacturing cluster, leverage private investment, and create job opportunities in the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will create 131 jobs, save 11 jobs, and leverage $4.4 million in private investment.
    • $2,355,418 to Ranken Technical College and the Saint Louis Development Corporation, Saint Louis, Missouri, to fund the demolition of existing warehouse facilities located on Ranken Technical College’s Saint Louis campus to allow construction of Manufacturing Inc., a workforce training facility. Development of the facility will allow Ranken Tech to expand its instructional and manufacturing training curriculum to support pre-apprentice/apprenticeship training and entrepreneurial start-ups that will provide students with work experience, industrial training and certifications, college credits and part-time salary, while directly aligning employer talent and credentialing needs with industry-trained young men and women about to enter the workforce. This project will help diversify the workforce and serve as a catalyst to stimulate jobs and economic growth in the region. The grantees estimate that this investment will create 100 jobs and leverage $2.35 million in private investment.
    • $2 million to the City of Eden, North Carolina, to fund water infrastructure improvements to support businesses located in the Berry Hill Regional Mega Park. The waterline expansion will improve capacity, reliability and distribution which will impact the areas economic vitality, ensure adequate infrastructure, retention of area jobs, and remove barriers to economic growth. This expansion will allow the area to expand its manufacturing cluster. The grantee estimates that this investment will create 110 jobs and leverage $710 million in private investment.
    • $1,507,478 to Jefferson County, Illinois, to fund the construction of roadway improvements for industrial expansion in Jefferson County. The project will improve access to allow current industries to ship and receive goods more efficiently, along with improving water service for the area, which will result in new higher paying jobs and additional employment throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will create 110 jobs, save 97 jobs, and leverage $110 million in private investment.
    • $1.5 million to the City of Dayton, Tennessee, to fund construction of a new electrical transmission line from a new substation to the North Dayton Industrial Park in Dayton. Completion of the project will bring new reliable, redundant power source to the industrial park, which will result in strengthening the local economy, supporting private capital investment and creating jobs throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will create 245 jobs, save 1,530 jobs, and leverage $58 million in private investment.
    • $1.5 million to the City of Humboldt and Humboldt Utilities, Humboldt, Tennessee, to fund an upgrade of the city’s existing wastewater treatment plant. The project will include replacement and improvement of critical infrastructure to accommodate the expansion of four existing industries in the area. The improvements will help strengthen and enhance diversification in the region, boost new commercial and industrial development, and create jobs. The grantees estimate that this investment will create 170 jobs and leverage $33 million in private investment.
    • $1.5 million to the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, to fund the replacement of the Darling Marine Center’s existing pier, the renovation of the Flowing Seawater Laboratory and the construction of three laboratory spaces, and the upgrade of the center’s flowing seawater infrastructure, including pump systems, pump house and related piping. This investment supports the University of Maine with ensuring the continuing availability of marine environmental and ecosystem data that is critical to Maine’s commercial fishing and aquaculture economy, which will help expand job opportunities in the manufacturing and technology sectors throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will create 50 jobs.
    • $1 million to the City of Commerce and Banks County, Georgia, to fund water and sewer infrastructure improvements to support businesses located in the Banks County Industrial Park. The project will construct an industrial pre-treatment facility and upgrade a lift station which will increase operation of an international agri-food processing business in the community. The improvements will enhance the marketability of the area and its assets by enabling existing manufacturing businesses to expand while attracting new industrial development to the region. The grantees estimate that this investment will create 49 jobs and leverage $28 million in private investment.
    • $1 million to the Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District, Port Isabel, Texas, to fund infrastructure development at the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District, which includes roadway improvements, demolition of a hatchery, erosion control and clearing approximately 14 acres for future industrial development for tenants in Cameron County, Texas. The enhancements will improve and sustain the commercial and industrial sector in the southeastern corridor of the area, which will promote collaborative regional innovation and global competitiveness throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will create 208 jobs and save 386 jobs.
    • $500,000 to the Great Plains Development Authority, Parsons, Kansas, to fund improvements to the water delivery system at the Great Plains Industrial Park in Labette County, Kansas. The improvements will increase utility reliability, reduce utility costs and increase resource conservation, which will result in new higher paying jobs and additional employment throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will create 75 jobs and leverage $1 million in private investment.
  • $1,487,500 in three Economic Adjustment assistance projects as follows:
    • $1 million to the Piedmont Triad Regional Development Corporation, Kernersville, North Carolina, to support a Revolving Loan Fund to a 12-county region known as the Piedmont Triad. The investment will provide gap capital financing to enable small and mid-sized businesses to expand which will create new employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. The program will also provide the critical mass of funding needed to make a significant impact for the local communities and partners to revitalize vacant and underutilized commercial and industrial properties.
    • $400,500 to the University of Arkansas, Institute for Economic Advancement/Louisiana Tech University, Little Rock, Arkansas, to fund the Arkansas-Louisiana Multimodal Economic Corridor (ArkLaMEC) Land and Resiliency Initiative. The ArkLaMEC Initiative will develop a site-selection repository of available certified industrial business sites and develop a disaster preparedness and recovery resiliency strategy for the region’s supply chain economy. The repository will be used to document potential sites within the Corridor’s multimodal transportation network that can be marketed to new and expanding businesses.
    • $87,000 to the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council/University of Oregon, Bend, Oregon, to assist a consortium of Economic Development Districts in Oregon with training and best practices to improve their economic resiliency plans by testing the Districts’ current plans and strengthening them to bolster its flexibility and build capacity to effectively deal with future natural disasters. This investment will support efforts to identify, evaluate, and address critical infrastructure in the event of a natural disaster particularly the economic impact related to business commerce, emergency services, transportation, communication, and utilities.
  • $3,128,468 in 26 Technical Assistance-University Center projects listed below. EDA’s University Center program is a five-year, competitively-based partnership between EDA and academic institutions to provide 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.
    • $158,971 to California State University-Chico Research Foundation, Chico, CA
    • $150,000 to the University of Alaska-Anchorage, AK
    • $143,025 to the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
    • $125,000 to Boise State University, Boise, ID
    • $125,000 to the University of Nevada at Reno, NV
    • $125,000 to the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
    • $118,000 to Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
    • $118,000 to Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
    • $118,000 to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY
    • $118,000 to Auburn University, Auburn, AL
    • $118,000 to the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • $118,000 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA
    • $118,000 to Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation, Statesboro, GA
    • $118,000 to Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
    • $118,000 to Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
    • $118,000 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
    • $118,000 to Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
    • $118,000 to the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
    • $118,000 to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
    • $100,804 to Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
    • $100,000 to Washington, State University, Pullman, WA
    • $100,000 to the University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • $116,667 to the University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • $116,667 to the University of Maine System, Portland, ME
    • $116,667 to the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
    • $116,667 to Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
  • $205,000 in three Partnership Planning projects to support the development and implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) process. 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.
  • $111,000 in two Local Technical Assistance projects as follows:
    • $66,000 to the Hoonah Indian Association, Hoonah, Alaska, to fund the development of a Tribal strategic economic development plan to build capacity and guide the economic prosperity and resiliency of the Tribe and the Tribal Community of Hoonah Alaska. Once completed, this plan will provide new strategic initiatives, projects and programs to improve the Tribes and the community’s economy and advance the health of the Tribe and the municipality.
    • $45,000 to the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia, to support NADO’s annual workshop and training conference which provides best practices and tools to address economic challenges in the area. This investment will strengthen the effectiveness of regional economic development partners to build capacity, increase investments, and promote further regional economic growth and competitiveness which will lead to the capitalization on new opportunities and creation of jobs throughout the region.