Project Grant 2009SBB90110

The Northwest Regional Development Commission (NWRDC) was awarded $420,000 under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) administered by the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. The project grant will support NWRDC's development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a seven-county region of northwest Minnesota through March 2025. As part of this federal planning program, the CEDS process...

The Northwest Regional Planning Commission (NWR) was awarded an $840,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a ten-county region in northwest Wisconsin from January 2023 through December 2025. Through this funding, NWR will lead a collaborative, regional planning process to...

The Northwest Hospital Alliance Inc. was awarded a $501,026 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service. The grant was awarded under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) on January 14, 2022 for a two-year period concluding on January 14, 2024. The grant aims to encourage and improve the use of telemedicine and telecommunications technologies to provide medical benefits to rural communities through distance learning and...

The Northwest Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center, Inc., doing business as Nwirc, was awarded a $245,000 project grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission under the Appalachian Area Development federal grant program (CFDA 23.002). The grant will fund business technical assistance services from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The Appalachian Area Development program aims to strengthen the regional economy and build community capacity for self-sustaining economic growth. Funding...

The North West Rural Electric Cooperative has received a $208,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.854). This two-year grant, awarded on September 5, 2023, supports the Cooperative's efforts to promote rural economic development and job creation in its Iowa service territory. Specifically, the funding will enable North West Rural Electric Cooperative to...

The Northwest Side Community Development Corporation received a $1.32 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program. The grant period runs from June 15, 2021 through December 31, 2023 and will support the organization's ability to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in its local community. As a Community Development...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded North-State Telephone CO. a $10,235,126 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on March 29, 2023. The grant will support broadband deployment projects in Mt. Vernon, Oregon through March 29, 2025. As the ReConnect Program aims to expand broadband access in rural areas lacking sufficient connectivity, this award will likely facilitate infrastructure investments and provision of broadband internet...

North West Rural Electric Cooperative received a $300,000 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture to support rural economic development and job creation efforts in Iowa under the Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.854). As the prime recipient, North West Rural Electric Cooperative will use this two-year funding awarded on April 26, 2023 to directly provide services including project feasibility studies, business start-up assistance, and...

Northwest Research Associates, Inc. was awarded a $473,044 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to examine nocturnal boundary layer dynamics. Through analysis of intensive measurements from multiple measurement sites, Nwra will increase understanding of very stable nocturnal boundary layers and sub-meso scale motions such as microfronts that occur within these conditions. The project aims to...

This $938,999 Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earthquake Hazards Program Assistance (CFDA 15.807) supports the operation and maintenance of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) over a 5-year period from February 2025 to January 2030. The PNSN is the Advanced National Seismic Systems (ANSS) regional seismic network that covers Oregon and Washington, operated collaboratively by the University of Oregon, University of Washington, and the...