Grant

September 28-October 4, 2018

  • $7,223,535 in three Public Works projects as follows:
    • $5,510,964 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funding to the City of Perris and the Perris Community Economic Development Corporation, Perris/Riverside County, California, to support the construction of a skills training and job placement center with the redevelopment of approximately 3.5 acres of properties within the City of Perris, located in Riverside County. The project will include, but not limited to onsite landscaping, sidewalks, perimeter fencing, and Americans with Disability Act accessible parking areas. This investment will help address a growing need for a skilled workforce in the region, which will lead to more employment opportunities and long-term economic development. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 325 jobs and leverage $10,000,000 in private investment.
    • $1,150,000 to the City of Silverton, Oregon, to fund construction of a water line and pump station to provide service to an industrial park in downtown Silverton, Oregon. The successful completion of the project will lead to improved water service to local business enterprises. These businesses will have access to upgraded infrastructure that can contribute to increased capacity to create new jobs for the region's workforce. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 150 jobs and leverage $2,000,000 in private investment.
    • $562,571 to the City of Chevak, Alaska, to support the Chevak Hotel Building Renovation Project in the City of Chevak. The project will include the renovation of a building for use as a hotel in the western part of the state. The city’s prime location in the Yukon Delta Wildlife Refuge offers unique opportunities for tourist activities such as bird watching, eco-tourism, and cultural tourism. Successful completion of this project will provide guest housing for surrounding community visitors and tourists, which will create new jobs for the region's workforce and provide long-term economic stability. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 12 jobs and leverage $406,000 in private investment.
  • $19,636,168 in eight Economic Adjustment Assistance projects as follows:
    • $5,000,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funding to the City of Ingleside, Texas, to support the construction of State Highway 200 (SH200) and the Emory Bellard Drainage Improvements Project for the City of Ingleside after devastation from Hurricane Harvey. The highway and improvement project has two parts; construction of State Highway 200 to establish an arterial roadway that routes commercial and industrial traffic around the southwest portion of the City of Ingleside to support business expansion, and the design and construction of a drainage channel and access easement to mitigate flooding in the area. The investment will support economic diversification, help to strengthen the region's resiliency and ultimately create jobs as well as sustain the local economy. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 50 jobs, save 50 jobs, and leverage $500,000,000 in private investment.
    • $4,800,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funding to the City of Aransas Pass, Texas, to support the City of Aransas Pass to rebuild roads damaged by Hurricane Harvey, and add new bike lanes to connect Conn Brown Harbor with downtown Aransas Pass. This project will help facilitate the redevelopment of an underserved area of the city's downtown, and is expected to attract new retail and other businesses to the city center. Also, this investment will help the fishing and tourism industries to accelerate their recovery, which will strengthen the region’s economic resiliency and create jobs for long-term economic stability. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 61 jobs and save 20 jobs.
    • $4,700,000 in 2018 Disaster Supplemental funding to the Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation, Port Arthur, Texas, to fund the construction of the Center for Community and Business Development, which will consist of three separate stand-alone components: the business resource facility, culinary arts facility and a city-wide emergency management coordination center. The business facility will provide shared conference room space and technical business services, the culinary facility will provide culinary arts training and start-up food and beverage businesses, and the city-wide center will provide space for Emergency Management Personnel to coordinate any emergency event occurring within the City of Port Arthur from a single location. Once completed, the new buildings will drive entrepreneurship and business growth, strengthen the regional economy, support private capital investment and create jobs. The grantee estimates that this investment will help create 300 jobs and leverage $12,000,000 in private investment.
    • $2,793,392 in Assistance to Coal Communities to Shawnee State University and the Shawnee State University Development Foundation, Portsmouth, Ohio, to fund construction of the Shawnee State University Kricker Innovation Hub to serve as an innovation accelerator designed to facilitate job creation and encourage entrepreneurship by providing access to information and funding that will allow small businesses to grow and attract new businesses to the market. The new center will help promote community engagement and partnerships to support the educational, economic, and cultural development throughout the area. Additionally, the project will encourage economic diversification and entrepreneurial development opportunities for communities across the region. The grantees estimate that this investment will help create 200 jobs, save 40 jobs, and leverage $2,000,000 in private investment.
    • $1,603,204 in Assistance to Coal Communities to Ohio University and the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission, Athens, Ohio, to support regional collaboration between Ohio University’s George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs and the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission to create the Building Opportunities Beyond Coal Accelerating Transition Network. The Network will support workforce development, cluster expansion, opportunity zone enhancement and identify infrastructure investments needed to access local, national and global markets. Completion of the project will lead to job creation and serve as a catalyst for economic development in the southern Ohio communities that has been impacted by the decline in the coal industry.
    • $339,572 in Assistance to Coal Communities to the Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation, Flagstaff, Arizona, to fund the Hopi Business Incubator Program Implementation Project to implement a business incubator program to mitigate the adverse effects of the closure of a coal mine. The project work activities include the delivery of technical assistance and business services to small and medium sized business enterprises, operation of a business management training program, and delivery of assistance in accessing financial capital. The investment will help diversify the regional economy and create jobs.
    • $300,000 in Assistance to Coal Communities, to the Lewis County Economic Development Council, Chehalis, Washington, to support the development of a technical assistance program to support entrepreneurial business enterprises in Chehalis. The goal of the project is to develop the capacity of the entrepreneurial business community to become more economically viable, which will contribute to the creation of new jobs for the region’s workforce. Completion of the project will result in a more diversified and resilient regional economy that is less dependent upon coal-related industries.
    • $100,000 to the International Economic Development Council, Washington, DC, to support local, regional, state and federal economic recovery efforts that will be needed following Hurricane Florence’s impact on North Carolina. The IEDC will provide additional capacity and experienced technical assistance to support recovery efforts to an area already impacted by Hurricanes Matthew and Irene and winter storms.