Economic development initiative, community project funding/congressional directed spending awards are authorized under the consolidated appropriations act, 2022 public law 117-328 and the…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, awarded $1.5 million through the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants Program (CFDA 14.251) to Bristol Recreation Advisory Co in Bristol, New Hampshire. The award, obligated on August 13, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2032, represents congressionally directed spending authorized under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022. The specific products and services to be delivered have not been fully defined at the time of award, as HUD's program guidelines indicate the complete scope of work will be determined once the recipient submits the required project narrative demonstrating alignment with the project description documented in the Congressional Record and Joint Explanatory Statement.

As a Community Project Funding award, this grant supports locally identified community development and economic development activities benefiting Bristol, New Hampshire residents and organizations. The recipient must comply with all applicable federal requirements, including financial management and programmatic compliance provisions, with funds accessed through the Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting system. The eight-year implementation period provides the recipient adequate time to complete project activities as described in the approved project narrative. Subrecipient activities, if any, remain unknown pending submission of detailed project documentation by the awardee.

Activities

Economic development initiative, community project funding/congressionally directed spending award projects include a wide variety of activities that result in economic development or community development outcomes. HUD will not know the full scope of the project until the recipient submits the required project narrative and confirms alignment with the language as provided in the congressional record. To find the details of the grant award as written within the congressional record use the following link and path selections to get to the description of the economic development initiative, community project funding grants https://WWW.HUD.GOV/program_offices/comm_planning/EDI-grants, select the fiscal year of interest, scroll down to program laws and regulations, under fiscal year 20XX consolidated appropriations act, 20XX: congressional record (joint explanatory statement).

Expected outcomes

Completion of the project as described in the joint explanatory statement (JES) project description and subsequent approved project narrative.

Intended beneficiaries

The project beneficiaries are the individuals and/or organizations that are awarded grant funds or served by the entities that are awarded grant funds as identified in the JES recipient or project description sections.

Subrecipient activities

The subrecipient activities are unknown at the time of award.