This EDA investment will support the development of a regional resiliency plan that will impact the entire srpedd region through the assessment of economic disruption events and associated impacts…

This $282,450 Economic Development Administration Project Grant will support the development of a regional resiliency plan for the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District region in Massachusetts. The plan will assess economic disruption events and their impacts on regional and local industry sectors and workforce skills. It will establish best practices and strategies to diversify industries, reduce impacts to sectors, and improve economic competitiveness. The grant recipient, Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District, will deliver this regional resiliency plan under the Department of Commerce's Economic Adjustment Assistance program. This program provides technical, planning, public works, and infrastructure assistance to regions facing adverse economic changes over time through grants like this one awarded on September 28, 2021.

This EDA investment will support the development of a regional resiliency plan that will impact the entire srpedd region through the assessment of economic disruption events and associated impacts on all regional and local economic development to establish best practices, strategies and recommendations for the diversification of the region's industry sectors and workforce skill levels in an effort to reduce impacts to various industry sectors and improve regional economic competitiveness