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December
- December 29, 2020 - $1.6 million awarded to PSU’s new National Institute for Materials Advancement (KOAM News Now)
- December 23, 2020 - Coconino Voices: Fire season over, but preparation, mitigation goes on (Arizona Daily Sun)
- December 21, 2020 - Fort Smith, Ark., Schools Begins Building Peak Innovation Center (Talk Business & Politics)
- December 19, 2020 - Corsicana names new Main Street Director (Corsicana Daily Sun)
- December 17, 2020 - Beam Signing Marks Milestone for Santa Fe College’s Blount Center Expansion (Today @ Santa Fe)
- December 17, 2020 - How to Make Communities Part of the Opportunity Zone Equation (Next City)
- December 17, 2020 - Dr. Ben Carson In Birmingham With $2.9M Grant to Find Site for Global Forum (Birmingham Times)
- December 16, 2020 - U.S. Commerce invests $2.9M to study locating Global Forum for Freedom and Justice Center in Bham (BHam Now)
- December 16, 2020 - Bids to be let next year for new health science facility (Sheridan Media)
- December 15, 2020 - Global Forum for Freedom and Justice institute coming to Birmingham (WVTM 13)
- December 15, 2020 - Dr. Ben Carson announces $2.9 million federal grant to study civil rights ‘gateway’ (AL.com)
- December 15, 2020 - Dr. Ben Carson and Council President William Parker announce $2.9 million for Global Forum for Peace and Justice center (Alabama Today)
- December 11, 2020 - U.S. Commerce awards $2 million to expand GS Boro City Center (Statesboro Herald)
- December 10, 2020 - Multi-million dollar grant given to Innovation Incubator in Statesboro to help with entrepreneurships (WTOC 11)
- December 10, 2020 - EDA awards $2M grant to Downtown Statesboro Development Authority (WTGS Fox 28)
- December 10, 2020 - Montgomery City receives $1.7M federal broadband infrastructure grant (The Missouri Times)
- December 7, 2020 - Fort Smith school officials, partners break ground on Peak Innovation Center (Talk Business & Politics)
- December 2, 2020 - Entrepreneurship and partnership strengthen food sovereignty in Red Lake (Red Lake Nation News)
November
- November 22, 2020 - SBC Planning Commission recommends zoning change for Hwy 129 node (Wyoming Public Media)
- November 16 , 2020 - Cody USDA Certified Meat Processing Will Substantially Expand Facility (Wyoming Public Media)
- November 11, 2020 - Business Incubator Set for Grand Opening (Inside Indiana Business)
- November 10, 2020 - Northrop Grumman joins Space ISAC as founding board member (The Colorado Springs Business Journal)
- November 7, 2020 - Meat processor to expand in Cody (The Daily Rocket Miner)
- November 5, 2020 - Meat processor to expand in Cody (Northern Wyoming News)
- November 5, 2020 - Cody USDA Certified Meat Processing Will Substantially Expand Facility (Wyoming Public Media)
- November 5, 2020 - Port of Camas-Washougal nabs $3 million federal grant (The Camas-Washougal Post-Record)
- November 4, 2020 - Gallup to receive $600K grant for economic recovery strategies (KRQE)
- November 3, 2020 - Meat processor to expand in Cody (The Sheridan Press)
October
- October 29, 2020 - Wyoming meatpacking company to expand thanks to federal grant (KULR 8)
- October 29, 2020 - Wyoming company receives grant (Wyoming News Now)
- October 28, 2020 - Grant will help expand Legacy Meats (Cody Enterprise)
- October 28, 2020 - What is an Opportunity Zone? (BankRate)
- October 21, 2020 - EDA grant to improve barge access at Port of Epes, Alabama (Bioenergy Insight Magazine)
- October 20, 2020 - Black Belt port to get $1.7 million grant (AL.com)
- October 20, 2020 - Brigham City's reborn Union Block Building kick-starts statewide rural development (Standard-Examiner)
- October 20, 2020 - PM News Brief (KOER 90.1)
