Success Stories

EDA investments catalyze strategic, regionally-focused plans to build strong economic ecosystems that will support entrepreneurship and business growth, enhance and grow their existing economic assets, and create well-paying jobs in growing sectors. By investing in bottom-up regional economic development EDA helped communities devise new, well-thought-out, sustainable strategies based on their unique assets.

EDA’s economic footprint is wide and its tool box is extensive—including technical assistance, post-disaster recovery assistance, trade adjustment support, strategic planning and research and evaluation capacity, thereby allowing the agency to offer the most effective investment to help communities succeed in the global economy.

We are proud of our grantees’ accomplishments and encourage you to submit your success stories:

Read some Success Stories from our Annual Reports.

Archives: Disaster | Economic Development Districts | Infrastructure | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Manufacturing | Small Business Development/RLF | Workforce Development

Innovation & Entrepreneurship EDA Regional Innovation Strategies Grantee RIoT Working to Accelerate the Growth of Internet of Things-focused Companies in North Carolina’s Piedmont Region EDA’s Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program supports innovation and entrepreneurship capacity-building activities by creating and expanding proof-of-concept and commercialization programs and early-stage seed capital funds through the i6 Challenge and the Seed Fund Support (SFS) grant competition. August 2018
Economic Development Districts Louisiana’s Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning & Development District Celebrates 50 Years of Economic Development Success and 51 Years of Collaboration Celebrating 50 years of charter as an EDA Economic Development District (EDD) at their August 9, 2018 Annual Meeting, the Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning & Development District (District) showcases how important coordinated, comprehensive economic development planning is to catalyzing regional business development and job growth efforts. August 2018
Economic Development Districts Southwest Region Economic Development Association Salutes Outstanding ‘Star of the Southwest’ Projects at 2018 Annual Conference The Southwest Region Economic Development Association (SWREDA), a voluntary association of executive directors of Councils of Governments and Economic Development Districts working across EDA’s five-state Austin region, this week honored nine impactful projects as part of the organization’s 2018 Annual Conference. July 2018
Disaster EDA Investment Restores Atlantic City Flood Gates, Saves Jobs and Protects Against Future Floods When Hurricane Irene hit Atlantic City, New Jersey, in August of 2011, it wreaked havoc on the local economy. During extreme high tides and storm events, Atlantic City’s two major access roads, the Atlantic City Expressway and U.S. Route 30 flooded rendering the city inaccessible for extended periods of time. July 2018
Disaster Excel Boats Rebuilds Manufacturing Center in Mountain View, Arkansas After Tornado Devastation Excel Boats manufactures a full line of high-end aluminum boats for outdoor recreational enthusiasts. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, Arkansas, approximately 70 miles north of Little Rock. July 2018
Disaster EDA Investment to Expand Nashville Entrepreneur Center Spurs Critical Business Growth Following 2010 Flooding EDA has had a long history of working with local communities to help successfully implement disaster recovery and resilience assistance through supplemental disaster appropriations. July 2018
Infrastructure, Manufacturing Missouri’s Boonslick Regional Planning Commission Brings Federal, State and Local Partners Together to Improve Infrastructure, Bring Manufacturing Jobs to Region Through effective economic development collaboration with federal, state and local partners, the Boonslick Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) successfully enhanced local water, rail and road infrastructure to bring CertainTeed Corporation’s new, state of the art asphalt roofing shingle manufacturing and distribution center to Jonesburg, Missouri. June 2018
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA and ImpactPHL Advance Tech Startups, Create Positive Impact in Greater Philadelphia Region Regional Innovation Strategies grantee Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin) launched ImpactPHL Ventures in July 2017 to boost growth of impact-focused startup companies in the Greater Philadelphia region. June 2018
Innovation & Entrepreneurship IDEA Commons at Missouri State University Brings Key Players Together to Boost Business Development, Advance Innovation Missouri State University’s IDEA Commons innovation district is helping to revitalize the Springfield region by blending innovation, design, entrepreneurship and the arts. May 2018
Innovation & Entrepreneurship StartingBlock Madison to Open New Entrepreneurial Center June 2018 This June, 2016 i6 Challenge grantee, StartingBlock Madison, will open a new 50,000 square foot entrepreneurial hub in Madison, Wisconsin’s burgeoning Capital East tech district. April 2018