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September 6, 2022

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds for Infrastructure Improvements to Support Business Growth in Jacksboro, Texas

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the city of Jacksboro, Texas, for road and water infrastructure improvements to support business growth in the Jacksboro Business Park. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
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  • American Rescue Plan
September 6, 2022

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.4 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds for Road Improvements to Support Business Growth in Sulphur Springs, Texas

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million grant to the city of Sulphur Springs, Texas, for roadway improvements needed to boost business growth at the Thermal Industrial Park. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.
  • Press Release
  • American Rescue Plan
September 6, 2022

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $725,000 in American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Development of Wind Farm on Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Reservation in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $725,000 grant to the Standing Rock Renewable Energy Authority, Fort Yates, North Dakota, for planning, evaluation, and design of the proposed Aneptu Wi Wind Farm. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan’s Indigenous Communities program.
  • Press Release
  • American Rescue Plan
September 6, 2022

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Business Incubator and Workforce Training Center on Tribal Reservation in Mission, South Dakota

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1 million grant to the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation, Mission, South Dakota, to support planning, design, and engineering for the Sicangu Innovation Center. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan’s Indigenous Communities program.
  • Press Release
  • American Rescue Plan
September 6, 2022

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.7 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Help Build Visitors Center to Boost Tourism in Colbert County, Alabama

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7 million grant to the Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau, Tuscumbia, Alabama, to help build a visitors center to boost tourism in the region. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
  • Press Release
  • American Rescue Plan
September 6, 2022

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $825,230 in American Rescue Plan Funds to Boost Tourism in Mendocino County, California

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $825,230 grant to the Noyo Center for Marine Science, Fort Bragg, California, to boost tourism in Mendocino County through the development of new visitor infrastructure. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
  • Press Release
  • American Rescue Plan
September 6, 2022

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Establish Agriculture Workforce Training Program in Miami, Oklahoma

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Miami, Oklahoma, to develop an agriculture workforce training program. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan Indigenous Communities program.
  • Press Release
  • American Rescue Plan
September 6, 2022

EDA Enlists Research Partners to Document Lessons and Outcomes of the Build Back Better Regional Challenge

EDA’s $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge is not only a generational investment in place-based economic policy, it is also a significant opportunity for practice-observant research in the field of economic development. To capitalize on this historic moment, this month, EDA’s Research and National Technical Assistance program is announcing two investments designed to stimulate a robust research agenda that will explore, document, and disseminate the lessons, outcomes, and replicable models of the Build Back Better Regional Challenge, helping amplify its impact beyond the regional coalitions awarded federal funding. This grant is funded through EDA’s ARPA Research and Networks Funding Opportunity.
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