- October 26, 2020 - U.S. Department of Commerce awards $3 million grant to Port of Camas-Washougal (Vancouver/SW Washington Business Journal)
- October 26, 2020 - Prairie du Chien Gets Federal Grant (WGLR Radio)
- October 25, 2020 - PDC lands $1.4 million federal grant for work in business park (Telegraph Herald)
- October 24, 2020 - $1.7M in grants to reduce flooding impact in southwestern Wisconsin (News 8000)
- October 23, 2020 - Prairie du Chien receives $1.4 million grant to improve stormwater infrastructure (WXOW 19)
- October 23, 2020 - The Columbian (Camas-Washougal port receives $3M grant)
- October 21, 2020 - EDA announces federal investment award to dredge the Port of Epes Industrial Park (AL Reporter)
- October 21, 2020 - Council ponders financing options for projects (Jonesboro Sun)
- October 21, 2020 - $1.7M grant will improve barge access for proposed pellet plant (Biomass Magazine)
- October 22, 2020 - HERRERA BEUTLER HELPS SECURE $3 MILLION GRANT FOR PORT OF CAMAS WASHOUGAL (Lacamas Magazine)
- October 22, 2020 - Port of Camas-Washougal and Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler help secure $3 million grant to establish industrial workspace in Washougal (Clark County Today)
- October 22, 2020 - EDA AWARDS $7.7M TO THE CITY OF GREENVILLE (Delta Democrat Times)
- October 22, 2020 - GREENVILLE GETS $7.7 MILLION FOR FLOODING, INFRASTRUCTURE (The Clarksdale Press Register)
- October 17, 2020 - Council to consider private club, virus funding (The Jonesboro Sun)
- October 16, 2020 - EDA awards $1.25 million grant for water infrastructure upgrades at airpark (The Daily Ardmoreite)
- October 16, 2020 - U.S. Department of Commerce to Invest $1.25 Million to Make Infrastructure Improvements Needed to Boost Business Growth at Ardmore Industrial Airpark (EIN Presswire)
- October 15, 2020 - HCTC receives $3.8 million grant to establish Advanced Manufacturing and Construction Center of Excellence, improve technical campus (Hazard Herald)
- October 14, 2020 - $2.5M Grant Will Expand 'Landlocked' Storage at Jonesboro Tech Park (Arkansas Business)
- October 9, 2020 - VHCB awards $2.7M to conserve farmland, expand Rec, improve water quality, restore Fairbanks Museum (Vermont Biz)
- October 8, 2020 - U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $21.9 Million to Boost Capacity of Crown Bay Terminal (St. John Tradewinds)
- October, 2020 - U.S. grant to expand Crown Bay Terminal operations (Virgin Islands Daily News)
- October 8, 2020 - Major Grant Announcement (Hazard Community & Technical College)
- October 8, 2020 - E. Kentucky college gets grant to help ‘break the cycle of poverty through education’ (Lexington Herald Leader)
- October 8, 2020 - HCTC receives grant to renovate buildings on technical campus (Mountain News WYMT)
- October 6, 2020 - Digest: Jonesboro, Ark., lands grants for railcar storage facility (Trains.com)
- October 1, 2020 - Altus receives grant for water infrastructure improvements (The Lawton Constitution)
- October 1, 2020 - Riverside Drive Industrial Park lands $3.3 million infrastructure grant (NWI Times)
- October 1, 2020 - Calumet City grant of nearly $3.4 million to improve industrial park (The Chicago Tribune)
- October 1, 2020 - $1.5 million grant awarded for Levelland rail park (KCBD)
- October 1, 2020 - Altus receives grant for water infrastructure improvements (The Lawton Constitution)
September
- September 29, 2020 - Klobuchar, Smith Announce Over $3 Million for Economic Development to Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians (Red Lake Nation News)
- September 28, 2020 - Cheyenne, Arapaho Tribes receive technology grant to create wireless broadband network (OKC Fox 25)
- September 24, 2020 - Open House Celebration held for new Adaawe-Wigamig Business Center (Red Lake Nation News)
