EDA: $1.3 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds Invested to Support Expansion of Farmers Market, Generating Opportunity for Small Business and Entrepreneuers in Columbia, MO
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million grant to the city of Columbia, Missouri, to further develop and expand the city’s Farmers Market. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan. This project will create additional indoor space to accommodate double…
HUD: $2.6 Billion Awarded to Help People Experiencing Homelessness
The awards include approximately 7,000 renewed and new grants that will promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced over $2.6 billion in FY 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Awards for roughly 7,000 local homeless housing and service programs across the…
EDA: Louisiana Highlighted for Success in Innovation, Entrepreneurshipa nd Economic Reslience During High-Level International Delegation Visit
Senior Officials from Across the Western Hemisphere and Other Nations Set to Tour New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Acadiana Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), in coordination with the U.S. Department of State and the Organization of American States (OAS), announced that 52 high-level representatives from 20 countries will participate…
HUD: Nearly $70 Million Announced to Deliver Equitable COVID-19 Relief to 49 Tribal Communities
Today’s Announcement Brings Total ICDBG-ARP Awards to Nearly $280 Million Across 240 Tribes The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the award of nearly $70 million in Indian Community Development Block Grant-American Rescue Plan (ICDBG-ARP) grants to 49 Tribal communities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This…
SBA: Funding Opportunity Announced to Provide Continuation of Boots to Business Entrepreneurship Training
The U.S. Small Business Administration invites eligible non-profit organizations, state and local government agencies, private sector firms, and institutions of higher learning to submit proposals to provide synchronous online entrepreneurship training to transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses. The entrepreneurship training shall be a continuation of the training participants receive as part of SBA’s Boots to Business (B2B)…
EDA: $5 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Support the Tourism Industry in Duluth, MN
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to reconstruct a section of a seawall along Lake Superior behind the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC). This project will help revitalize…
EDA: $2.3 Million Invested in American Rescue Plan Funds to Equip Manufacturing Workforce Training Center in Laramie, WY
Award is Part of the Department of Commerce’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.3 million grant to Laramie County Community College (LCCC) to purchase equipment for its new Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Center. This grant is funded…
EDA: $761,040 Invested to Support Infrastructure Improvements and Create Jobs in Henderson, NC
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $761,040 grant to the county of Vance, North Carolina, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support business growth in the Henderson-Vance Industrial Park. This project will promote job creation through roadway and sewer upgrades necessary for business expansion. This EDA grant,…
HUD: Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion Transaction Closed with the Housing Authority of Kansas City, MO to Create Mixed-Income Community
Transaction is final part of seven-phase Paseo Gateway redevelopment process The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Multifamily Housing on February 25closed a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) transaction with the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (HAKC) and Brinshore Development, to create 62 mixed-income homes at the new Sam Rodgers Place. Sam…
HUD: Over $2.4 Million Awarded to Fight Housing Discrimination Related to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Funds will support and promote fair housing nationwide The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is providing $2,472,310 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding to help 11 HUD Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) agencies combat housing discrimination related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds, which are being awarded under…