Project Grant ED20SEA3070045

The Sonoma-Mendocino Economic Development District (Smedd) will receive $840,051.18 from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) to update and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Sonoma-Mendocino region of California from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. Through this project grant award, Smedd will collaborate with regional partners to create and...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $61.5 million cooperative agreement to the International Economic Development Council under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The award funds the Economic Recovery Corps project to create a national recovery corps of at least 65 fellows embedded in economic development organizations across the United States. Over three years, fellows will help regions recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing the capacity...

The South Eastern Economic Development Corporation (SEED Corp) was awarded $700,000 under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP, CFDA 21.024) by the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The two-year project grant will support SEED Corp's ability to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic through September 2023. As a Community Development Financial Institution, SEED Corp will use the funding...

This $645,000 Economic Development Administration project grant to the Southern Oklahoma Development Association will support construction of a conference and emergency operations center. The facility will allow SODA to expand economic development planning services and disaster preparedness support to communities in times of crisis or economic downturn. As the central command center, it will coordinate response from public safety, emergency response, and other support agencies to weather...

The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (SE Missouri Regional Planning) will receive $379,167 under a Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a seven-county region in southeast Missouri from January 2022 through March 2025. The CEDS process brings together...

The South Central Planning and Development Commission, Inc. was awarded a $262,500 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a seven-parish region in southern Louisiana. Through January 2022 to December 2024, the Commission will facilitate the CEDS planning process to create an economic roadmap that diversifies...

The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) will establish a program focused on small business development, entrepreneurship, sustainable tourism recovery, economic diversification, and workforce development in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) through a $368,433 project grant awarded on March 22, 2022 by the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA). The program will enhance local capacity to support economic recovery and resilience in...

The South Eastern Development Foundation received a $570,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund on June 15, 2021 to support coronavirus response efforts through December 31, 2023. The funding falls under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP), a program established by the Treasury Department to support Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in addressing the economic...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded $1,260,000 under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) to the Southern Georgia Regional Commission to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the region served by the Commission. The CEDS process will bring together public and private sector stakeholders in 18 counties in Georgia to create an economic roadmap to diversify and strengthen the...

The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1 million Project Grant under its Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) federal grant program to the District of Columbia government. The grant will support statewide planning efforts from October 2021 through March 2024 to develop comprehensive economic recovery and resiliency plans following the COVID-19 pandemic. As one of EDA's six programs distributing $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funds, this...