- September 23, 2020 - Red Lake Nation Receives $3 Million Grant (Lakeland PBS)
- September 23, 2020 - Big Sky Economic Development finalizes plans for Billings business incubator (KPVI NBC 6)
- September 23, 2020 - Big Sky Economic Development finalizes plans for Billings business incubator (Billings Gazette)
- September 21, 2020 - Cloquet airport awarded $1.2 million grant (Pine Journal)
- September 15, 2020 - Hermiston lands grant for industrial park development (Tri Cities Business News)
- September 10, 2020 - Hermiston gets $1.5 million federal grant (The Observer)
- September 8, 2020 - Hermiston gets $1.5 million federal grant (Hermiston Herald)
- September 7, 2020 - Economic Development Partnership talks opportunity, housing (Corsicana Daily Sun)
- September 2, 2020 - U.S. Department of Commerce invests $1.2M to construct rail spur in Corsicana (Corsicana Daily Sun)
- September 2, 2020 - Corsicana awarded $1.2M for rail spur to serve Industrial Park (Fort Worth Business)
- September 2, 2020 - Senior Department of Commerce Official to Make Grant Announcement Supporting Opportunity Zone Revitalization in Corsicana (NBCDFW 5)
- September 1, 2020 - Baltic Avenue Canal gets federal funding, project to start in 2021 (The Press of Atlantic City)
- September 1, 2020 - U.S. Department Of Commerce Invests $2.45M To Improve Stormwater Infrastructure In Support Of Business Growth In Atlantic City Opportunity Zones (South Jersey Observer)
August
June
May
- May 28, 2020 - A Waiting Game (Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan)
- May 27, 2020 - EDA Economic Development Administration : U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.8 Million to Improve Wastewater Infrastructure to Support Critical Business Growth in McCreary County, Kentucky Opportunity Zone (Marketscreener.com)
- May 27, 2020 - Fair Bluff receives $4.8 million EDA grant to establish small business center (WECT)
- May 27, 2020 - U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $4.8 Million to Establish Small Business Center in NC Opportunity Zone (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
- May 27, 2020 - U.S. Department of Commerce invests $4.8 million to establish Small Business Center in Fair Bluff (The Robesonian)
- May 27, 2020 - Fair Bluff receives $4.8 million EDA grant to establish small business center (WSFX)
- May 27, 2020 - Fair Bluff receives $4.8 million grant for small business center (WWAY)
- May 27, 2020 - Shaheen secures $1M grant for business loan program during pandemic (Foster’s Daily Democrat)
- May 27, 2020 - People and Property: NH Real Estate and Construction News Roundup (New Hampshire Business Review)
- May 13, 2020 - U.S. Dept. of Commerce invests $800K in western South Dakota (KOTA)
- May 6, 2020 - NWCCD Receives Grant for Health Science Center (Sheridan Media)
- May 6, 2020 - NWCCD receives federal funding for health sciences facility (The Sheridan Press)
April
March
- March 26, 2020 - EDA Economic Development Administration : U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.5 Million to Establish New Business Incubator in Valdosta, Georgia, Opportunity Zone (Marketscreener.com)
- March 10, 2020 - Reno’s ‘1,000 Homes in 120 Days’ seeks to boost inventory, but at what cost? (Northern Nevada Business Weekly)
- March 8, 2020 - Reno’s ‘1,000 Homes in 120 Days’ program seeks to boost inventory amid shortage, but at what cost? (The Nevada Independent)
- March 4, 2020 - HUD Regional Administrator Lynne Patton Convenes in Trenton to Maximize Investments in New Jersey Opportunity Zones (InsiderNJ)
February
- February 27, 2020 - US Department of Commerce invests $735,000 in critical roadway infrastructure to support industrial park expansion near opportunity zone in Mattapoisett, MA (American Journal of Transportation)
