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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.5 million grant to the city of Gallup, New Mexico, for water utility infrastructure at the McKinley County Industrial Park within the Gallup Energy Logistics Park. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.1 million grant to the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Ada, Oklahoma, to build a fixed wireless high-speed internet network. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan Indigenous Communities program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.2 million grant to the Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission, Columbia, South Carolina, for completion of the Lower Saluda Greenway, a recreational trail.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.9 million grant to the city of Vernon, Texas, for water supply line improvements to support diversified business growth in a region impacted by the declining use of coal. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.

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.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million grant to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Columbus, Ohio, to boost tourism in southeast Ohio by making upgrades to Burr Oak State Park. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.5 million grant to the city of Rochelle, Illinois, for water infrastructure upgrades to serve current and future industrial users. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.9 million grant to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc, Colorado, to support the Food Entrepreneurs as Economic Development (FEED) Towaoc project. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan’s Indigenous Communities program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city and county of Butte-Silver Bow, Montana, to modernize the water system to boost economic development in the region. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.

WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden will announce the West Texas Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing Coalition as one of 21 winners of the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge, the most impactful regional economic development competition in decades. Funded by President Biden’s American Rescue Plan and administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Regional Challenge is awarding approximately $40 million in grants to the West Texas Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing Coalition, led by the University of Texas at El Paso, to strengthen America's aerospace and defense manufacturing capabilities by integrating legacy manufacturers in West Texas into the aerospace and defense (A&D) supply chain.