This $160,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) supports the Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council under the EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) federal grant program. The funding will allow the Council to hire a contract employee to assist in completing a recovery and resiliency study as well as updating and implementing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for three West Virginia counties...
This $140,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a six-county region in West Virginia served by the Region VI Planning and Development Council. Through the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302), the EDA provides assistance to create regional economic development plans to stimulate and guide community or...
The Economic Development Administration within the Department of Commerce awarded $200,000 to the Bckp Regional Intergovernmental Council under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302) to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Region 3 in West Virginia from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. Through this project grant funding, the Bckp Regional Intergovernmental Council will lead a collaborative regional...
This $840,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Wetzel County, West Virginia by the Bel-O-Mar Regional Council. Through the EDA's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302), the Council will create a regional economic development roadmap to diversify and strengthen the local economy over a three-year period...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to the Region VII Planning and Development Council on December 20, 2022. The funding will support completing a study focusing on opportunities for future development along Corridor H in seven West Virginia counties. The study aims to proactively capture economic opportunities by identifying developable sites for commercial and industrial...
The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $416,000 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to the Doddridge County Public Service District Inc. on September 9, 2021. This Project Grant will provide $208,000 in EDA funds matched by $208,000 in local funds to assist recovery efforts from Disaster Declaration DR-4331 and enable potable water service expansion for over 50 acres outside the floodplain in Doddridge County, West Virginia. Up to 40 new...
The Economic Development Administration awarded a $9.3 million Project Grant to the West Virginia Community Development Hub, Inc. (the Hub) on September 8, 2022 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program. The funding will support the Appalachian Climate Technology coalition led by the Hub in spurring job growth across 21 economically distressed counties in southern West Virginia. The coalition will establish a hub for clean energy and green jobs through initiatives such as...
This $2,156,453 federal Project Grant award from the Appalachian Regional Commission's Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) supports the West Virginia Department of Economic Development (DED), doing business as the West Virginia Development Office, in delivering a range of economic and community development initiatives across West Virginia. The funding will enable the state agency to implement programs focused on workforce training, small business support, infrastructure...
The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration awarded a $100,000 project grant to Warm Springs Public Service on January 3, 2023 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The grant funding will support extending water and sewer infrastructure to existing industries and businesses along Route 522 in Morgan County, West Virginia. The infrastructure expansion is intended to spur economic development in a region negatively impacted by coal industry declines. It is expected...
The Region 8 Planning and Development Council was awarded a $1,050,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton counties in West Virginia. Under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302), the Council will create a regional economic development roadmap to diversify and strengthen the...