- February 27, 2020 - U.S. Department of Commerce to Invest $8.9 Million to Improve Flood Control Infrastructure near Opportunity Zone in Long Beach, California (MarketScreener.com)
- February 27, 2020 - Long Beach to receive $8.9 million for flood control improvements (Press-Telegram)
- February 27, 2020 - $8.9 million in federal funding meant to dam up city’s flooding problem (Long Beach Post News)
- February 25, 2020 - Federal grant money to help with levee reconstruction (Williamsport Sun-Gazette)
- February 24, 2020 - EDA grant secured to repair levee in Lycoming County (NorthcentralPA.com)
- February 18, 2020 - Beth Zafonte thrives on Akerman’s forward-thinking and collaborative environment (nyrej.com)
- February 17, 2020 - CUC awarded $1.7M to build water filtration system (SaipanTribune.com)
- February 14, 2020 - CNMI gets $1.7M grant to build water filtration system (Pacific Daily News)
- February 13, 2020 - Rumford, Mexico officials consider begin talks for joint fire station (Sun Journal)
- February 13, 2020 - President Trump’s key points in State of the Union 2020 (Michigan Journal)
- February 12, 2020 - Federal Agencies Tour Coatesville Qualified Opportunity Zones and Participate in Roundtable to Maximize Redevelopment and Social Impact (My ChesCo)
- February 5, 2020 - Driving SCC forward (The Sampson Independent)
- February 4, 2020 - Second phase of Franklin Place complex to resume under new ownership (Waco Tribune-Herald)
- February 3, 2020 - Economic Development Administration to award $720,000 grant for disaster recovery (Dayton 24/7 Now)
- February 3, 2020 - Feds, locals mark $900,000 for disaster manager to aid businesses (WHIOTV)
- February 3, 2020 - Opportunity Zones: How Will We Know If Communities Reap The Benefits? (SM Corridor News)
- February 3, 2020 - Mayor McElvain’s Fiber Optic Dream (aNewsCafe.com)
January
- January 29, 2020 - The Economic Development Administration’s Five Investment Priorities (Forbes)
- January 28, 2020 - Grant, matching funds to support StitchCrew cohorts (The Oklahoman)
- January 27, 2020 - $12M to be invested in Illinois' opportunity zones (News Channel 20)
- January 27, 2020 - Pritzker promoting opportunity zones (The Telegraph)
- January 22, 2020 - The Republican Women of Baton Rouge hosted a Louisiana Federation of Republican Women Region 6 event at Jan. 15 Beausoleil Restaurant. (The Advocate)
- January 21, 2020 - News and Analysis (Novogradac)
- January 15, 2020 - $4.5 Million Public-Private Effort to Support Solar Businesses and Workforce Training (The Weekly Journal)
- January 15, 2020 - U.S. Economic Development Administration and Indiana University Launch New USA Opportunity Zones Tool (WBIW.com)
- January 14, 2020 - Kelley’s Indiana Business Research Center supports U.S. Opportunity Zones initiative (Indiana University)
- January 14, 2020 - IU, EDA Launch Economic Development Website (Inside Indiana Business)
- January 14, 2020 - Indiana University Helps Develop Database For EDA Opportunity Zones (wfyi Indianapolis)
- January 14, 2020 - Read Governor Noem's 2020 State of the State address (Dakota News Now)
- January 13, 2020 - USDOT launches interactive map to encourage opportunity zone investment (Construction Dive)
- January 13, 2020 - Opportunity Appalachia application process opens for technical assistance funding at event in Bridgeport WV (WVNews)
- January 13, 2020 - 2020 Brings Diverse Economic Development Agendas (The Business Journal)
- January 3, 2020 - Volunteer work defines AARP's Marks who will now lead state effort (The Register-Herald)
- January 2, 2020 - New River Gorge Regional Development Authority funding to target business expansion (The Register-Herald)
