This EDA investment supports the historic pullman foundation, INC

This $260,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the Historic Pullman Foundation, Inc. in renovating and upgrading exhibits at the Historic Pullman National Monument in Chicago, Illinois. Funded under the EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance program, the award will help the Foundation strengthen tourism recovery in the region from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by upgrading current exhibits and constructing new exhibits. In addition, the funding will assist with the Pullman Railroad Days event and associated media outreach. These improvements are intended to attract additional visitors, drive future economic growth, and allow the Foundation to capitalize on work completed during pandemic-related closures in summer 2020. Once completed, the project aims to help restore and retain existing jobs to increase resilience against future economic disruptions.

With renovating and upgrading the historic pullman national monument in chicago, illinois. The covid-19 pandemic, and resulting drop in travel and tourism revenue, devastated the region's tourism economy and left the historic pullman foundation with the need to upgrade its facilities to recover and become more resilient in the face of future disasters. The improvements include upgrades to current exhibits as well as construction of new exhibits. In addition, the project will help with the pullman railroad days event and associated media outreach. The additional visitors the foundation expects to atttract will help drive future economic growth in the region and allow the foundation to capitalize on improvements completed in the summer of 2020 during pandemic-related closures. Once completed, the project will help strengthen tourism recovery from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in the area, which will help restore and retain existing jobs to build resiliency to withstand future economic disruptions.