The North Dakota State College of Science Foundation received a $6.34 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program on February 25, 2021. The funding will support the Career Workforce Academy, which will provide technical and workforce development services to the city of Wahpeton, North Dakota as it works to adjust to adverse economic changes. Specifically, the Career Workforce Academy will...
The $1,067,558 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program supports Watauga County, North Carolina with making water and sewer infrastructure improvements to a new livestock slaughter facility in Boone, NC. The project work includes the construction of a pump station, 1,150 linear feet of force main, a grease trap, connections, valves, and surface restoration. Once completed,...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded the City of Wilson, North Carolina a $1.5 million Project Grant on April 15, 2021 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) federal grant program. The funding will support broadband deployment projects delivered by the City of Wilson Utilities to the Wilson, NC area. As the EAA program assists regions experiencing adverse economic changes, the broadband projects funded through this award will likely help...
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1,304,173 Project Grant to SG Atkins CDC Inc. under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to expand the Enterprise Center commercial kitchen in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Enterprise Center will triple its current business center space available to support new and growing food-based businesses in the region. This EDA investment aims to attract private investment and help diversify the local economy in an area impacted...
The County of Davie, North Carolina received a $3.17 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration on August 30, 2021. The funding will support the rehabilitation of transmission lines connected to the Cooleemee Water Treatment Plant. This project aims to expand workforce opportunities, economic mobility, and economic resiliency in Davie County by creating an estimated 300 jobs and retaining 400 existing positions. It is also projected to...
The City of Burlington, North Carolina was awarded a $361,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The EAA program aims to provide technical, planning, and public works assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes. For this award, the City of Burlington will use the funds to support sewer infrastructure projects. The grant will assist the city in addressing needs for its sewer...
The City of Lexington, North Carolina received a $2.7 million Economic Adjustment Assistance grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration to upgrade the natural gas distribution system. Funded under the EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307), the city will engineer, survey, and construct a steel pipeline to improve natural gas capacity at an industrial site. This infrastructure upgrade will support the expansion of a major steel manufacturing...
The Town of Plymouth, MA received a $5.1 million Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration on May 27, 2021. The grant was awarded under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to support infrastructure improvements. The EAA program provides technical and public infrastructure assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes. For this award, the Town of Plymouth will use the funding to support water infrastructure...
This $840,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for four counties in North Carolina through December 2025. Funded under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302), the Western Piedmont Council of Governments will create a regional economic roadmap to diversify the local economy across Alexander, Burke, Caldwell,...
This $610,841 Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on December 1, 2024 supports the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina's efforts to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families and minimize the trauma of homelessness. The grant funding enables the City of Winston-Salem to provide a range of services through sub-awards to local nonprofit partners like United Way of Forsyth County, Bethesda Center for the...