The Local Redevelopment Authority For Roosevelt Roads received a $2,875,938 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment under the Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Realignment or Closure of a Military Installation (CFDA 12.607) program. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. This federal grant funding supports the Authority's efforts to facilitate the transition of the former...
The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment awarded a $2.8 million Project Grant to the Local Redevelopment Authority For Roosevelt Roads located in Puerto Rico. The grant was awarded under the Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Realignment or Closure of a Military Installation federal grant program (CFDA 12.607). The funding will support the Authority's efforts to plan and carry out adjustment strategies to assist the local community...
The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $1,637,500 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust on September 22, 2021. The funding establishes the Forward Center to provide co-location space for up to 60 high-tech ventures arising from Parallel18 Ventures. The Center will also house Bio-Nuclear of Puerto Rico and provide space to conduct research, development and prototyping activities for...
The Local Redevelopment Authority for Roosevelt Roads (LRA) received a $1,509,610 project grant award from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment on September 1, 2021. The grant was awarded under the Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Realignment or Closure of a Military Installation (CFDA 12.607) program to assist the LRA in planning and implementing adjustment strategies to redevelop the former Roosevelt Roads naval station in Puerto...
The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $3 million to Puerto Rico's Department of Economic Development and Commerce under the EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307). The funding will support Puerto Rico's statewide planning efforts from October 2021 through March 2024 to develop comprehensive economic recovery and resilience plans aligned with the Biden Administration's Build Back Better agenda. Specifically, the grant will lay the...
This $5.12 million Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration project grant will support tourism marketing, infrastructure, workforce development and other projects in Puerto Rico. Awarded on December 8, 2021 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program, the funding advances the American Rescue Plan's $750 million initiative to reinvigorate safe leisure, business and international travel through $510 million in state tourism grants and $240 million in competitive awards....
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $8,642,160 project grant to IFD Incorporated under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307). The grant will support IFD Incorporated's Instituto de Formacion Democratica in hiring a recovery coordinator and support staff to develop a framework for a Regional Center of Excellence in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This framework will help address the lack of internal nonprofit capacity on the island to...
The Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce awarded a $20 million Project Grant to Ecoexploratorio, Inc. to establish the Ecoex Resilience Institute in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program, this funding will support the development of the multi-use Institute as a hub for disaster preparedness, recovery education and training in the Caribbean region. The Institute aims to build resilience capacity and develop more effective emergency...
The University of Puerto Rico received a $266,109 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to support the Innovation and Commercialization for an Agile and Resilient Ecosystem (I+CARE) initiative. The grant will fund the delivery of technical, planning, and infrastructure assistance to regions in Puerto Rico experiencing adverse economic impacts, such as those resulting from natural...
This $735,873 Economic Adjustment Assistance award from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration will support the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in delivering technical assistance services to overcome management and operational challenges facing local nonprofit organizations in Puerto Rico. Funded activities under the August 2022 award will help strengthen the capacity of nonprofits that work to promote regional economic development and serve underserved...