Grant

March 8 - 14, 2019

  • EDA announced seventeen investments from March 8-14, 2019, totaling $3,395,500. These investments include the following: (1) $280,000 in two 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, and (2) $3,115,500 in fifteen Partnership Planning projects to support the development and implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy process.
    • $280,000 in two Economic Adjustment Assistance projects as follows:
      • $160,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental Funding to the Apalachee Regional Planning Council, Tallahassee/Leon County, Florida, to fund the hiring of a disaster resilience coordinator to manage recovery projects responsive to damage caused by Hurricane Irma in the region served by the Apalachee Regional Planning Council. The coordinator will attend response and recovery meetings to assist with the development of a gap analysis of technical expertise needed in the affected areas, which will help to establish long-term recovery efforts for the region and create resiliency for future disasters.
      • $120,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funding to the West Florida Regional Planning Council, Pensacola/Escambia County, Florida, to support the West Florida Regional Planning Council with developing a post-disaster recovery blueprint to assist communities devastated from Hurricane Irma. The Post Disaster Redevelopment Strategy will serve to refine, expand, and identify projects, programs and new opportunities to accelerate disaster recovery in the area, which will help to establish long-term recovery efforts for the region and create resiliency for future disasters.
    • $3,115,500 in fifteen 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.