The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) was awarded a $1 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the agency's Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307). The grant funding will support IEDC's statewide planning efforts from October 2021 through March 2024 to develop a comprehensive plan to strengthen Indiana's economy in line with President Biden's Build Back Better agenda. As one of EDA's American Rescue...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded $750,000 to the Business Council of Alabama Inc. under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program on April 29, 2021. The EAA program provides technical, planning, and infrastructure assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes. For this Project Grant, the Business Council of Alabama will use the $750,000 to deliver services that support Alabama's economic recovery and adjustment efforts in response to...
The Economic Development Administration awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Economic Development Authority of Iowa under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307). The grant will support statewide planning efforts from November 2021 through April 2024 to develop comprehensive recovery plans that boost economic development, address climate change impacts, and aid pandemic recovery. As part of the American Rescue Plan Act, the EDA is providing $24 million total in Statewide...
The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham received an $840,000 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302). The funding will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for a six-county region in central Alabama through December 2025. As part of this EDA Planning program award, the Commission...
The Iowa City Area Development Group Inc., doing business as Icad, was awarded a $491,480 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) on April 8, 2021. Icad will use this funding to provide technical, planning, and infrastructure assistance to the Iowa City, IA region, which has experienced adverse economic changes over time. The Economic Adjustment Assistance program aims to support regions...
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) was awarded a $1 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The EAA program provides technical, planning, and infrastructure assistance to address adverse economic changes. With this November 1, 2021 award, ADECA will use the funding to develop a comprehensive statewide plan through May 1, 2024 to strengthen Alabama's...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $61.5 million cooperative agreement to the International Economic Development Council under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The award funds the Economic Recovery Corps project to create a national recovery corps of at least 65 fellows embedded in economic development organizations across the United States. Over three years, fellows will help regions recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing the capacity...
The Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission received $500,000 from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to develop an economic recovery strategy for the City of Selma and Dallas County, Alabama. The Commission will work with local stakeholders to create a comprehensive, long-range plan promoting economic recovery and increased regional resiliency following recent tornado damage. The strategy aims to...
The South Central Alabama Development Commission, Inc. received an $810,000 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302). The funding will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for a seven-county region in south central Alabama through December 2025. As part of this planning grant, the Commission...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302). The grant will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, and Houston counties in Alabama from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025....