Grant

June 29 - 3, 2015

  • $1,018,633 in Public Works funds to Butler County, Missouri to fund construction of a railroad bridge overpass over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks at the entrance of the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park, the region’s largest industrial park. The new overpass will allow increased access to the Park enabling industries constrained by limitations on the road to expand and grow. The expanded access will attract more start-up businesses and entrepreneurs to the region, promoting job creation and economic growth. This investment is part of a $2,611,880 project that the grantee estimates will create 50 jobs and leverage $2 million in private investment.
  • $1 million in Public Works funds to the Village of Salado, Texas, to construct critical wastewater and sewer infrastructure to support the South Main Street corridor in Bell County. The project will boost business expansion and provide job opportunities for the region’s residents. This investment is part of a $2.1 million investment that the grantee estimates will create 35 jobs, save 188 jobs, and leverage $150 million in private investment.
  • $925,054.58 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the Regents of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado to fund the activities of the Rocky Mountain Trade Adjustment Assistance Center at the Regents of the University of Colorado in Boulder, which serves import-impacted firms located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,735,704.06 project.
  • $1,711,405.13 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the Mid-Atlantic Employers’ Association, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, to fund the activities of the Mid-Atlantic Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, which serves import-impacted firms located in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,711,405.13 project.
  • $871,628.35 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the New England Trade Adjustment Assistance Center, Inc., North Billerica, Massachusetts, to fund the activities of the New England Trade Adjustment Assistance Center, which serves import-impacted firms located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,635,459.01 project.
  • $865,544.61 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the Applied Strategies International, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, to fund the activities of the Midwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Chicago, Illinois, which serves import-impacted firms located in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,624,043.95 project.
  • $773,539.84 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, to fund the activities of the Southwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in San Antonio, TX, which serves import-impacted firms located in: Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,451,413 project.
  • $763,371.91 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the Trade Task Group, Seattle, Washington, to fund the activities of the Northwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Seattle, Washington, which serves import-impacted firms located in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,432,334.66 project.
  • $737,411.83 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to fund the activities of the Great Lakes Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which serves import – impacted firms located in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,383,625.09 project.
  • $710,779.54 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, to fund the activities of the Southeastern Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Atlanta, Georgia, which serves import-impacted firms located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,333,654.22.
  • $672,507.33 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the University of Southern California, to fund the activities of the Western Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (WTAAC) in Los Angeles, which serves import-impacted firms located in Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,261,843.07 project.
  • $648,368.09 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the Curators of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri, to fund the activities of the Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center in Columbia, Missouri, which serves import-impacted firms located in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,216,549.99 project.
  • $628,406.64 in Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms funds to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York, to fund the activities of the New York State Trade Adjustment Assistance Center at the Research Foundation State University of New York in Binghamton, which serves import-impacted firms located in New York, to strengthen their competitiveness in the worldwide marketplace. This investment is part of a $1,179,095.79 project.