The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) was awarded a $3.689 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) federal grant program. The funding will support ADECA's efforts to rejuvenate safe leisure, business, and international travel in Alabama through various projects focused on marketing, infrastructure, and workforce development. As part of EDA's larger $750...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded $750,000 to the Business Council of Alabama Inc. under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program on April 29, 2021. The EAA program provides technical, planning, and infrastructure assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes. For this Project Grant, the Business Council of Alabama will use the $750,000 to deliver services that support Alabama's economic recovery and adjustment efforts in response to...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $450,000 project grant to the Birmingham Business Alliance Foundation on May 20, 2021 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The grant will fund market intelligence studies in Birmingham, AL to support the city's economic development efforts. The EAA program provides technical and planning assistance to regions facing adverse economic changes, and this award will help Birmingham assess business and industry...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau on April 8, 2021 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The EAA program provides technical, planning, public works, and infrastructure assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes. This award will support the Bureau's efforts to market tourism in Orange Beach, Alabama as it recovers from economic impacts...
The Economic Development Administration awarded a $3.125 million Project Grant to the City of Fairhope, Alabama under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) on July 6, 2022. The funding will support renovations to convert a historical former school building into a business resource hub for emerging technology entrepreneurs and companies through May 2026. Specifically, the grant will finance demolition, remediation, new interior walls, roofing, doors/windows, flooring, plumbing,...
The Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission received $500,000 from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to develop an economic recovery strategy for the City of Selma and Dallas County, Alabama. The Commission will work with local stakeholders to create a comprehensive, long-range plan promoting economic recovery and increased regional resiliency following recent tornado damage. The strategy aims to...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302). The grant will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, and Houston counties in Alabama from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025....
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) received a $272,000 project grant award from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to administer the ARC's Appalachian Area Development program. The one-year grant runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. Under the ARC's Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA #23.002), ADECA will use the funding to support activities that build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Alabama's Appalachian region....
The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) will receive $1 million under an Economic Adjustment Assistance Project Grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration to provide technical assistance to implement an economic recovery plan for the Alabama region. IEDC staff and economic development professionals will identify vulnerabilities in the local economy and prioritize needs and strategies to spur recovery through business...
The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham received an $840,000 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 the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for a six-county region in central Alabama through December 2025. As part of this EDA Planning program award, the Commission...