The Economic Development Administration awarded a $2.7 million Project Grant to the West Community Economic Development Corporation to expand services at the Kitchen Network Park Hill Incubator facility in Denver, Colorado. Under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program, the funding will support personnel and equipment to build out kitchen facilities, provide onsite culinary training, business classes, and financial literacy programs through January 2026. The project aims to support an...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $389,500 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to the Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments to establish the Tri-Cog Food Ecosystem Economic Development Strategy. This multi-organizational project will support local food coalitions across North Carolina and provide resources to study and develop a regional food system to address supply chain gaps exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
This $2.85 million Economic Adjustment Assistance Project Grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration supports Gateway Research Park, Inc. and North Carolina A&T State University in expanding a manufacturing facility in Greensboro, North Carolina. The facility expansion will attract new businesses to the region and help diversify the local economy by supporting the growth of minority-owned businesses. Once completed by the January 2025 completion date, the...
The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1,417,164 project grant to the City of South San Francisco under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The grant will support the development of a business resource center in partnership with the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center to provide technical assistance services to emerging and established small businesses in North San Mateo County, California. Services will target low- and moderate-income,...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $3.75 million Project Grant to the Mountain Gateway Community College Real Estate Foundation under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The funding will support renovating a workforce development center in Clifton Forge, Virginia to establish a manufacturing training center and entrepreneurial innovation laboratory. The training center will provide workforce skills development to meet the needs of local...
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $166,250 Project Grant under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) to the S.g. Atkins Community Development Corporation, a non-profit organization based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The grant funding will support the organization's business incubator activities focused on promoting economic development and assisting small businesses in the Appalachian region. S.g. Atkins CDC operates the Enterprise Center, which includes...
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1,175,100 Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program to McDowell Technical Community College. The funding will support renovation of a historic downtown building in Marion, North Carolina to create a workforce training center offering workforce development classes, manufacturing, construction, and trail development certifications. The center will provide credentials, continuing education pathways, and...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1,885,535 Project Grant to Lowcountry Local First under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The grant will support Lowcountry Local First's Good Growth Program expansion efforts to establish equitable small business development and resiliency programming for Charleston, Berkeley, and Beaufort counties in South Carolina. Specifically, the EDA investment will help Lowcountry Local First broaden the...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $458,750 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307) on September 14, 2022 to New Mexico State University for the Building Resilience and Entrepreneurship in a Coal Community (BRECC) project. The project funds the development and implementation of a culinary arts certificate program and entrepreneurial training and support services for new and existing businesses in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The...
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1,055,500 Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program to the Town of Elizabethtown, North Carolina. This grant supports infrastructure improvements needed to develop the Elizabethtown Industrial Park and its new live-work-play campus. The project aims to spur business and job growth in a region impacted by changes in the energy economy, particularly the decline of the coal industry. Once completed, the...