Project Grant ED21AUS3020010

The Coastal Bend Council of Governments was awarded a $1,000,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program on July 5, 2022. The grant will support the Council in creating a workforce and economic development program to provide targeted technical assistance to counties in the Corpus Christi, Texas region. The program will help communities develop and implement resiliency plans to increase economic...

This $300,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration supports the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission in developing and implementing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for its 26-county region in the Texas Panhandle. Through the EDA's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program, the Commission will bring together public and private sector stakeholders to create an economic roadmap to diversify and strengthen the...

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 Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the South Plains Economic Development District to support development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program. The grant will fund creation of a CEDS, which is an economic development roadmap to diversify and strengthen the regional economy encompassing 15 counties in the Lubbock, Texas area....

This $500,031 Economic Development Administration project grant supports Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi's "Communities as Start-ups" initiative. The initiative aims to drive economic development and long-term recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in communities across Texas and Louisiana through entrepreneurship programs. The university will develop, enhance, and scale a framework to help startup businesses form and grow in these regions. Once completed, the program intends...

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 Rio Grande Council of Governments was awarded a $262,500 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program. The grant will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the six-county region comprising Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, and Presidio Counties in Texas from January 2022 through December 2024. As part of the...

The Region 1 Joint Planning Commission received a $221,004 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302). The funding will support updating and implementing the Region's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, including aligning various regional economic development committees and forming a Climate Resiliency Coalition to prepare a resiliency...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission under the Economic Development Technical Assistance (CFDA 11.303) federal grant program. The funding supports development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the 17-county Permian Basin region of Texas from January 2022 through December 2024. As the designated economic development district, the Permian...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Lowcountry region of South Carolina under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302). The Lowcountry Council of Governments, awarded Jan 1, 2022 through Dec 31, 2024, will create a regional economic development roadmap in coordination with...