This EDA investment supports the grand gateway economic development association and eastern oklahoma development district with hiring a disaster resiliency coordinator to assist communities in…

The Economic Development Administration awarded the Grand Gateway Economic Development Association $625,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to hire a disaster resiliency coordinator and develop asset management tools for communities in northeast Oklahoma impacted by natural disasters.

The coordinator will assist communities across the seven-county region served by Grand Gateway—Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, and Washington counties—in disaster response and recovery. The asset management tools, once completed, are designed to improve community preparedness and reduce response times to natural disasters, with the goal of promoting economic resiliency throughout the region.

Grand Gateway Economic Development Association, which operates as the Grand Gateway Area Agency On Aging and is located in Big Cabin, Oklahoma, is the recipient. The award carries a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, with place of performance in Big Cabin, Oklahoma. This is a Project Grant assistance type.

This EDA investment supports the grand gateway economic development association and eastern oklahoma development district with hiring a disaster resiliency coordinator to assist communities in northeast oklahoma impacted by natural disasters. The coordinator will create asset management tools to better prepare communities and minimize response times. Once completed, the project will promote economic resiliency throughout the region.