Project Grant GNTSP20AL0096

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) was awarded a $13,747,500 Project Grant by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052). The grant will fund the "One Mobile: Reconnecting People, Work and Play through Complete Streets" project, which aims to improve utility infrastructure, roadways, and pedestrian facilities along Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue in downtown...

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...

The Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission received a $735,000 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302). The funding will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the 10-county region served by the Commission from January 2023 through December 2025. As part of the Economic Development Support for Planning...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $3,472,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards (CFDA 11.419) program to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR). This funding supports ADCNR's administration of Alabama's federally-approved Coastal Management Program and helps address key coastal issues in the state, including water quality, habitat restoration, public access, and nonpoint source pollution...

The South Central Alabama Development Commission, Inc. received an $810,000 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 seven-county region in south central Alabama through December 2025. As part of this planning grant, the Commission...

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) was awarded a $1 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The EAA program provides technical, planning, and infrastructure assistance to address adverse economic changes. With this November 1, 2021 award, ADECA will use the funding to develop a comprehensive statewide plan through May 1, 2024 to strengthen Alabama's...

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $900,000 Cooperative Agreement award under the Office for Coastal Management program (CFDA 11.473) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR). This funding will build ADCNR's capacity to plan for and implement habitat restoration and conservation projects connected to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Specifically, ADCNR will use the $600,000 obligated funds to support staff positions for...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves (CFDA 11.420) program provides $867,113 in federal funds, matched by $371,620 in state funds, for a total of $1,238,733 to support operations, research and monitoring, education, training, and stewardship activities of the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Alabama from October 1, 2024 through March 31, 2026. The grant...

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...