Success Stories (Cont.)

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Santa Fe Business Incubator: Economic Driver, Business Creation Center, and Innovation Hub With a pressing need for new jobs in the area, the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico needed a mechanism to strengthen and diversify its local economy. March 2017
Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Small Business Development/RLF EDA Revolving Loan Fund Critical to the Success of Cedar Rapid’s Geonetric Geonetric, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, provides hospitals, health systems, and medical groups with the healthcare-specific content management systems they need to be optimized to respond to the unique needs of the healthcare industry. March 2017
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Investments in Entrepreneurs Grow Small Businesses in Oklahoma Due to significant job losses in its manufacturing sector, Oklahoma City needed a strategy to diversify and boost its economy. To move the city forward and create more opportunities for innovation and technology-based businesses, EDA partnered with local nonprofit, i2E, Inc., to support their “Oklahoma City Technology Business Initiative.” March 2017
Disaster, Infrastructure, Manufacturing FIT’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Design – Palm Bay, Florida To help make their economy more economically resilient, the Florida Institute of Technology developed the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design (CAMID) in Palm Bay. February 2017
Infrastructure, Manufacturing Re-Patriating Manufacturing Jobs through a New Industrial Park – Ogden, Utah In 2015, EDA awarded $2.2 million to support the construction of a new waterline to service the Ogden Business Exchange, a business and light industrial park currently being developed and marketed in Ogden, Utah. February 2017
Manufacturing Reshoring Advanced Manufacturing Jobs in Mississippi Reshoring Initiative Mississippi State University’s Canton-based office recently accepted the Community Economic Development Award for its work to bring advanced manufacturing jobs back to America. February 2017
Small Business Development/RLF The River Valley Regional Commission Revolving Loan Fund Success The River Valley Regional Commission through its Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund assisted a local business, White Oak Pastures with financing to purchase and renovate a building in Bluffton, GA. February 2017
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Rural Startup Creates Innovative First Down Marker with AU EDA Assistance (PDF) Through program marketing efforts, Hutch Hammond (Vice President of Operations, Victory Game Clocks) heard about Auburn’s EDA University Center program and with student involvement a new, innovative sports product was born! January 2017
Innovation & Entrepreneurship NDSU Research and Technology Park Spurs Groundbreaking Innovations The University Center Economic Development Program at EDA helps make the resources of local universities available to the economic development communities in their areas. One such program is located in North Dakota. November 2016
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Pacific Northwest Diabetes Institute In FY 2010, EDA provided a $2 million grant to the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Institute to fund the acquisition of new technology and upgrades of scientific equipment. September 2016