Grant

July 12 - 16, 2021

EDA announced six investments from July 12-16, 2021, totaling $8,677,000, which is matched by $12,134,073 in local investments. These investments include the following: (1) $5,145,000 in three Economic Adjustment Assistance-COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Projects to help alleviate sudden and severe economic dislocation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which includes two projects for $4,500,000 that will help create 414 jobs and leverage $90,000,000 in private investments; (2) $3,240,000 in one Public Works project to help communities revitalize, expand, and upgrade their physical infrastructure that will help create eight jobs; (3) $100,000 in one Technical Assistance University Center project to make the varied and vast resources of universities available to the economic development practitioner community; and (4) $192,000 in one Partnership Planning project to support the development and implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy process.

  • $5,145,000 in three Economic Adjustment Assistance-COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Projects, matched by $10,327,073 in local investments, as follows:
    • $3,000,000, matched by $9,152,073 in local investment, to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, Pawnee/Pawnee County, Oklahoma, to support the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma with constructing a healthcare facility for inpatient and outpatient adult and geriatric and behavioral health treatment in Pawnee, Oklahoma on the Pawnee Indian Reservation. The project will help provide services for patients displaced because of the COVID-19 pandemic and serve the increased number of mental health issues due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Once completed, the project will serve over 15,000 residents for a five-county area and create high paying jobs, which will strengthen and advance economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 64 jobs.
    • $1,500,000, matched by $1,010,000 in local investment, to the City of Dyersville, Dyersville/Dubuque County, Iowa, to support the City of Dyersville with addressing the local and regional need for tourism and industrial development opportunities by installing a new water and wastewater infrastructure and expanding existing systems in Dubuque County, Iowa. The project will extend water and wastewater services to the Field of Dreams, All-Star Ballpark Heaven, and to a new industrial park in the area. Once completed, the project will assist with recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic, attract tourism, create jobs, spur private investment, and increase economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 350 jobs and leverage $90,000,000 in private investment.
    • $645,000, matched by $165,000 in local investment, to the Southern Oklahoma Development Association, Durant/Bryan County, Oklahoma, to support the Southern Oklahoma Development Association (SODA) with constructing a Conference and Emergency Operations Center in Bryan County, Oklahoma. The new facility will allow the SODA to expand its service communities in economic development planning and disaster preparedness and will serve as a centralized command and control room where public safety, emergency response, and support agencies can plan, prepare and respond to a wide variety of crisis events. Once completed, the project will provide local governments with tools, limited resources, and access to technology to respond and recover from novel disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the disasters that occurred in 2019, which will help strengthen the regional economy, increase resiliency, and boost economic development and throughout the region.
  • $3,240,000 in one Public Works project, matched by $1,515,000 in local investment, as follows:
    • $3,240,000, matched by $1,515,000 in local investment, to the Elk Valley Rancheria, Crescent City/Del Norte County, California, to fund the construction of a gas station and convenience store on the Elk Valley Rancheria reservation land, known as the “Martin Ranch” in Crescent City, California, a designated Opportunity Zone. Once completed, the project will improve the regions socioeconomic status, increase employment opportunities for Tribal members, and advance economic resiliency throughout the region. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create eight jobs.
  • $100,000 in one Technical Assistance University Center project, matched by $100,000 in local investment, to support a five-year University Center program, which is a competitively-based partnership between EDA and academic institutions that makes the varied and vast resources of universities available to the economic development practitioner community.
  • $192,000 in one Partnership Planning project, matched by $192,000 in local investment, to support the development and implementation of a comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS). The CEDS process is designed to bring together the public and private sectors in the creation of an economic development roadmap to diversify and strengthen the regional economy.