City Of Winona

City of Winona, Mississippi, a U.S. municipal government entity headquartered in Winona, Mississippi, acts as a federal grant recipient (93% of recent awards) funding airport infrastructure, water system improvements, community policing, and emergency management projects across twelve distinct federal agencies. The city competes exclusively in full-and-open federal grant categories with no contract prime or subcontract footprint.

Winona's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward aviation and regional development agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 73% of recent awards, anchored by the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region (12 awards), the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (6 awards), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (5 awards), with the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service and the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program rounding out the active set. The FAA dominates Winona's grant portfolio in both volume and dollars.

Winona's primary capability is airport infrastructure development and maintenance. Representative award work includes a $323,873.68 Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) grant from FAA (awarded June 22, 2026) for construction of a new 5,000-square-foot non-exclusive-use hangar for aircraft storage and maintenance, coordinated with an associated $144,335.79 Airport Infrastructure Grant (CFDA 20.117, awarded June 23, 2026); a $149,810.53 Airport Improvement Program grant (CFDA 20.106, awarded July 22, 2025) for hangar construction and Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) system reconstruction on Runway 03/21; and earlier FAA Formula Grants (CFDA 20.106, awarded July 18, 2023) for runway, taxiway, and apron pavement sealing and crack repair totaling approximately $245,000 combined. Secondary capability includes water infrastructure development: a $4.47 million Economic Adjustment Assistance grant (CFDA not specified, awarded September 30, 2021) from the Economic Development Administration for deep well drilling and elevated water tank installation, and an $800,000 Public Works and Economic Development Facilities grant (CFDA 11.300, awarded September 7, 2022) from EDA supporting water pressure and supply enhancement. Winona also holds a $406,780 Appalachian Area Development grant (CFDA 23.002, awarded October 1, 2024) and a $305,000 Appalachian Area Development grant (CFDA 23.002, awarded October 31, 2023) for community infrastructure, a COPS Hiring Program grant (awarded October 1, 2023) for law enforcement officer hiring, and a Natural Resources Conservation Service cooperative agreement (awarded April 16, 2024) for streambank stabilization.

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years (three awards in 2022, four in 2023, four in 2024, three in 2025, and two in early 2026), with combined dollars obligated across all forty-one awards totaling $12.7 million. Only two awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Winona holds three federal grant sub-awards from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and equipment sub-grants (September 1, 2024 and September 1, 2025), reflecting its participation in state disaster recovery and equipment-grant pass-through arrangements. As a municipal recipient, Winona's federal footprint reflects its core capacity as a local government infrastructure steward rather than a federal contractor; all funding flows through project grants and formula grants tied to airport operations and community development rather than federal procurement vehicles or IDIQs.