This EDA investment supports the redevelopment of a market and gas station to serve the local community and tourists that will travel through redwood national park in california

This $6,322,800 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300) will support the redevelopment of a market and gas station in Klamath, California. The project will be implemented by the Yurok Economic Development Corporation, a minority-owned business and federally recognized Indian tribe, to serve the local community and tourists to the adjacent Redwood National Park. Key activities include replacing fuel pumps, adding electric vehicle charging, and developing a modern grocery store and picnic grounds. The project aims to boost the local economy and attract new tourists to the Redwoods, stabilizing and strengthening the regional economy. The grant has a performance period of 5 years from the September 2023 award date.

The area known as the 'heart of redwoods' is an ancestral territory of the yurok tribe, which is the largest tribe in california with over 5,000 members. The yurok economic development corporation's (yedc) goal is to support the tribe through economic sustainability. The project work includes replacing two fuel pumps with eight, adding electric vehicle charging, and developing a house modern grocery store and picnic grounds. Once completed, the project will boost the local economy and attract new tourists to the redwoods national park, which will stabilize and strengthen the regional economy.