Project Grant ED20PHI3070055

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $262,500 under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations (CFDA 11.302) federal grant program to the Regional Planning Commission to support development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the five-parish Southeast Louisiana region comprising Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany parishes. Through this project grant concluding December...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $209,678 Project Grant to the Columbiana County Port Authority (CCPA) to launch its Economic Recovery Specialist Program. The funding will support CCPA in providing dedicated economic recovery assistance to the region, which was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Recovery Coordinators will focus on business retention efforts to ensure local companies have the necessary resources to recover, analyze...

The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $3 million to Puerto Rico's Department of Economic Development and Commerce under the EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307). The funding will support Puerto Rico's statewide planning efforts from October 2021 through March 2024 to develop comprehensive economic recovery and resilience plans aligned with the Biden Administration's Build Back Better agenda. Specifically, the grant will lay the...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $350,000 under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations (CFDA 11.302) federal grant program to the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments. The funding supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Kerr-Tar region of North Carolina from January 2022 through December 2024. The CEDS process brings together public and private sector...

The Economic Development Administration within the Department of Commerce awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments to support development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, and Sumter counties in South Carolina. Through the Planning program (CFDA #11.302), EDA provides assistance to create regional economic development plans to stimulate and guide economic development. With this...

The Indiana 15 Regional Planning Commission (RPC) received an $840,000 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302). The funding will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a six-county region in Indiana through June 2025. The CEDS process brings together public and private sector stakeholders to...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Central Florida Regional Planning Council under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The funding will support the hiring of a Disaster Recovery Coordinator to aid long-term economic recovery and resiliency efforts in Central Florida through November 2024. Key services include assessing impacts of past disasters on local businesses and citizens, determining effectiveness of...

The Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission was awarded a $104,238 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) on July 7, 2021. The grant will fund an economic recovery coordinator position to coordinate the region's recovery efforts from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including job losses and business closures. Specifically, the coordinator will build on the Commission's...

The Southwest Missouri Council of Governments (SMCog) was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. Under this award, SMCog will create a regional economic development plan to stimulate and guide the economic development efforts of the Springfield, MO area through 2024. The EDA Planning program...

This $350,000 Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Lake of the Ozarks Council of Local Governments region in Missouri. The CEDS process brings together public and private sector stakeholders to create an economic roadmap aimed at diversifying and strengthening the regional economy through 2025....